Go and marry a woman of promiscuity,^(F)
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.

Name him Jezreel,^[a](H) for in a little while
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel^(I)
on the house of Jehu^(J)
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
⁵ On that day I will break the bow of Israel^(K)
in Jezreel Valley.^(L)

Name her Lo-ruhamah,^[b]
for I will no longer have compassion
on the house of Israel.
I will certainly take them away.
⁷ But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,^(M)
and I will deliver them by the Lord their God.^(N)
I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,
or by horses and cavalry.^(O)

Name him Lo-ammi,^[c]
for you are not my people,
and I will not be your God.^[d](P)
10 Yet the number of the Israelites
will be like the sand of the sea,^(Q)
which cannot be measured or counted.
And in the place where they were told:
You are not my people,
they will be called: Sons of the living God.^(R)
11 And the Judeans and the Israelites
will be gathered together.^(S)
They will appoint for themselves a single ruler^(T)
and go up from^[e] the land.
For the day of Jezreel^(U) will be great.

2 Call^[a] your brothers: My People
and your sisters: Compassion.

² Rebuke your mother; rebuke her.^(A)
For she is not my wife and I am not her husband.^(B)
Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face^(C)
and her adultery from between her breasts.
³ Otherwise, I will strip her naked^(D)
and expose her as she was on the day of her birth.
I will make her like a desert^(E)
and like a parched land,
and I will let her die of thirst.^(F)
4 I will have no compassion on her children^(G)
because they are the children of promiscuity.
⁵ Yes, their mother is promiscuous;
she conceived them and acted shamefully.^(H)
For she thought, “I will follow my lovers,^(I)
the men who give me my food and water,
my wool and flax, my oil and drink.”^(J)
6 Therefore, this is what I will do:
I will block her^[b] way^(K) with thorns;^(L)
I will enclose her with a wall,
so that she cannot find her paths.^(M)
7 She will pursue her lovers but not catch them;^(N)
she will look for them but not find them.
Then she will think,
“I will go back to my former husband,^(O)
for then it was better for me than now.”^(P)
8 She does not recognize^(Q)
that it is I who gave her the grain,^(R)
the new wine, and the fresh oil.
I lavished silver and gold on her,
which they used for Baal.
⁹ Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time^(S)
and my new wine in its season;
I will take away my wool and linen,
which were to cover her nakedness.
¹⁰ Now I will expose her shame^(T)
in the sight of her lovers,
and no one will rescue her from my power.
¹¹ I will put an end to all her celebrations:^(U)
her feasts,^(V) New Moons,^(W) and Sabbaths—
all her festivals.
¹² I will devastate her vines and fig trees.^(X)
She thinks that these are her wages
that her lovers have given her.
I will turn them into a thicket,^(Y)
and the wild animals will eat them.^(Z)
13 And I will punish her for the days of the Baals,^(AA)
to which she burned incense.^(AB)
She put on her rings and her jewelry^(AC)
and followed her lovers,
but she forgot me.^(AD)