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God Speaks About Israel

“Plead with your mother.[a]
    Plead with her because she no longer acts like a wife to me.
    And I am not treated like her husband.
Tell her to stop acting like a prostitute.
    Tell her to stop behaving like an unfaithful wife.
If she refuses, I will strip her naked.
    I will leave her bare like the day she was born.
I will make her dry like a desert.
    I will make her like a land without water.
    I will kill her with thirst.
I will not take pity on her children.
    They are the children of an unfaithful wife.
Their mother has acted like a prostitute.
    The one who became pregnant with them has acted disgracefully.
She said, ‘I will chase after my lovers.[b]
    They give me food and water.
They give me wool and linen.
    They give me wine and olive oil.’

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Footnotes

  1. 2:2 mother This refers to the nation of Israel here.
  2. 2:5 lovers This refers to the nations surrounding Israel, who led Israel to worship false gods.

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