Israel Punished and Restored

“Rebuke your mother,(A) rebuke her,
    for she is not my wife,
    and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the adulterous(B) look from her face
    and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
Otherwise I will strip(C) her naked
    and make her as bare as on the day she was born;(D)
I will make her like a desert,(E)
    turn her into a parched land,
    and slay her with thirst.
I will not show my love to her children,(F)
    because they are the children of adultery.(G)
Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(H)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(I)

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“Dispute with your mother, (A)dispute,
Because she is (B)not my wife, and I am not her husband;
But she must remove her (C)infidelity from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts,
Otherwise, I will strip her (D)naked
And expose her as on the (E)day she was born.
I will also (F)make her like a wilderness,
Make her like desert land,
And put her to death with (G)thirst.
Also, I will take no pity on her children,
Because they are (H)children of infidelity.
For their mother has (I)committed prostitution;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘(J)I will go after my lovers,
Who (K)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my (L)oil and my drink.’

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