Yet, I will love the descendants of Judah. I will rescue them because I am Yahweh their Elohim. I won’t use bows, swords, wars, horses, or horsemen to rescue them.”

I will plant my people in the land. Those who are not loved I will call my loved ones. Those who are not my people I will call my people. Then they will say, ‘You are our Elohim!’”

After that, the Israelites will turn and look to Yahweh their Elohim and David their king. They will come trembling to Yahweh for his blessings in the last days.

The Lord’s Legal Case against Israel

Listen to the word of Yahweh, you Israelites. Yahweh has brought these charges against those who live in the land: “There is no faith, no love, and no knowledge of Elohim in the land.

I will destroy my people because they are ignorant. You have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be my priests. You have forgotten the teachings of your Elohim, so I will forget your children.

“The wicked things that the people have done keep them from returning to their Elohim. They have a spirit of prostitution, and they don’t know Yahweh.

Israel, your arrogance testifies against you, but even after all this, you don’t turn to Yahweh your Elohim or look to him for help.

They cry out to me, ‘We acknowledge you as our Elohim.’

Israel, don’t rejoice. Don’t celebrate as other nations do. You have been unfaithful to your Elohim. You have sold sex on every threshing floor.

Prophets are Elohim’s watchmen over Ephraim. Yet, traps are set on every prophet’s path, and people are hostile in the temple of their Elohim.

People have deeply corrupted themselves as they once did at Gibeah. Elohim will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins.

My Elohim will reject them because they refused to listen to him. They will wander among the nations.

They are hypocrites. Now they must take their punishment. Elohim will tear down their altars and destroy their stone markers.

Their ancestor Jacob held on to his brother’s heel while the two of them were in their mother’s womb. When Jacob became a man, he struggled with Elohim.

Return to your Elohim. Be loyal and fair, and always wait with hope for your Elohim.

I am Yahweh your Elohim. I brought you out of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again as you did during your appointed festivals.

“I am Yahweh your Elohim. I brought you out of Egypt. You have known no god besides me. There is no savior except me.

The people of Samaria are guilty as charged because they rebelled against their Elohim. They will be killed in war, their children will be smashed to death, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

The Lord Offers to Forgive Israel

Israel, return to Yahweh your Elohim. You have stumbled because of your sins.