And the word of יהוה came to me, saying:

Go and cry in the ears of Yerushalayim, saying, Thus says יהוה, I remember for you the devotion of your youth, the love of your weddings, your going after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Yisra'el is holy to יהוה, the first of his produce. All who eat him will be guilty; disaster will come to them, says יהוה.

Hear the word of יהוה, house of Ya'aqov, and all the families of the house of Yisra'el.

Thus says יהוה, What injustice did your fathers find in me, that they went far from me and walked after futility and became futile?

And they did not say, Where is יהוה, who brought us up from the land of Mitsrayim, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of desert and pits, in a land of drought and death-shadow, in a land no man crossed and no man lived there?

And I brought you into a land of Carmel, to eat its fruit and its goodness. And you came and defiled my land, and you made my inheritance an abomination.

The priests did not say, Where is יהוה? And those who grasp the law did not know me. And the shepherds sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by the Ba'al, and walked after things that do not help.

Therefore, I will again contend with you, says יהוה, and with your children's children I will contend.

For cross to the islands of Kittiyim and see, and send to Qedar and observe closely, and see if this has ever happened.

Has a nation exchanged its elohim, and they are not elohim? But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not help.

Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and be horribly dismayed, very much, says יהוה.

For my people have done two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, to hew for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that hold no water.

Is Yisra'el a slave? Is he a homeborn servant? Why has he become plunder?

Against him the lion cubs roar, they have made their voice heard, and they have made his land a desolation; his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

Also the sons of Noph and Taḥpanḥes will graze your crown of the head.

Has not this been done to you by your forsaking יהוה your Elohim, at the time he led you on the way?

And now, what do you have to do with the way of Mitsrayim, to drink the waters of Shiḥor? And what do you have to do with the way of Ashshur, to drink the waters of the river?

Your wickedness will discipline you, and your backslidings will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter, your forsaking יהוה your Elohim, and that my fear is not with you, says Adonai, יהוה of hosts.

For from of old you have broken your yoke, you have snapped your bonds, and you said, I will not serve. For on every high hill and under every green tree you have prostituted yourself, O harlot.

And I planted you as a choice vine, all of it true seed. How then have you turned into a degenerate shoot of a foreign vine to me?

For though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your iniquity is before me, says Adonai, יהוה.

How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Ba'alim? See your way in the valley; know what you have done, a swift young camel traversing her paths.

A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, in her desire of her soul, sniffs the wind. Who can turn her back? All who seek her will not be weary; in her month they will find her.

Keep your foot from being bare and your throat from thirst. But you said, It is hopeless! No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.

As the shame of a thief is when he is found, so the house of Yisra'el has been put to shame—they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets.

Saying to a tree, You are my father, and to a stone, You gave birth to me. For they have turned their back to me and not their face. But in the time of their disaster they will say, Arise and save us.

But where are your elohim that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your disaster. For the number of your cities, so were your elohim, O Yehudah.

Why do you contend with me? All of you have sinned against me, says יהוה.

In vain I struck your children; they took no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

O generation, see the word of יהוה. Have I been a wilderness to Yisra'el? Or a land of darkness? Why have my people said, We have broken away; we will no longer come to you?

Does a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her wrappings? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have also taught your ways to the wicked.

Also on your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor; you did not find them by breaking in. But because of all these things.

And you said, I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me. Behold, I will judge you, because you said, I have not sinned.

How greatly you roam to change your way! You will also be put to shame by Mitsrayim, as you were put to shame by Ashshur.

Also from here you will go out, and your hands on your head, because יהוה has rejected your confidences, and you will not prosper with them.