1 The Lord said to the people of Israel:If a divorced woman marries,can her first husbandever marry her again?No, because thiswould pollute the land.But you have more godsthan a prostitute has lovers.Why should I take you back?
2 Just try to find one hilltopwhere you haven't goneto worship other godsby having sex.You sat beside the roadlike a robber in ambush,except you offered yourselfto every passerby.Your sins of unfaithfulnesshave polluted the land.
3 So I, the Lord, refusedto let the spring rains fall.But just like a prostitute,you still have no shamefor what you have done.
4 You call me your fatheror your long-lost friend;
5 you beg me to stop being angry,but you won't stop sinning.