1 A saying:If a man divorces his wifeand she leaves him and marries another man,her first husband shouldn’t go back to her again.The land would become thoroughly polluted.“You have acted like a prostitute who has many lovers.And now you want to come back to me!” declares the Lord.
2 “Look at the bare hills, and see.You have had sex with men in every place.You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert.You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
3 So the rain has been withheld, and there have been no spring showers.Yet, you have the shameless look of a prostitute,and you refuse to blush.
4 But now you are calling to me.You say, ‘Father! You have been my companionever since I was young.
5 He won’t hold a grudge forever.He won’t always be angry.’You have said and done all the evil things that you could.”