1 The Lord told me
2 to proclaim this message to everyone in Jerusalem.“I remember how faithful you were when you were young,how you loved me when we were first married;you followed me through the desert,through a land that had not been sown.
3 Israel, you belonged to me alone;you were my sacred possession.I sent suffering and disasteron everyone who hurt you.I, the Lord, have spoken.”
4 Listen to the Lord's message, you descendants of Jacob, you tribes of Israel.