1 ‘If a man divorces his wifeand she leaves him and marries another man,should he return to her again?Would not the land be completely defiled?But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers –would you now return to me?’declares the Lord.
2 ‘Look up to the barren heights and see.Is there any place where you have not been ravished?By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers,sat like a nomad in the desert.You have defiled the landwith your prostitution and wickedness.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld,and no spring rains have fallen.Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute;you refuse to blush with shame.
4 Have you not just called to me:“My Father, my friend from my youth,