“If a man divorcesd his wife

and she leaves him and marries another man,

should he return to her again?

Would not the land be completely defiled?e

But you have lived as a prostitute with many loversf—

would you now return to me?”g

declares the Lord.

2 “Look up to the barren heightsh and see.

Is there any place where you have not been ravished?

By the roadsidei you sat waiting for lovers,

sat like a nomad in the desert.

You have defiled the landj

with your prostitutionk and wickedness.

3 Therefore the showers have been withheld,l

and no spring rainsm have fallen.

Yet you have the brazenn look of a prostitute;

you refuse to blush with shame.o

4 Have you not just called to me:

‘My Father,p my friend from my youth,q

5 will you always be angry?r

Will your wrath continue forever?’

This is how you talk,

but you do all the evil you can.”