Jer 3 | ABEn | STEP | If [ 2 should send away 1 a husband] his wife, and she should go forth from him, and becomes [ 2 man 1 to another], shall by returning she return to him yet again ? Shall not by defiling [ 2 be defiled 1 that woman]? But you fornicated with [ 2 shepherds 1 many], and you have returned to me, says the lord .

Jeremiah 3

CHAPTER 3 The Harlotry of Israel

1 If [²should send away ¹a husband] his wife, and she should go forth from him, and becomes [²man ¹to another], shall by returning she return to him yet again? Shall not by defiling [²be defiled ¹that woman]? But you fornicated with [²shepherds ¹many], and you have returned to me, says the lord. 2 Lift your eyes unto the upright way, and see where you have not been defiled! [²upon ³the ⁴ways ¹You have sat] for them as a crowbar having been made desolate, and defiled the land in your harlotries, and in your evils. 3 And you had [²shepherds ¹many] for your occasion for stumbling; the appearance of a harlot became to you; you cast shame to all. 4 Was it not until now you called me even, Father? and, Head of your virginity? 5 Shall it abide into the eon, or shall it be guarded for victory? Behold, you spoke and did these evils, and have prevailed.

The LORD Divorces Israel

6 And the lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, You saw what [⁴did ⁵to me ¹the ²house ³of Israel]. She went upon every [²mountain ¹high], and underneath every tree of the woods, and she committed harlotry there. 7 And I said after her committing harlotry all these things, [²to ³me ¹Turn]! And she turned not. And [⁴saw ⁵her breach-of-contract ¹the ² covenant-breaker ¹Judah]. 8 And I beheld (for on account of all of which she was overtaken by them [⁴committed adultery ¹the ²house ³of Israel], and I sent her out and gave to her a scroll certificate of divorce into her hands) that [⁴feared not ¹the ²covenant-breaker ³Judah], and went and committed harlotry even herself. 9 And [²was ³nothing to her ¹her harlotry]; and she committed adultery with the wood and the stone. 10 And in all these things [⁴turned not ⁵to ⁶me ¹the ²covenant-breaker ³Judah] with [²whole ³heart ¹her], but with a lie. 11 And the lord said to me, [²justified ³her soul ¹Israel] above the covenant-breaker Judah. 12 Go and read these words towards the north! And you shall say, Return to me, O house of Israel, says the lord! And in no way shall I firmly fix my face against you. For [²merciful ¹I am], says the lord, and I shall not be infuriated with you into the eon. 13 Only know your iniquity! For it is against the lord your God you acted impious, and dispersed your ways unto strangers underneath every tree of the woods; but my voice you obeyed not, says the lord.

The Gathering of Israel from All Nations

14 Return, [²sons ¹O revolting], says the lord! For I shall lord over you. And I shall take you, one from out of a city, and two from out of a family, and I will bring you into Zion. 15 And I will appoint to you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall tend you, tending with higher knowledge. 16 And it will be if you should be multiplied, and should grow upon the land, says the lord, in those days, they shall not say any more, Ark of the covenant of holy Israel. It shall not ascend upon the heart, nor be named, nor shall it be examined, and it shall not be done any more. 17 In those days and in that time they shall call Jerusalem, The throne of the lord; and shall be brought together unto her all the nations; and they shall not go any more after the [²thoughts ³of their heart ¹wicked]. 18 In those days [⁴shall come together ¹the ²house ³of Judah] with the house of Israel. And they shall come together from the land of the north, and from all the places upon the earth which I caused [²to inherit ¹their fathers]. 19 And I said, May it be, O lord, for you said, I shall arrange you among children, and I shall give to you [²land ¹a choice] (the inheritance of God almighty) of nations. And I said, [³father ¹you shall call ²me]; and [³from ⁴me ¹you shall not ²be turned]. 20 Only as [²annuls ¹a wife] against the one being with her, so [⁴annulled ⁵against ⁶me ¹the ²house ³of Israel], says the lord. 21 A voice from the lips was heard of weeping and supplication of the sons of Israel. For they transgressed in their ways; they forgot God their holy one. 22 Turn! [²sons ¹O turning], and I shall heal your brokenness. Behold, thus we shall be to you, for you [²the lord ³our God ¹are]. 23 Really [⁹for ¹⁰a lie ⁸were ¹the ²hills ³and ⁴the ⁵powers ⁶of the ⁷mountains]. Only through the lord our God is the deliverance of Israel. 24 But the shame consumed the efforts of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, their sons and their daughters. 25 We were gone to bed in our shame, and [²covered ³us ¹our dishonor]. For before our God [⁴sinned ¹we ²and ³our fathers] from our youth until this day, and we hearkened not of the voice of the lord our God.