| א וְהָיָה מִסְפַּר בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּחוֹל הַיָּם, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יִמַּד, וְלֹא יִסָּפֵר; וְהָיָה בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר-יֵאָמֵר לָהֶם, לֹא-עַמִּי אַתֶּם, יֵאָמֵר לָהֶם, בְּנֵי אֵל-חָי. | 1 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, instead of that which was said unto them: 'Ye are not My people', it shall be said unto them: 'Ye are the children of the living God.' |
| ב וְנִקְבְּצוּ בְּנֵי-יְהוּדָה וּבְנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, יַחְדָּו, וְשָׂמוּ לָהֶם רֹאשׁ אֶחָד, וְעָלוּ מִן-הָאָרֶץ: כִּי גָדוֹל, יוֹם יִזְרְעֶאל. | 2 And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up out of the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel. |
| ג אִמְרוּ לַאֲחֵיכֶם, עַמִּי; וְלַאֲחוֹתֵיכֶם, רֻחָמָה. | 3 Say ye unto your brethren: 'Ammi'; and to your sisters, 'Ruhamah.' |
| ד רִיבוּ בְאִמְּכֶם, רִיבוּ--כִּי-הִיא לֹא אִשְׁתִּי, וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אִישָׁהּ; וְתָסֵר זְנוּנֶיהָ מִפָּנֶיהָ, וְנַאֲפוּפֶיהָ מִבֵּין שָׁדֶיהָ. | 4 Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not My wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her harlotries from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts; |
| ה פֶּן-אַפְשִׁיטֶנָּה עֲרֻמָּה--וְהִצַּגְתִּיהָ, כְּיוֹם הִוָּלְדָהּ; וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ כַמִּדְבָּר, וְשַׁתִּהָ כְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה, וַהֲמִתִּיהָ, בַּצָּמָא. | 5 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. |
| ו וְאֶת-בָּנֶיהָ, לֹא אֲרַחֵם: כִּי-בְנֵי זְנוּנִים, הֵמָּה. | 6 And I will not have compassion upon her children; for they are children of harlotry. |
| ז כִּי זָנְתָה אִמָּם, הֹבִישָׁה הוֹרָתָם: כִּי אָמְרָה, אֵלְכָה אַחֲרֵי מְאַהֲבַי נֹתְנֵי לַחְמִי וּמֵימַי, צַמְרִי וּפִשְׁתִּי, שַׁמְנִי וְשִׁקּוּיָי. | 7 For their mother hath played the harlot, she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said: 'I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.' |
| ח לָכֵן הִנְנִי-שָׂךְ אֶת-דַּרְכֵּךְ, בַּסִּירִים; וְגָדַרְתִּי אֶת-גְּדֵרָהּ, וּנְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ לֹא תִמְצָא. | 8 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths. |
| ט וְרִדְּפָה אֶת-מְאַהֲבֶיהָ וְלֹא-תַשִּׂיג אֹתָם, וּבִקְשָׁתַם וְלֹא תִמְצָא; וְאָמְרָה, אֵלְכָה וְאָשׁוּבָה אֶל-אִישִׁי הָרִאשׁוֹן--כִּי טוֹב לִי אָז, מֵעָתָּה. | 9 And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them, and she shall seek them, but shall not find them; then shall she say: 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.' |
| י וְהִיא, לֹא יָדְעָה, כִּי אָנֹכִי נָתַתִּי לָהּ, הַדָּגָן וְהַתִּירוֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָר; וְכֶסֶף הִרְבֵּיתִי לָהּ וְזָהָב, עָשׂוּ לַבָּעַל. | 10 For she did not know that it was I that gave her the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. |
| יא לָכֵן אָשׁוּב--וְלָקַחְתִּי דְגָנִי בְּעִתּוֹ, וְתִירוֹשִׁי בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ; וְהִצַּלְתִּי צַמְרִי וּפִשְׁתִּי, לְכַסּוֹת אֶת-עֶרְוָתָהּ. | 11 Therefore will I take back My corn in the time thereof, and My wine in the season thereof, and will snatch away My wool and My flax given to cover her nakedness. |
| יב וְעַתָּה אֲגַלֶּה אֶת-נַבְלֻתָהּ, לְעֵינֵי מְאַהֲבֶיהָ; וְאִישׁ, לֹא-יַצִּילֶנָּה מִיָּדִי. | 12 And now will I uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of My hand. |
| יג וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי, כָּל-מְשׂוֹשָׂהּ, חַגָּהּ, חָדְשָׁהּ וְשַׁבַּתָּהּ--וְכֹל, מוֹעֲדָהּ. | 13 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her appointed seasons. |
| יד וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִי, גַּפְנָהּ וּתְאֵנָתָהּ, אֲשֶׁר אָמְרָה אֶתְנָה הֵמָּה לִי, אֲשֶׁר נָתְנוּ-לִי מְאַהֲבָי; וְשַׂמְתִּים לְיַעַר, וַאֲכָלָתַם חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה. | 14 And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said: 'These are my hire that my lovers have given me'; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. |
| טו וּפָקַדְתִּי עָלֶיהָ, אֶת-יְמֵי הַבְּעָלִים אֲשֶׁר תַּקְטִיר לָהֶם, וַתַּעַד נִזְמָהּ וְחֶלְיָתָהּ, וַתֵּלֶךְ אַחֲרֵי מְאַהֲבֶיהָ; וְאֹתִי שָׁכְחָה, נְאֻם-יְהוָה. {ס} | 15 And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, wherein she offered unto them, and decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot Me, saith the LORD. {S} |
| טז לָכֵן, הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מְפַתֶּיהָ, וְהֹלַכְתִּיהָ, הַמִּדְבָּר; וְדִבַּרְתִּי, עַל-לִבָּהּ. | 16 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her. |
| יז וְנָתַתִּי לָהּ אֶת-כְּרָמֶיהָ מִשָּׁם, וְאֶת-עֵמֶק עָכוֹר לְפֶתַח תִּקְוָה; וְעָנְתָה שָּׁמָּה כִּימֵי נְעוּרֶיהָ, וּכְיוֹם עֲלוֹתָהּ מֵאֶרֶץ-מִצְרָיִם. | 17 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. |
| יח וְהָיָה בַיּוֹם-הַהוּא נְאֻם-יְהוָה, תִּקְרְאִי אִישִׁי; וְלֹא-תִקְרְאִי-לִי עוֹד, בַּעְלִי. | 18 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call Me Ishi, and shalt call Me no more Baali. |
| יט וַהֲסִרֹתִי אֶת-שְׁמוֹת הַבְּעָלִים, מִפִּיהָ; וְלֹא-יִזָּכְרוּ עוֹד, בִּשְׁמָם. | 19 For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name. |
| כ וְכָרַתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית, בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, עִם-חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְעִם-עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְרֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה; וְקֶשֶׁת וְחֶרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה אֶשְׁבּוֹר מִן-הָאָרֶץ, וְהִשְׁכַּבְתִּים לָבֶטַח. | 20 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely. |
| כא וְאֵרַשְׂתִּיךְ לִי, לְעוֹלָם; וְאֵרַשְׂתִּיךְ לִי בְּצֶדֶק וּבְמִשְׁפָּט, וּבְחֶסֶד וּבְרַחֲמִים. | 21 And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in compassion. |
| כב וְאֵרַשְׂתִּיךְ לִי, בֶּאֱמוּנָה; וְיָדַעַתְּ, אֶת-יְהוָה. {פ} | 22 And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD. {P} |
| כג וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, אֶעֱנֶה נְאֻם-יְהוָה--אֶעֱנֶה, אֶת-הַשָּׁמָיִם; וְהֵם, יַעֲנוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ. | 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will respond, saith the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth; |
| כד וְהָאָרֶץ תַּעֲנֶה, אֶת-הַדָּגָן וְאֶת-הַתִּירוֹשׁ וְאֶת-הַיִּצְהָר; וְהֵם, יַעֲנוּ אֶת-יִזְרְעֶאל. | 24 And the earth shall respond to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall respond to Jezreel. |
| כה וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ לִּי בָּאָרֶץ, וְרִחַמְתִּי אֶת-לֹא רֻחָמָה; וְאָמַרְתִּי לְלֹא-עַמִּי עַמִּי-אַתָּה, וְהוּא יֹאמַר אֱלֹהָי. {פ} | 25 And I will sow her unto Me in the land; and I will have compassion upon her that had not obtained compassion; and I will say to them that were not My people: 'Thou art My people'; and they shall say: 'Thou art my God.' {P} |