¹Vulgo dicitur:“It is commonly said:Si dimiserit vir uxorem suam,‘If a man has divorced his wife,et recedens ab eo duxerit virum alterum,and she departs from him, she will marry another man.’numquid revertetur ad eam ultra?So why would he return to her again?numquid non polluta et contaminata erit mulier illa?Is not that woman polluted and defiled?Tu autem fornicata es cum amatoribus multis:But you have fornicated yourself with many lovers.tamen revertere ad me,Even so, return to me,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et ego suscipiam te.and I will accept you.

¹Vulgo dicitur:“It is commonly said:Si dimiserit vir uxorem suam,‘If a man has divorced his wife,et recedens ab eo duxerit virum alterum,and she departs from him, she will marry another man.’numquid revertetur ad eam ultra?So why would he return to her again?numquid non polluta et contaminata erit mulier illa?Is not that woman polluted and defiled?Tu autem fornicata es cum amatoribus multis:But you have fornicated yourself with many lovers.tamen revertere ad me,Even so, return to me,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et ego suscipiam te.and I will accept you.

²Leva oculos tuos in directum,Lift your eyes straight up,et vide ubi non prostrata sis.and see where you did not debase yourself.In viis sedebas,You were sitting in the roadways,exspectans eos quasi latro in solitudine:waiting for them,et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis,like a robber in the wilderness.et in malitiis tuis.And you have polluted the land by your fornications and by your wickedness.

²Leva oculos tuos in directum,Lift your eyes straight up,et vide ubi non prostrata sis.and see where you did not debase yourself.In viis sedebas,You were sitting in the roadways,exspectans eos quasi latro in solitudine:waiting for them,et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis,like a robber in the wilderness.et in malitiis tuis.And you have polluted the land by your fornications and by your wickedness.

³Quam ob rem prohibitæ sunt stillæ pluviarum,For this reason, the rain showers were withheld,et serotinus imber non fuit.and there were no late season rains.Frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi;You made your face like that of a promiscuous woman;noluisti erubescere.you were not willing to blush.

³Quam ob rem prohibitæ sunt stillæ pluviarum,For this reason, the rain showers were withheld,et serotinus imber non fuit.and there were no late season rains.Frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi;You made your face like that of a promiscuous woman;noluisti erubescere.you were not willing to blush.

⁴Ergo saltem amodo voca me:Therefore, at least from this moment on,Pater meus,call out to me:dux virginitatis meæ tu es:‘You are my father, the guide of my virginity.’

⁴Ergo saltem amodo voca me:Therefore, at least from this moment on,Pater meus,call out to me:dux virginitatis meæ tu es:‘You are my father, the guide of my virginity.’

⁵numquid irasceris in perpetuum,Why should you be angry unceasingly?aut perseverabis in finem?And will you continue in this to the end?ecce locuta es,Behold,et fecisti mala,you have spoken and done evil,et potuisti.for you were able to do so.”

⁵numquid irasceris in perpetuum,Why should you be angry unceasingly?aut perseverabis in finem?And will you continue in this to the end?ecce locuta es,Behold,et fecisti mala,you have spoken and done evil,et potuisti.for you were able to do so.”

⁶Et dixit Dominus ad me in diebus Josiæ regis:And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me:Numquid vidisti quæ fecerit aversatrix Israël?“Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done?Abiit sibimet super omnem montem excelsum,She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain,et sub omni ligno frondoso,and she has lain down under every leafy tree,et fornicata est ibi.and she has committed fornication there.

⁶Et dixit Dominus ad me in diebus Josiæ regis:And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me:Numquid vidisti quæ fecerit aversatrix Israël?“Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done?Abiit sibimet super omnem montem excelsum,She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain,et sub omni ligno frondoso,and she has lain down under every leafy tree,et fornicata est ibi.and she has committed fornication there.

⁷Et dixi,And when she had done all these things,cum fecisset hæc omnia:I said:Ad me revertere:‘Return to me.’et non est reversa.But she did not return.Et vidit prævaricatrix soror ejus JudaAnd her deceitful sister Judah saw this:

⁷Et dixi,And when she had done all these things,cum fecisset hæc omnia:I said:Ad me revertere:‘Return to me.’et non est reversa.But she did not return.Et vidit prævaricatrix soror ejus JudaAnd her deceitful sister Judah saw this:

⁸quia pro eo quod mœchata esset aversatrix Israël,that because the apostate Israel had committed adultery,dimisissem eam,I had dismissed her and had given her a bill of divorce.et dedissem ei libellum repudii:Yet her deceitful sister Judah was not afraid.et non timuit prævaricatrix Juda soror ejus,But she,sed abiit,too,et fornicata est etiam ipsa:went and committed fornication herself.

⁸quia pro eo quod mœchata esset aversatrix Israël,that because the apostate Israel had committed adultery,dimisissem eam,I had dismissed her and had given her a bill of divorce.et dedissem ei libellum repudii:Yet her deceitful sister Judah was not afraid.et non timuit prævaricatrix Juda soror ejus,But she,sed abiit,too,et fornicata est etiam ipsa:went and committed fornication herself.

⁹et facilitate fornicationis suæ contaminavit terram,And by the act of her fornication,et mœchata est cum lapideshe defiled the land.et ligno:For she committed adultery with that which is stone and wood.

⁹et facilitate fornicationis suæ contaminavit terram,And by the act of her fornication,et mœchata est cum lapideshe defiled the land.et ligno:For she committed adultery with that which is stone and wood.

¹⁰et in omnibus his non est reversa ad me prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda in toto corde suo,And after all these things, her deceitful sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart,sed in mendacio,but with lies,ait Dominus.says the Lord.”

¹⁰et in omnibus his non est reversa ad me prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda in toto corde suo,And after all these things, her deceitful sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart,sed in mendacio,but with lies,ait Dominus.says the Lord.”

¹¹Et dixit Dominus ad me:And the Lord said to me:Justificavit animam suam aversatrix Israël, comparatione prævaricatricis Judæ.“The apostate Israel has justified her own soul by comparing herself to the deceitful Judah.

¹¹Et dixit Dominus ad me:And the Lord said to me:Justificavit animam suam aversatrix Israël, comparatione prævaricatricis Judæ.“The apostate Israel has justified her own soul by comparing herself to the deceitful Judah.

¹²Vade,Go,et clama sermones istos contra aquilonem,and proclaim these words toward the north,et dices:and you shall say:Revertere,Return,aversatrix Israël,O apostate Israel,ait Dominus,says the Lord.et non avertam faciem meam a vobis,For I will not avert my face from you.quia sanctus ego sum,For I am holy,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et non irascar in perpetuum.and I will not be angry forever.

¹²Vade,Go,et clama sermones istos contra aquilonem,and proclaim these words toward the north,et dices:and you shall say:Revertere,Return,aversatrix Israël,O apostate Israel,ait Dominus,says the Lord.et non avertam faciem meam a vobis,For I will not avert my face from you.quia sanctus ego sum,For I am holy,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et non irascar in perpetuum.and I will not be angry forever.

¹³Verumtamen scito iniquitatem tuam,So then, truly acknowledge your iniquity,quia in Dominum Deum tuum prævaricata es,that you have betrayed the Lord your God,et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso,and that you have spread your ways to strangers, under every leafy tree,et vocem meam non audisti,and that you have not listened to my voice,ait Dominus.says the Lord.

¹³Verumtamen scito iniquitatem tuam,So then, truly acknowledge your iniquity,quia in Dominum Deum tuum prævaricata es,that you have betrayed the Lord your God,et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso,and that you have spread your ways to strangers, under every leafy tree,et vocem meam non audisti,and that you have not listened to my voice,ait Dominus.says the Lord.

¹⁴Convertimini,Convert,filii revertentes,O rebellious sons,dicit Dominus,says the Lord.quia ego vir vester:For I am your leader.et assumam vos unum de civitate,And so, I will take you, one from a city,et duos de cognatione,and two from a family,et introducam vos in Sion.and I will lead you into Zion.

¹⁴Convertimini,Convert,filii revertentes,O rebellious sons,dicit Dominus,says the Lord.quia ego vir vester:For I am your leader.et assumam vos unum de civitate,And so, I will take you, one from a city,et duos de cognatione,and two from a family,et introducam vos in Sion.and I will lead you into Zion.

¹⁵Et dabo vobis pastores juxta cor meum,And I will give you pastors according to my own heart.et pascent vos scientia et doctrina.And they will feed you with knowledge and doctrine.

¹⁵Et dabo vobis pastores juxta cor meum,And I will give you pastors according to my own heart.et pascent vos scientia et doctrina.And they will feed you with knowledge and doctrine.

¹⁶Cumque multiplicati fueritis,And when you have been multiplied and increased in the land in those days,et creveritis in terra in diebus illis,says the Lord,ait Dominus,they will no longer say:non dicent ultra:‘The Ark of the covenant of the Lord!’Arca testamenti Domini:And it will not enter into the heart,neque ascendet super cor,and they will not call it to mind.neque recordabuntur illius,It will neither be visited,nec visitabitur,nor made use of,nec fiet ultra.any longer.

¹⁶Cumque multiplicati fueritis,And when you have been multiplied and increased in the land in those days,et creveritis in terra in diebus illis,says the Lord,ait Dominus,they will no longer say:non dicent ultra:‘The Ark of the covenant of the Lord!’Arca testamenti Domini:And it will not enter into the heart,neque ascendet super cor,and they will not call it to mind.neque recordabuntur illius,It will neither be visited,nec visitabitur,nor made use of,nec fiet ultra.any longer.

¹⁷In tempore illo vocabunt Jerusalem solium Domini:In that time, Jerusalem will be called: ‘The Throne of the Lord.’et congregabuntur ad eam omnes gentes in nomine Domini in Jerusalem,And all the nations will be gathered to it, in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem.et non ambulabunt post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi.And they will not walk after the depravity of their own most wicked heart.

¹⁷In tempore illo vocabunt Jerusalem solium Domini:In that time, Jerusalem will be called: ‘The Throne of the Lord.’et congregabuntur ad eam omnes gentes in nomine Domini in Jerusalem,And all the nations will be gathered to it, in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem.et non ambulabunt post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi.And they will not walk after the depravity of their own most wicked heart.

¹⁸In diebus illis ibit domus Juda ad domum Israël,In those days, the house of Judah will go to the house of Israel,et venient simul de terra aquilonis ad terram quam dedi patribus vestris.and they will come from the land of the north, at the same time, to the land that I gave to your fathers.

¹⁸In diebus illis ibit domus Juda ad domum Israël,In those days, the house of Judah will go to the house of Israel,et venient simul de terra aquilonis ad terram quam dedi patribus vestris.and they will come from the land of the north, at the same time, to the land that I gave to your fathers.

¹⁹Ego autem dixi:But I said:Quomodo ponam te in filios,How shall I place you among the sons,et tribuam tibi terram desiderabilem,and distribute to you a desirable land,hæreditatem præclaram exercituum gentium?the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles?Et dixi:And I said:Patrem vocabis me,You will call me Father,et post me ingredi non cessabis.and you will not cease to walk after me.

¹⁹Ego autem dixi:But I said:Quomodo ponam te in filios,How shall I place you among the sons,et tribuam tibi terram desiderabilem,and distribute to you a desirable land,hæreditatem præclaram exercituum gentium?the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles?Et dixi:And I said:Patrem vocabis me,You will call me Father,et post me ingredi non cessabis.and you will not cease to walk after me.

²⁰Sed quomodo si contemnat mulier amatorem suum,But, in the same way that a woman spurns her lover,sic contempsit me domus Israël,so also has the house of Israel spurned me,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.”

²⁰Sed quomodo si contemnat mulier amatorem suum,But, in the same way that a woman spurns her lover,sic contempsit me domus Israël,so also has the house of Israel spurned me,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.”

²¹Vox in viis audita est,A voice has been heard in the highways,ploratus et ululatus filiorum Israël:the weeping and wailing of the sons of Israel.quoniam iniquam fecerunt viam suam;For they have made their own ways sinful;obliti sunt Domini Dei sui.they have forgotten the Lord their God.

²¹Vox in viis audita est,A voice has been heard in the highways,ploratus et ululatus filiorum Israël:the weeping and wailing of the sons of Israel.quoniam iniquam fecerunt viam suam;For they have made their own ways sinful;obliti sunt Domini Dei sui.they have forgotten the Lord their God.

²²Convertimini,“Convert,filii revertentes,O rebellious sons!et sanabo aversiones vestras.And I will heal your rebelliousness.”Ecce nos venimus ad te:“Behold, we are returning to you.tu enim es Dominus Deus noster.For you are the Lord our God!

²²Convertimini,“Convert,filii revertentes,O rebellious sons!et sanabo aversiones vestras.And I will heal your rebelliousness.”Ecce nos venimus ad te:“Behold, we are returning to you.tu enim es Dominus Deus noster.For you are the Lord our God!

²³Vere mendaces erant colles,Truly, the hills were liars,et multitudo montium:with the multitude of the mountains.vere in Domino Deo nostro salus Israël.Truly, the salvation of Israel is in the Lord our God.

²³Vere mendaces erant colles,Truly, the hills were liars,et multitudo montium:with the multitude of the mountains.vere in Domino Deo nostro salus Israël.Truly, the salvation of Israel is in the Lord our God.

²⁴Confusio comedit laborem patrum nostrorum ab adolescentia nostra:Confusion has devoured the labor of our fathers, from our youth,greges eorum, et armenta eorum,with their flocks and their herds,filios eorum, et filias eorum.with their sons and their daughters.

²⁴Confusio comedit laborem patrum nostrorum ab adolescentia nostra:Confusion has devoured the labor of our fathers, from our youth,greges eorum, et armenta eorum,with their flocks and their herds,filios eorum, et filias eorum.with their sons and their daughters.

²⁵Dormiemus in confusione nostra,We will sleep in our confusion,et operiet nos ignominia nostra:and our disgrace will cover us.quoniam Domino Deo nostro peccavimus nos,For we have sinned against the Lord our God:et patres nostri,we and our fathers,ab adolescentia nostra usque ad diem hanc:from our youth, even to this day.et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri.And we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.”

²⁵Dormiemus in confusione nostra,We will sleep in our confusion,et operiet nos ignominia nostra:and our disgrace will cover us.quoniam Domino Deo nostro peccavimus nos,For we have sinned against the Lord our God:et patres nostri,we and our fathers,ab adolescentia nostra usque ad diem hanc:from our youth, even to this day.et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri.And we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.”