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Israel Turns from God

The Lord spoke this word to me: “Go and speak to the people of Jerusalem. Say to them: This is what the Lord says:

‘When you were a young nation, you were faithful to me.
    You loved me like a young bride.
You followed me through the desert.
    It was a land that had never been planted.

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Israel Forsakes God

The word(A) of the Lord came to me: “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,(B)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,(C)
    through a land not sown.

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