A Call to Repentance

⁶ The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what ^(A)backsliding Israel has done? She has ^(B)gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.

⁸ Then I saw that ^(A)for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had ^(B)put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; ^(C)yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.

¹¹ Then the Lord said to me, ^(A)“Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

¹² Go and proclaim these words toward ^(A)the north, and say:

¹⁴ “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; ^(A)“for I am married to you. I will take you, ^(B)one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to ^(C)Zion.