1Moreover the word of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came to me, saying,

2Go and cry in the ears of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], saying, Thus says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); I remember youⁱ, the kindness of yourⁱ youth, the love of yourⁱ espousals, when youⁱ went after me in the wilderness, in a land [that was] not sown.

3Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] [was] holiness unto the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), [and] the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend (make angry; make one stumble; violate); evil shall come upon them, says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

4Hear you^2f the word of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), O house of Ya’akov [Heal of God], and all the families of the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]:

5Thus says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

6Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) that brought us up out of the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when you^2f entered, you^2f defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

8The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate)? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Ba’al [lord (a false god)], and walked after [things that] do not profit.

9For what reason I will yet plead with you, says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and with your children's children will I plead.

10For pass over the isles of Kittim [Bruisers], and see; and send unto Kedar [dark], and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

11Has a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] does not profit.

12Be astonished, O you^2f heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you^2f very desolate, says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

14[Is] Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he spoiled?

15The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

16Also the children of Nof [presentability] and Tachpanches [you will fill hands with pity] have broken the crown of yourⁱ head.

17Have youⁱ not procured this unto yourself, in that youⁱ have forsaken the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) yourⁱ God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], when he led youⁱ by the way?

18And now what have youⁱ to do in the way of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], to drink the waters of Shichor [Dark]? or what have youⁱ to do in the way of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), to drink the waters of the river?

19Your1s own wickedness shall correct youⁱ, and yourⁱ backslidings shall reprove youⁱ: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that youⁱ have forsaken the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) youⁱ God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and that my fear [is] not in youⁱ, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehoveeh (THE FATHER) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].

20For of old time I have broken yourⁱ yoke, [and] burst yourⁱ bands; and youⁱ said, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree youⁱ wander, playing the prostitute.

21Yet I had planted youⁱ a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are youⁱ turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

22For though youⁱ wash youⁱ with lye, and take youⁱ much soap, [yet] yourⁱ iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehoveeh (THE FATHER).

23How can youⁱ say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Ba’alim [lords (false gods)]? see yourⁱ way in the valley, know what youⁱ have done: [youⁱ are] a swift young female camel traversing her ways;

24A wild ass used to the wilderness, [that] snuffs up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

25Withhold yourⁱ foot from being unshod, and youⁱ throat from thirst: but youⁱ said, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

27Saying to a stock, youⁱ [are] my father; and to a stone, youⁱ have brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back unto me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

28But where [are] yourⁱ gods that youⁱ have made youⁱ? let them arise, if they can save youⁱ in the time of yourⁱ trouble: for [according to] the number of yourⁱ cities are youⁱ gods, O Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised].

29For what reason will you^2f plead with me? you^2f all have transgressed against me, says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

31O generation, see you^2f the word of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate). Have I been a wilderness unto Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto youⁱ?

32Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

33Why prepare youⁱ yourⁱ way to seek love? therefore have youⁱ also taught the wicked ones yourⁱ ways.

34Also in yourⁱ skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

35Yet youⁱ say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with youⁱ, because youⁱ say, I have not sinned.

36Why you cheapen yourselfi, you change yourⁱ course so often? youⁱ also shall be ashamed of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], as youⁱ were ashamed of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))).

37Yes, youⁱ shall go forth from him, and yourⁱ hands upon yourⁱ head: for the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has rejected yourⁱ confidences, and youⁱ shall not prosper in them.