“ But now bring charges against Israel— your mother— for she is no longer my wife, and I am no longer her husband. Tell her to remove the prostitute’s makeup from her face and the clothing that exposes her breasts.

“你们要与你们的母亲大大争辩；因为她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫。叫她除掉脸上的淫像和胸间的淫态，

要跟你们的母亲理论，理论，—因为她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫—叫她除掉脸上的淫相和胸间的淫态，

要跟你们的母亲理论，理论，—因为她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫—叫她除掉脸上的淫相和胸间的淫态，

“你们去跟你们的母亲理论吧！因为她不再是我的妻子，我也不再是她的丈夫。叫她别再出卖色相，别再露出乳间的淫态。

要与你们的母亲争论，你们要争论，因为她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫；好让她除掉脸上的淫相，和乳间的淫态，

你們要與你們的母親大大爭辯；因為她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫。叫她除掉臉上的淫像和胸間的淫態，

要跟你們的母親理論，理論，－因為她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫－叫她除掉臉上的淫相和胸間的淫態，

要跟你們的母親理論，理論，－因為她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫－叫她除掉臉上的淫相和胸間的淫態，

「你們去跟你們的母親理論吧！因為她不再是我的妻子，我也不再是她的丈夫。叫她別再出賣色相，別再露出乳間的淫態。

要與你們的母親爭論，你們要爭論，因為她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫；好讓她除掉臉上的淫相，和乳間的淫態，

要跟你們的母親大大爭辯——因為她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫——要叫她除掉她臉上的淫相，和她胸間的姦淫態；

其與爾母爭辯、爭辯、蓋彼非我妻、我非其夫、使除其面上之淫、去其懷中之姦、

當告爾母、彼非我妻、我非其夫、彼當去淫行、勿為男擁抱、

當與爾母爭辯又爭辯、彼非我妻、我非其夫、彼當去妓女之狀於面上、除淫婦之態於胸間、

“ Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

“ Tell your mother she is wrong. Tell her she is wrong. She isn’t acting like a wife to me anymore. She no longer treats me as her husband. Tell her to stop looking and acting like a prostitute. Tell her not to let her lovers lie on her breasts anymore.

“ Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts;

Rebuke your mother; rebuke her. For she is not my wife and I am not her husband. Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face and her adultery from between her breasts.

“ Dispute with your mother, dispute, Because she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; But she must remove her infidelity from her face And her adultery from between her breasts,

“ Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts;

Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Rebuke your mother; rebuke her. For she is not My wife and I am not her husband. Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face and her adultery from between her breasts.

Plead with your mother, plead: for she[ is] not my wife, neither[ am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Plead earnestly with your mother( for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.

Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

This is what the Lord says:“ Was your mother sent away because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.

“ If a man divorces a woman and she goes and marries someone else, he will not take her back again, for that would surely corrupt the land. But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers, so why are you trying to come back to me?” says the Lord.

But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are— adulterers and murderers.

Only acknowledge your guilt. Admit that you rebelled against the Lord your God and committed adultery against him by worshiping idols under every green tree. Confess that you refused to listen to my voice. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Say to them,‘ Listen to this message from the Lord, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!

During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me,“ Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree.I thought,‘ After she has done all this, she will return to me.’ But she did not return, and her faithless sister Judah saw this.She saw that I divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery. But that treacherous sister Judah had no fear, and now she, too, has left me and given herself to prostitution.Israel treated it all so lightly— she thought nothing of committing adultery by worshiping idols made of wood and stone. So now the land has been polluted.

On every street corner you defiled your beauty, offering your body to every passerby in an endless stream of prostitution.

When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him,“ Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.”

“ Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says:“ I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.

“ Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Shout aloud! Don’t be timid. Tell my people Israel of their sins!

Then I said,‘ If they really want to have sex with old worn out prostitutes like these, let them!’

Their mother is a shameless prostitute and became pregnant in a shameful way. She said,‘ I’ll run after other lovers and sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’

So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now!

“ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.And now, look, your house is abandoned and desolate.For I tell you this, you will never see me again until you say,‘ Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

“ Son of man, bring charges against them and condemn them. Make them realize how detestable the sins of their ancestors really were.

“ You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One— the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.You deliberately disobeyed God’s law, even though you received it from the hands of angels.”

“ Then you took your sons and daughters— the children you had borne to me— and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough?