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Jeremiah
1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?5Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.6The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.7And I said after she had done all these things , Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it .8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.13Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:15And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it ; neither shall that be done any more.17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.23Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.24For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
1يَسْأَلُونَ، إِذَا طَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ فَانْطَلَقَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَصَارَتْ لِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ، فَهَلْ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهَا بَعْدُ. أَلاَ تَتَنَجَّسُ تِلْكَ الأَرْضُ نَجَاسَةً. أَمَّا أَنْتِ فَقَدْ زَنَيْتِ بِأَصْحَابٍ كَثِيرِينَ. لَكِنِ ارْجِعِي إِلَيَّ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.2اِرْفَعِي عَيْنَيْكِ إِلَى الْهِضَابِ، وَانْظُرِي أَيْنَ لَمْ تُضَاجَعِي. فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ جَلَسْتِ لَهُمْ كَأَعْرَابِيٍّ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَنَجَّسْتِ الأَرْضَ بِزِنَاكِ وَبِشَرِّكِ.3فَامْتَنَعَ الْغَيْثُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَطَرٌ مُتَأَخِّرٌ. وَجَبْهَةُ امْرَأَةٍ زَانِيَةٍ كَانَتْ لَكِ. أَبَيْتِ أَنْ تَخْجَلِي.4أَلَسْتِ مِنَ الآنَ تَدْعِينَنِي، يَا أَبِي، أَلِيفُ صِبَايَ أَنْتَ.5هَلْ يَحْقِدُ إِلَى الدَّهْرِ أَوْ يَحْفَظُ غَضَبَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. هَا قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتِ وَعَمِلْتِ شُرُوراً، وَاسْتَطَعْتِ..6وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي فِي أَيَّامِ يُوشِيَّا الْمَلِكِ، هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مَا فَعَلَتِ الْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ. اِنْطَلَقَتْ إِلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ عَالٍ وَإِلَى كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ وَزَنَتْ هُنَاكَ.7فَقُلْتُ بَعْدَ مَا فَعَلَتْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ، ارْجِعِي إِلَيَّ. فَلَمْ تَرْجِعْ. فَرَأَتْ أُخْتُهَا الْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا.8فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لأَجْلِ كُلِّ الأَسْبَابِ إِذْ زَنَتِ الْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ فَطَلَّقْتُهَا وَأَعْطَيْتُهَا كِتَابَ طَلاَقِهَا، لَمْ تَخَفِ الْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا أُخْتُهَا، بَلْ مَضَتْ وَزَنَتْ هِيَ أَيْضاً.9وَكَانَ مِنْ هَوَانِ زِنَاهَا أَنَّهَا نَجَّسَتِ الأَرْضَ وَزَنَتْ مَعَ الْحَجَرِ وَمَعَ الشَّجَرِ.10وَفِي كُلِّ هَذَا أَيْضاً لَمْ تَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ أُخْتُهَا الْخَائِنَةُ يَهُوذَا بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهَا، بَلْ بِالْكَذِبِ. يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.11فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي، قَدْ بَرَّرَتْ نَفْسَهَا الْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْخَائِنَةِ يَهُوذَا.12اِذْهَبْ وَنَادِ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ، وَقُلِ، ارْجِعِي أَيَّتُهَا الْعَاصِيَةُ إِسْرَائِيلُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. لاَ أُوقِعُ غَضَبِي بِكُمْ لأَنِّي رَؤُوفٌ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. لاَ أَحْقِدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.13اِعْرِفِي فَقَطْ إِثْمَكِ أَنَّكِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكِ أَذْنَبْتِ، وَفَرَّقْتِ طُرُقَكِ لِلْغُرَبَاءِ تَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ، وَلِصَوْتِي لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا. يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.14اِرْجِعُوا أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ الْعُصَاةُ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لأَنِّي سُدْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَآخُذَكُمْ وَاحِداً مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَاثْنَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَشِيرَةِ وَآتِي بِكُمْ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ،15وَأُعْطِيكُمْ رُعَاةً حَسَبَ قَلْبِي فَيَرْعَوْنَكُمْ بِالْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْفَهْمِ.16وَيَكُونُ إِذْ تَكْثُرُونَ وَتُثْمِرُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَقُولُونَ بَعْدُ، تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ وَلاَ يَخْطُرُ عَلَى بَالٍ وَلاَ يَذْكُرُونَهُ وَلاَ يَتَعَهَّدُونَهُ وَلاَ يُصْنَعُ بَعْدُ.17فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ يُسَمَّوْنَ أُورُشَلِيمَ كُرْسِيَّ الرَّبِّ، وَيَجْتَمِعُ إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ الأُمَمِ إِلَى اسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَلاَ يَذْهَبُونَ بَعْدُ وَرَاءَ عِنَادِ قَلْبِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرِ.18فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ يَذْهَبُ بَيْتُ يَهُوذَا مَعَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَأْتِيَانِ مَعاً مِنْ أَرْضِ الشِّمَالِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي مَلَّكْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ إِيَّاهَا.19وَأَنَا قُلْتُ، كَيْفَ أَضَعُكِ بَيْنَ الْبَنِينَ، وَأُعْطِيكِ أَرْضاً شَهِيَّةً، مِيرَاثَ مَجْدِ أَمْجَادِ الأُمَمِ. وَقُلْتُ، تَدْعِينَنِي يَا أَبِي، وَمِنْ وَرَائِي لاَ تَرْجِعِينَ.20حَقّاً إِنَّهُ كَمَا تَخُونُ الْمَرْأَةُ قَرِينَهَا هَكَذَا خُنْتُمُونِي يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.21سُمِعَ صَوْتٌ عَلَى الْهِضَابِ، بُكَاءُ تَضَرُّعَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. لأَنَّهُمْ عَوَّجُوا طَرِيقَهُمْ. نَسَوْا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ.22اِرْجِعُوا أَيُّهَا الْبَنُونَ الْعُصَاةُ فَأَشْفِيَ عِصْيَانَكُمْ.23حَقّاً بَاطِلَةٌ هِيَ الآكَامُ ثَرْوَةُ الْجِبَالِ. حَقّاً بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا خَلاَصُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.24وَقَدْ أَكَلَ الْخِزْيُ تَعَبَ آبَائِنَا مُنْذُ صِبَانَا غَنَمَهُمْ وَبَقَرَهُمْ بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ.25نَضْطَجِعُ فِي خِزْيِنَا وَيُغَطِّينَا خَجَلُنَا لأَنَّنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا أَخْطَأْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا مُنْذُ صِبَانَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا.