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Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord , I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord .

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord .

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord ; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.