1 God says: A man may send his wife away. If she marries a new man, can she come back? No. The land would be dirty. You all ran to many fake gods. But I still say, “Come back to Me.” ♀️➡️♂️❌️➡️ 2 God says: Look at the hills and roads. You went there to bow to fake gods. You made the land dirty with bad things. ⛰️️❌️ 3 No rain came. The sky stopped the rain. You were not shy. You did not feel bad for your wrong. ️❌ 4 God says: Will you call Me “Father”? Will you say, “You led me when I was young”? ️ 5 You say, “God will not stay mad.” But you still do bad things and follow your own way. ️➡️➡️ 6 In the days of King Josiah, God said: Did you see Israel? She went on hills and under trees to bow to fake gods. ⛰️❌ 7 God says: I hoped Israel would come back. She did not. Judah, her sister, saw this. ↩️❌ 8 God says: I let Israel go away. But Judah was not scared. Judah also did bad and ran to fake gods. ♀️➡️➡️♀️❌ 9 Israel bowed to wood and stone like a wife who runs away. She made the land dirty. ❌ 10 Judah came back to God only with a fake heart, not a real heart. It was a show. ❤️ 11 God says: Israel looks better than Judah now. Judah did worse. ⚖️ 12 God says: Go north and say, “Israel, come back to Me. I am kind. I will not stay mad forever.” ⬆️↩️❤️ 13 God says: Just say you did wrong. You ran to fake gods under trees. You did not obey Me. ️❌ 14 God says: Come back, My children. I love you. I will bring you home, even if it is one from a city or two from a family. I will bring you to My city. ➡️️ 15 God says: I will give you good leaders. They will teach you and help you learn. 16 God says: When you grow many, you will not talk about the big box of God. You will not miss it. You will not make a new one. ⬆️️❌ 17 Then the city, Jerusalem, will be God’s seat. All people will come there. They will not be stubborn or do bad. ️ 18 Then Judah and Israel will walk together. They will come home from the north to the land God gave long ago. ♀️♂️⬆️➡️️ 19 God says: I want to give you a good land, the best land. I want you to call Me “Father” and not turn away. 20 But you left Me like a wife runs from her husband. O Israel, you left Me. ♀️ 21 We hear cries on the hills. Israel cries and prays. They did wrong and forgot God. ⛰️ 22 God says: Come back, children. I will heal your hearts. People say: “We come to You. You are our God.” ↩️❤️️ 23 People say: The hills and big rocks cannot save us. Only God can save Israel. ⛰️❌➡️✅ 24 People say: Fake gods ate our work and our animals and even our sons and girls. We lost so much. ➡️❌ 25 People say: We feel deep shame. We did bad to God. We did not obey, from long ago till now. We lie down low. ♂️♀️