1 “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’

2 “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.

3 Otherwise I will strip her naked

and make her as bare as on the day she was born;

I will make her like a desert,

turn her into a parched land,

and slay her with thirst.

4 I will not show my love to her children,

because they are the children of adultery.

1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi;

And to your sisters, Ru-hamah.

2 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;

3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born,

And make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land,

And slay her with thirst.

4 And I will not have mercy upon her children;

For they be the children of whoredoms.

1 “In that day you will call your brothers Ammi—‘My people.’ And you will call your sisters Ruhamah—‘The ones I love.’

2 “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.

3 Otherwise, I will strip her as naked

as she was on the day she was born.

I will leave her to die of thirst,

as in a dry and barren wilderness.

4 And I will not love her children,

for they were conceived in prostitution.

1 Say to your brethren, ‘My people,’ And to your sisters, ‘Mercy is shown.’

2 “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;

3 Lest I strip her naked

And expose her, as in the day she was born,

And make her like a wilderness,

And set her like a dry land,

And slay her with thirst.

4 “I will not have mercy on her children,

For they are the children of harlotry.

1 “You are to call your brothers, ‘my people,’ and your sisters, ‘you have been shown pity.’

2 “Plead with your mother.

Accuse her, because she is no longer my wife,

and I am no longer her husband.

Tell her to stop acting like a prostitute,

to stop behaving like an unfaithful wife.

3 If she refuses, I will strip her naked

and leave her bare like the day she was born.

I will make her dry like a desert,

like a land without water,

and I will kill her with thirst.

4 I will not take pity on her children,

because they are the children of a prostitute.

1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

2 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; 3 lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. 4 Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;

1 Say unto your brethren Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 2 Plead with your mother, plead; 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; 3 lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst. 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.

1 “So call your brothers Ammi [My People], 

and call your sisters Ruhamah [Loved]. 

2 “Plead with your mother; plead with her. 

She no longer acts like my wife. 

She no longer treats me like her husband. 

Tell her to stop acting like a prostitute. 

Tell her to remove the lovers from between her breasts. 

3 If she refuses, I will strip her. 

I will leave her as naked as the day she was born. 

I will turn her into a dry and barren land, 

and she will die of thirst. 

4 I won’t love her children, 

because they are children of a prostitute. 

1 Call your brothers: My People

and your sisters: Compassion.

2 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.

3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked

and expose her as she was on the day of her birth.

I will make her like a desert

and like a parched land,

and I will let her die of thirst.

4 I will have no compassion on her children

because they are the children of promiscuity.

1 Say to your brother, Ammi, and to your sister, Ruhamah.

2 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,

3 or I will strip her naked

and expose her as in the day she was born,

and make her like a wilderness,

and turn her into a parched land,

and kill her with thirst.

4 Upon her children also I will have no pity,

because they are children of whoredom.

1 Say to your brother, “Ammi,”

and to your sister, “Ruhamah.”

2 Plead with your mother, plead—

because she is not my wife,

and I am not her husband.

Let her put away her whoring from before her,

and her adultery from between her breasts.

3 Lest I strip her naked

and expose her like the day when she was born;

I will make her like the desert

and turn her into parched land;

I will kill her with thirst.

4 And I will not have pity on her children,

because they are children of whoredom.

1 “People of Israel, call your brothers My People. And call your sisters My Loved Ones.”

2 I said to my children,

“Talk things over with your mother.

Talk to her.

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.

3 If she doesn’t stop it, I will strip her naked.

I’ll make her as bare as she was on the day she was born.

I’ll make her like a desert.

She will become like dry land.

And I’ll let her die of thirst.”

4 I won’t show my love to Gomer’s children.

They are the children of other men.

1 Say to your brothers, “Ammi,” and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”

2 “Contend with your mother, contend,

For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband;

And let her put away her harlotry from her face

And her adultery from between her breasts,

3 Or I will strip her naked

And expose her as on the day when she was born.

I will also make her like a wilderness,

Make her like desert land

And slay her with thirst.

4 “Also, I will have no compassion on her children,

Because they are children of harlotry.