“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil ¹  so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to ¹  the gods called Baal, ²  as their fathers ³  taught them to do.

I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. ¹  I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! ¹  We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’” ² 

I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them ¹  firmly in the land.’

I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves. ¹ 

Because of this, our hearts are sick; ¹  because of these things, we can hardly see ²  through our tears. ³ 

“As for you, son of man, turn toward ¹  the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. ²  Prophesy against them

I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

The ships of Tarshish ¹  were the transports for your merchandise. “‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike, ¹ 

I will disturb ¹  many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.

However, in the future I will allure her; ¹  I will lead ²  her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.

Their heart is slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The Lord ¹  will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs – I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion – like a wild animal would tear them apart.

Bravehearted ¹  warriors will run away naked in that day.” The Lord is speaking!

Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! ¹  Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!

Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a means of strength to us through their God, the Lord who rules over all.’