The Polluted Land
God says, “aIf a husband divorces his wife
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely polluted?
But you bare a harlot with many lovers;
Yet you cturn to Me,” declares Yahweh.
2 “Lift up your eyes to the abare heights and see;
Where have you not been ravished?
By the roads you have bsat for them
Like an Arab in the wilderness,
And you have cpolluted a land
With your harlotry and with your evil.
3 Therefore the ashowers have been withheld,
And the late rain has not come.
Yet you had a bharlot’s forehead;
You refused to feel dishonor.
4 Have you not just now called to Me,
‘aMy Father, You are the bclose companion of my cyouth?
5 aWill He be angry forever?
Will He keep it to the end?’
Behold, you have spoken
And have done evil things,
And you have had your way.”