Hosea

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.