1They be like, if a dude ditches his girl and she’s with someone else, can he just slide back in? That land be sus, but you’ve been out here playing the field; still wanna come back to me, says the Lord.

2Look up at the high spots and see where you ain't been chillin’. You’ve been out here vibing like an Arabian in the wild; you’ve totally messed up the land with your wild ways.

3So the rain's been ghosting you, and you got a whore's vibe, acting like you ain't ashamed, fr.

4You not gonna hit me up this time, saying, "My dad, you were my ride or die back in the day?"

5Is he gonna stay mad forever? Like, for real? You’ve been out here doing savage stuff, no cap.

6The Lord hit me up during Josiah’s reign, asking if I saw what backsliding Israel was doing? She’s climbing every mountain and chilling under every tree, acting all wild.

7I was like, after she did all that, "Come back to me." But she didn’t even trip. Her shady sister Judah was watching.

8I saw that I had to let her go because of all the sus stuff backsliding Israel did; I even gave her a breakup note, but her shady sister Judah didn’t care and played the field too.

9And for real, she made the land all messed up with her wild ways, committing adultery with rocks and trees.

10Yet after all this, her shady sister Judah didn’t come back to me with her whole heart, just faked it, says the Lord.

11And the Lord told me, backsliding Israel is more justified than shady Judah.

12Go and drop these words to the north, telling them, "Return, backsliding Israel," says the Lord; I won't unleash my anger on you, 'cause I'm merciful, periodt.

13Just own up to your wrongs, that you’ve messed up against the Lord your God and scattered your vibes to strangers under every tree; you didn’t listen to my voice, says the Lord.

14Turn back, backsliding kids, says the Lord; I’m committed to you: I’ll grab you from a city and two from a fam, and bring you to Zion.

15I’ll give you pastors that are on my vibe, feeding you knowledge and understanding.

16And when you blow up and grow in the land, in those days, says the Lord, they won’t even mention the ark of the covenant anymore; it won’t even cross their minds.

17Back then, they’ll call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; all the nations will gather there, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem; they won’t be walking after their evil thoughts anymore.

18In those days, Judah will roll with Israel, and they’ll come together from the north to the land I gave to your fam.

19But I was like, how do I put you with the kids and give you a dope land, a lit heritage of nations? You’ll call me "My dad" and not ghost me.

20Just like a wife dips on her husband, you’ve been shady with me, O house of Israel, says the Lord.

21A voice was heard on the high places, crying and begging from the kids of Israel; they’ve messed up their way and forgotten the Lord their God.

22Return, backsliding kids, and I’ll heal your backslidings. We’re coming to you, 'cause you’re our God, no cap.

23Honestly, hoping for salvation from the hills and mountains is a joke; true salvation for Israel is in the Lord our God.

24For shame has devoured the grind of our fathers since we were kids; their flocks, herds, sons, and daughters.

25We’re lying down in our shame, and confusion is all over us; we’ve sinned against the Lord our God, us and our fathers, since we were kids until now, and haven’t listened to the Lord our God.

1They 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.

2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

5Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

6The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

7And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

11And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.

13Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.

14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

15And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.

22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

23Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

24For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.