<t /><p class="poetry">Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for my case is against you priests!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Soon<n id="1" /> I will expose her lewd nakedness<n id="2" /> in front of her lovers,p> <p class="poetry">and no one will be able to rescue her from me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The company of priests is like a gang of robbers,p> <p class="poetry">lying in ambush to pounce on a victim.p> <p class="poetry">They commit murder on the road to Shechem;p> <p class="poetry">they have done heinous crimes!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Plead earnestly<n id="1" /> with your<n id="2" /> motherp> <p class="poetry">(for<n id="3" /> she is not my wife, and I am not her husband),p> <p class="poetry">so that<n id="4" /> she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;At that time,&#8221;<n id="1" /> declares the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;you will call,<n id="2" /> &#8216;My husband&#8217;;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you will never again call me,<n id="4" /> &#8216;My master.&#8217;<n id="5" />p>

Then I told her, &#8220;You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with<n id="1" /> another man, and I also will wait for you.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">The time of judgment<n id="1" /> is about to arrive!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The time of retribution<n id="3" /> is imminent!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Let Israel know!<n id="5" />p><t /><p class="poetry">The prophet is considered a fool<n id="6" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the inspired man<n id="7" /> is viewed as a madman<n id="8" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">because of the multitude of your sinsp> <p class="poetry">and your intense<n id="9" /> animosity.p>

<p class="poetry">Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch<n id="1" /> them;p> <p class="poetry">she will seek them, but she will not find them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Then she will say,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will go back<n id="3" /> to my husband,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because I was better off then than I am now.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>