1. The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2. “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,“I remember the devotion of your youth,your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
3. Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it incurred guilt;disaster came upon them,declares the Lord.”
4. Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.