How beautiful you are, my love;     how perfect you are!

Listen while I sing you this song,     a song of my friend and his vineyard: My friend had a vineyard     on a very fertile hill.

Let the wicked leave their way of life     and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the Lord, our God;     he is merciful and quick to forgive.

And yet the Lord is waiting to be merciful to you. He is ready to take pity on you because he always does what is right. Happy are those who put their trust in the Lord.

Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.

Then over Mount Zion and over all who are gathered there, the Lord will send a cloud in the daytime and smoke and a bright flame at night. God's glory will cover and protect the whole city.

Some time later my wife became pregnant. When our son was born, the Lord said to me, “Name him ‘Quick-Loot-Fast-Plunder’.

I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love.

to proclaim this message to everyone in Jerusalem. “I remember how faithful you were when you were young,     how you loved me when we were first married; you followed me through the desert,     through a land that had not been sown.

Israel, don't wear your feet out,     or let your throat become dry     from chasing after other gods. But you say, ‘No! I can't turn back.     I have loved foreign gods     and will go after them.’ ”