1. The word of the Lord came to me:
2. ‘Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:‘This is what the Lord says:‘ “I remember the devotion of your youth,how as a bride you loved meand followed me through the wilderness,through a land not sown.
3. Israel was holy to the Lord,the firstfruits of his harvest;all who devoured her were held guilty,and disaster overtook them,” ’declares the Lord.