Hosea 2:7

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Hosea 2:7

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Summary

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

She shall follow

I will

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Ezekiel 23:4

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Bible References

She shall follow

When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria
And sent to

King Jareb.

But he is unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your wound.

So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting Me,

To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh

And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

“But where are your gods
Which you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can save you
In the time of your trouble;
For according to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.

“For thus says the Lord,
‘Your wound is incurable
And your injury is serious.

What comes into your mind will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, serving wood and stone.’

“Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold I will arouse your lovers against you, from whom you were alienated, and I will bring them against you from every side:

I will

I will go away and return to My place
Until they

acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;

In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

“Come, let us return to the Lord.
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,

For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

“Return, O faithless sons,

I will heal your faithlessness.”

“Behold, we come to You;
For You are the Lord our God.

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;

Bring me back that I may be restored,

For You are the Lord my God.

“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God they will seek.

Let us examine and probe our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.

But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!

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“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord,
“I remember concerning you the

devotion of your youth,

The love of your betrothals,

Your following after Me in the wilderness,

Through a land not sown.

God says, “If a husband divorces his wife
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely polluted?
But you are a harlot with many lovers;
Yet you turn to Me,” declares the Lord.

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.

Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them.

Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

For

As they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And being satisfied, their heart became proud;
Therefore they forgot Me.

“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,

Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

“He made him ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;

And He made him suck honey from the rock,

And oil from the flinty rock,

“They captured fortified cities and a

fertile land.

They took possession of houses full of every good thing,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and grew fat,
And reveled in Your great goodness.

Are there any among the

idols of the nations who give rain?

Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we

hope in You,

For You are the one who has done all these things.

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”

He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.