Hosea 2

NASB

Hosea 2

Israel’s Unfaithfulness Condemned

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“Contend with your mother, ^(A)contend,
For she is ^(B)not my wife, and I am not her husband;
And let her put away her ^(C)harlotry from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts,

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Or I will strip her ^(D)naked
And expose her as on the ^(E)day when she was born.
I will also ^(F)make her like a wilderness,
Make her like desert land
And slay her with ^(G)thirst.

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“Also, I will have no compassion on her children,
Because they are ^(H)children of harlotry.

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“For their mother has ^(I)played the harlot;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘^(J)I will go after my lovers,
Who ^(K)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my ^(L)oil and my drink.’

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“Therefore, behold, I will ^(M)hedge up ^(d)her way with ^(N)thorns,
And I will build ^(e)a wall against her so that she cannot find her ^(O)paths.

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“She will ^(P)pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘^(Q)I will go back to my ^(R)first husband,
For it was ^(S)better for me then than now!’

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“For she does ^(T)not know that it was ^(U)I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they ^(f)used for Baal.

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“Therefore, I will ^(V)take back My grain at ^(g)harvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
Given to cover her nakedness.

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“And then I will ^(W)uncover her lewdness
In the sight of her lovers,
And no one will rescue her out of My hand.

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“I will also ^(X)put an end to all her gaiety,
Her ^(Y)feasts, her ^(Z)new moons, her sabbaths
And all her festal assemblies.

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“I will ^(AA)destroy her vines and fig trees,
Of which she said, ‘These are my wages
Which my lovers have given me.’
And I will ^(AB)make them a forest,
And the ^(AC)beasts of the field will devour them.

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“I will punish her for the ^(AD)days of the Baals
When she used to ^(h)^(AE)offer sacrifices to them
And ^(AF)adorn herself with her ⁽ⁱ⁾earrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she ^(AG)forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

Restoration of Israel

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“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
^(AH)Bring her into the wilderness
And speak ^(j)kindly to her.

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“Then I will give her her ^(AI)vineyards from there,
And ^(AJ)the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will ^(k)^(AK)sing there as in the days of her youth,
As in the ^(AL)day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

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“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord,
“That you will call Me ^(l)^(AM)Ishi
And will no longer call Me ^(m)Baali.

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“For ^(AN)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will be ⁽ⁿ⁾mentioned by their names no more.

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“In that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the ^(AO)beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I will ^(o)^(AP)abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land,
And will make them ^(AQ)lie down in safety.

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“I will ^(AR)betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in ^(AS)righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,

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And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
Then you will ^(AT)know the Lord.

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“It will come about in that day that ^(AU)I will respond,” declares the Lord.
“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,

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And the ^(AV)earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil,
And they will respond to ^(p)Jezreel.

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“I will ^(AW)sow her for Myself in the land.
^(AX)I will also have compassion on ^(q)her who had not obtained compassion,
And ^(AY)I will say to ^(r)those who were ^(AZ)not My people,
‘You are My people!’
And ^(s)they will say, ‘You are my God!’”

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 2:1: ['Ch 2:3 in Heb']

b. Hosea 2:1: ['I.e. my people']

c. Hosea 2:1: ['I.e. she has obtained compassion']

d. Hosea 2:6: ['So with some ancient versions; Heb ', your]

e. Hosea 2:6: ['Lit ', her wall so that]

f. Hosea 2:8: ['Or ', made into the]

g. Hosea 2:9: ['Lit ', its time]

h. Hosea 2:13: ['Or ', burn incense]

i. Hosea 2:13: ['Or ', nose rings]

j. Hosea 2:14: ['Lit ', upon her heart]

k. Hosea 2:15: ['Or ', give answer]

l. Hosea 2:16: ['I.e. my husband']

m. Hosea 2:16: ['I.e. my master, or my Baal']

n. Hosea 2:17: ['Or ', remembered]

o. Hosea 2:18: ['Lit ', break]

p. Hosea 2:22: ['I.e. God sows']

q. Hosea 2:23: ['Heb ', Lo-ruhamah]

r. Hosea 2:23: ['Heb ', Lo-ammi]

s. Hosea 2:23: ['Lit ', he]

Cross references:

A. Hosea 2:2: Ezekiel 23:45; Hosea 2:5; Hosea 4:5

B. Hosea 2:2: Isaiah 50:1

C. Hosea 2:2: Jeremiah 3:1; Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 3:13

D. Hosea 2:3: Jeremiah 13:22; Ezekiel 16:7; Ezekiel 16:22; Ezekiel 16:39

E. Hosea 2:3: Ezekiel 16:4

F. Hosea 2:3: Isaiah 32:13; Isaiah 32:14; Hosea 13:15

G. Hosea 2:3: Jeremiah 14:3; Amos 8:11-13

H. Hosea 2:4: Jeremiah 13:14

I. Hosea 2:5: Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 3:1; Jeremiah 3:2; Hosea 3:1

J. Hosea 2:5: Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 3:1; Jeremiah 3:2; Hosea 3:1

K. Hosea 2:5: Jeremiah 44:17; Jeremiah 44:18; Hosea 2:12

L. Hosea 2:5: Hosea 2:8

M. Hosea 2:6: Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7; Lamentations 3:9

N. Hosea 2:6: Hosea 9:6; Hosea 10:8

O. Hosea 2:6: Jeremiah 18:15

P. Hosea 2:7: Hosea 5:13

Q. Hosea 2:7: Luke 15:17; Luke 15:18

R. Hosea 2:7: Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:1; Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 23:4

S. Hosea 2:7: Jeremiah 14:22; Hosea 13:6

T. Hosea 2:8: Isaiah 1:3

U. Hosea 2:8: Ezekiel 16:19

V. Hosea 2:9: Hosea 8:7; Hosea 9:2

W. Hosea 2:10: Ezekiel 16:37

X. Hosea 2:11: Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9

Y. Hosea 2:11: Hosea 3:4; Amos 5:21; Amos 8:10

Z. Hosea 2:11: Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 1:14

AA. Hosea 2:12: Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 8:13

AB. Hosea 2:12: Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 7:23

AC. Hosea 2:12: Hosea 13:8

AD. Hosea 2:13: Hosea 4:13; Hosea 11:2

AE. Hosea 2:13: Jeremiah 7:9

AF. Hosea 2:13: Ezekiel 16:12; Ezekiel 16:17; Ezekiel 23:40

AG. Hosea 2:13: Hosea 4:6; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 13:6

AH. Hosea 2:14: Ezekiel 20:33-38

AI. Hosea 2:15: Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 28:26

AJ. Hosea 2:15: Joshua 7:26

AK. Hosea 2:15: Jeremiah 2:1-3; Ezekiel 16:8-14

AL. Hosea 2:15: Hosea 11:1; Hosea 12:9; Hosea 12:13; Hosea 13:4

AM. Hosea 2:16: Isaiah 54:5; Hosea 2:7

AN. Hosea 2:17: Exodus 23:13; Joshua 23:7; Psalm 16:4

AO. Hosea 2:18: Job 5:23; Isaiah 11:6-9; Ezekiel 34:25

AP. Hosea 2:18: Isaiah 2:4; Ezekiel 39:1-10

AQ. Hosea 2:18: Leviticus 26:5; Jeremiah 23:6; Ezekiel 34:25

AR. Hosea 2:19: Isaiah 62:4; Isaiah 62:5

AS. Hosea 2:19: Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 54:6-8

AT. Hosea 2:20: Jeremiah 31:33; Jeremiah 31:34; Hosea 6:6; Hosea 13:4

AU. Hosea 2:21: Isaiah 55:10; Zechariah 8:12; Malachi 3:10; Malachi 3:11

AV. Hosea 2:22: Jeremiah 31:12; Joel 2:19

AW. Hosea 2:23: Jeremiah 31:27

AX. Hosea 2:23: Hosea 1:6

AY. Hosea 2:23: Romans 9:25; 1 Peter 2:10

AZ. Hosea 2:23: Hosea 1:9