Hosea 2:8-17

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

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“Therefore, I will ^(C)take back My grain at ^(b)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 ^(D)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 ^(E)put an end to all her gaiety,
Her ^(F)feasts, her ^(G)new moons, her sabbaths
And all her festal assemblies.

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

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“I will punish her for the ^(K)days of the Baals
When she used to ^(c)^(L)offer sacrifices to them
And ^(M)adorn herself with her ^(d)earrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she ^(N)forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

Restoration of Israel

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

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“Then I will give her her ^(P)vineyards from there,
And ^(Q)the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will ^(f)^(R)sing there as in the days of her youth,
As in the ^(S)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 ^(g)^(T)Ishi
And will no longer call Me ^(h)Baali.

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

Footnotes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cross references:

A. Hosea 2:8: Isaiah 1:3

B. Hosea 2:8: Ezekiel 16:19

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

D. Hosea 2:10: Ezekiel 16:37

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

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

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

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

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

J. Hosea 2:12: Hosea 13:8

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

L. Hosea 2:13: Jeremiah 7:9

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

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

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

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

Q. Hosea 2:15: Joshua 7:26

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

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

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

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