Hoshĕa (Hosea) 2
2
1“Say to your brothers, ‘O my people,’ and to your sisters, ‘O, compassioned one.’
2“Strive with your mother, strive, for she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her whorings from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts,
3lest I strip her naked, and shall set her up as on the day she was born, and shall make her like a wilderness, and shall set her like a dry land, and shall put her to death with thirst.
4“And I shall not have compassion on her children, for they are the children of whorings.
5“For their mother has whored, she who conceived them has acted shamelessly. For she said, ‘I go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.’
6“Therefore, see, I am hedging up your way with thorns, and I shall wall her in, so that she does not find her paths.
7“And she shall pursue her lovers but not overtake them, and shall seek them but not find them. Then she shall say, ‘Let me go and return to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.’
8“And she did not acknowledge that I gave her grain, and new wine, and oil, and increased her silver and gold which they prepared for Ba‛al.
9“Therefore I shall turn back and shall take my grain in its time and My new wine in its appointed time, and I shall take away My wool and My linen covering her nakedness.
10“And now I shall uncover her shame before the eyes of her lovers, and no one shall deliver her from My hand.
11“And I shall cause all her rejoicing, her festivals, her New Moons, and her Sabbaths, even all her appointed times, to cease,
12and lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she has said, ‘these are my harlot-fees that my lovers have given me.’ And I shall make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13“And I shall punish her for the days of the Ba‛als to which she burned incense and adorned herself with her rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, and forgot Me,” declares יהוה.
14“Therefore, see, I am alluring her, and shall lead her into the wilderness, and shall speak to her heart,
15and give to her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Aḵor as a door of expectation. And there she shall respond as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Mitsrayim.
16“And it shall be, in that day,” declares יהוה, “that you call Me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘My Ba‛al.’
17“And I shall remove the names of the Ba‛als from her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
18“And in that day I shall make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping creatures of the ground, when bow, and sword, and battle I break from the earth. And I shall make them lie down in safety.
19“And I shall take you as a bride unto Me forever, and take you as a bride unto Me in righteousness, and in right-ruling, and loving-commitment and compassion.
20“And I shall take you as a bride unto Me in trustworthiness, and you shall know יהוה.
21“And it shall be in that day that I answer,” declares יהוה, “that I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth,
22and the earth answer the grain and the new wine and the oil, and they answer Yizre‛ĕl.
23“And I shall sow her for Myself in the earth, and I shall have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion. And I shall say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people,’ while they say, ‘My Elohim!’ ”
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Hosea 2
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1 # 2.1 Ch 2.3 in Heb #Rom 9.25; 1 Pet 2.10. Say to your brother,#2.1 Gk: Heb brothers “My people,” and to your sister,#2.1 Gk Vg: Heb sisters “She has obtained pity.”
2“Plead with your mother, plead—
for she is not my wife,
and I am not her husband—
that she put away her harlotry from her face,
and her adultery from between her breasts;
3lest I strip her naked
and make her as in the day she was born,
and make her like a wilderness,
and set her like a parched land,
and slay her with thirst.
4Upon her children also I will have no pity,
because they are children of harlotry.
5For their mother has played the harlot;
she that conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
who give me my bread and my water,
my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’
6Therefore I will hedge up her#2.6 Gk Syr: Heb your way with thorns;
and I will build a wall against her,
so that she cannot find her paths.
7She shall pursue her lovers,
but not overtake them;
and she shall seek them,
but shall not find them.
Then she shall say, ‘I will go
and return to my first husband,
for it was better with me then than now.’
8And she did not know
that it was I who gave her
the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and who lavished upon her silver
and gold which they used for Baal.
9Therefore I will take back
my grain in its time,
and my wine in its season;
and I will take away my wool and my flax,
which were to cover her nakedness.
10Now I will uncover her lewdness
in the sight of her lovers,
and no one shall rescue her out of my hand.
11And I will put an end to all her mirth,
her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths,
and all her appointed feasts.
12And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees,
of which she said,
‘These are my hire,
which my lovers have given me.’
I will make them a forest,
and the beasts of the field shall devour them.
13And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals
when she burned incense to them
and decked herself with her ring and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
and forgot me, says the Lord.
14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.
15And there I will give her her vineyards,
and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth,
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
16“And in that day, says the Lord, you will call me, ‘My husband,’ and no longer will you call me, ‘My Baal.’ 17For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more. 18And I will make for you#2.18 Heb them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will abolish#2.18 Heb break the bow, the sword, and war from the land; and I will make you lie down in safety. 19And I will betroth you to me for ever; I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy. 20I will betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the Lord.
21“And in that day, says the Lord,
I will answer the heavens
and they shall answer the earth;
22and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and they shall answer Jezreel;#2.22 That is God sows
23and I will sow him#2.23 Cn: Heb her for myself in the land.
And I will have pity on Not pitied,
and I will say to Not my people, ‘You are my people’;
and he shall say, ‘Thou art my God.’ ”
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