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Hosea 1:2
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Hosea 1:2
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Hosea’s Wife and Children
2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous(A) woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness(B) to the Lord.”
Hosea 1:2
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Hosea 1:2
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2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.
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Hosea 1:2
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Hosea 1:2
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The Family of Hosea
2 When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea:
(A)“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry
And children of harlotry,
For (B)the land has committed great [a]harlotry
By departing from the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 1:2 Spiritual adultery
Hosea 2:4
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Hosea 2:4
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Hosea 2:4
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Hosea 2:4
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4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
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Hosea 2:4
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Hosea 2:4
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4 “I will not have mercy on her children,
For they are the (A)children of harlotry.
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