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Hosea 2:3
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Hosea 2:3
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3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
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Hosea 2:3
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Hosea 2:3
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Hosea 2:3
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Hosea 2:3
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3 Lest (A)I strip her naked
And expose her, as in the day she was (B)born,
And make her like a wilderness,
And set her like a dry land,
And slay her with (C)thirst.
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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Hosea 2:4
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4 “I will not have mercy on her children,
For they are the (A)children of harlotry.
Hosea 2:6
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Hosea 2:6
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6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
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Hosea 2:6
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Hosea 2:6
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6 Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)
Hosea 2:6
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Hosea 2:6
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6 “Therefore, behold,
(A)I will hedge up your way with thorns,
And [a]wall her in,
So that she cannot find her paths.
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:6 Lit. wall up her wall
Hosea 2:7
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Hosea 2:7
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7 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.
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Hosea 2:7
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Hosea 2:7
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Hosea 2:7
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Hosea 2:7
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7 She will [a]chase her lovers,
But not overtake them;
Yes, she will seek them, but not find them.
Then she will say,
(A)‘I will go and return to my (B)first husband,
For then it was better for me than now.’
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:7 Or pursue
Hosea 2:9-13
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Hosea 2:9-13
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9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.
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Hosea 2:9-13
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Hosea 2:9-13
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9 “Therefore I will take away my grain(A) when it ripens,
and my new wine(B) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
intended to cover her naked body.
10 So now I will expose(C) her lewdness
before the eyes of her lovers;(D)
no one will take her out of my hands.(E)
11 I will stop(F) all her celebrations:(G)
her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.(H)
12 I will ruin her vines(I) and her fig trees,(J)
which she said were her pay from her lovers;(K)
I will make them a thicket,(L)
and wild animals will devour them.(M)
13 I will punish her for the days
she burned incense(N) to the Baals;(O)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,(P)
and went after her lovers,(Q)
but me she forgot,(R)”
declares the Lord.(S)
Hosea 2:9-13
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Hosea 2:9-13
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9 “Therefore I will return and take away
My grain in its time
And My new wine in its season,
And will take back My wool and My linen,
Given to cover her nakedness.
10 Now (A)I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
And no one shall deliver her from My hand.
11 (B)I will also cause all her mirth to cease,
Her feast days,
Her New Moons,
Her Sabbaths—
All her appointed feasts.
12 “And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,
Of which she has said,
‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me.’
So I will make them a forest,
And the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13 I will punish her
For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense.
She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry,
And went after her lovers;
But Me she forgot,” says the Lord.
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