Hosea 2:3

New International Version

³Otherwise I will strip^(A) her naked
    and make her as bare as on the day she was born;^(B)
I will make her like a desert,^(C)
    turn her into a parched land,
    and slay her with thirst.

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Hosea 2:4

New International Version

⁴I will not show my love to her children,^(A)
because they are the children of adultery.^(B)

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Hosea 2:6

New International Version

⁶Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.^(A)

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Hosea 2:7

New International Version

⁷She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.^(A)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband^(B) as at first,^(C)
    for then I was better off^(D) than now.’

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Hosea 2:9-13

New International Version

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.
¹⁰So now I will expose^(C) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;^(D)
    no one will take her out of my hands.^(E)
¹¹I will stop^(F) all her celebrations:^(G)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.^(H)
¹²I 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)
¹³I 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)