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Hosea 2

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ [1]Call [2] your brothers: My People and your sisters: Compassion.

² Rebuke your mother; rebuke her. ⓐ For she is not My wife and I am not her husband. ⓑ Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face ⓒ and her adultery from between her breasts.

³ Otherwise, I will strip her naked ⓓ and expose her as she was on the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert ⓔ and like a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. ⓕ

⁴ I will have no compassion on her children ⓖ because they are the children of promiscuity.

⁵ Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. ⓗ For she thought, “I will go after my lovers, ⓘ the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.” ⓙ

⁶ Therefore, this is what I will do: I will block her [3] way ⓚ with thorns; ⓛ I will enclose her with a wall, so that she cannot find her paths. ⓜ

⁷ She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; ⓝ she will seek them but not find them. Then she will think, “I will go back to my former husband, ⓞ for then it was better for me than now.” ⓟ

⁸ She does not recognize ⓠ that it is I who gave her the grain, ⓡ the new wine, and the oil. I lavished silver and gold on her, which they used for Baal.

⁹ Therefore, I will take back My grain in its time ⓢ and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were to cover her nakedness.

¹⁰ Now I will expose her shame ⓣ in the sight of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from My hands.

¹¹ I will put an end to all her celebrations: ⓤ her feasts, ⓥ New Moons, ⓦ and Sabbaths — all her festivals.

¹² I will devastate her vines and fig trees. ⓧ She thinks that these are her wages that her lovers have given her. I will turn them into a thicket, ⓨ and the wild animals will eat them. ⓩ

¹³ And I will punish her for the days of the Baals ⓐ when she burned incense to them, ⓑ put on her rings and jewelry, ⓒ and went after her lovers, but forgot Me. ⓓ — This is the LORD’s declaration.

¹⁴ Therefore, I am going to persuade her, lead her to the wilderness, ⓔ and speak tenderly to her. [4]

¹⁵ There I will give her vineyards back to her ⓕ and make the Valley of Achor [5] ⓖ into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, ⓗ as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ In that day — — this is the LORD’s declaration — you will call Me, “My husband,” ⓘ and no longer call Me, “My Baal.” [6]

¹⁷ For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth; they will no longer be remembered by their names.

¹⁸ On that day I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. ⓙ I will shatter bow, sword, and weapons of war in the land [7] ⓚ and will enable the people to rest securely. ⓛ

¹⁹ I will take you to be My wife forever. ⓜ I will take you to be My wife in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion. ⓝ

²⁰ I will take you to be My wife in faithfulness, and you will know Yahweh. ⓞ

²¹ On that day I will respond ⓟ — — this is the LORD’s declaration. I will respond to the sky, and it will respond to the earth.

²² The earth will respond to the grain, ⓠ the new wine, and the oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.

²³ I will sow her [8] in the land for Myself, ⓡ and I will have compassion ⓢ on No Compassion; I will say ⓣ to Not My People: ⓤ You are My people, ⓥ and he will say, “You are My God.”

#	HCSB
1	[1]Call [2] your brothers: My People and your sisters: Compassion.
2	Rebuke your mother; rebuke her. ⓐ For she is not My wife and I am not her husband. ⓑ Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face ⓒ and her adultery from between her breasts.
3	Otherwise, I will strip her naked ⓓ and expose her as she was on the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert ⓔ and like a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. ⓕ
4	I will have no compassion on her children ⓖ because they are the children of promiscuity.
5	Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. ⓗ For she thought, “I will go after my lovers, ⓘ the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.” ⓙ
6	Therefore, this is what I will do: I will block her [3] way ⓚ with thorns; ⓛ I will enclose her with a wall, so that she cannot find her paths. ⓜ
7	She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; ⓝ she will seek them but not find them. Then she will think, “I will go back to my former husband, ⓞ for then it was better for me than now.” ⓟ
8	She does not recognize ⓠ that it is I who gave her the grain, ⓡ the new wine, and the oil. I lavished silver and gold on her, which they used for Baal.
9	Therefore, I will take back My grain in its time ⓢ and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were to cover her nakedness.
10	Now I will expose her shame ⓣ in the sight of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from My hands.
11	I will put an end to all her celebrations: ⓤ her feasts, ⓥ New Moons, ⓦ and Sabbaths — all her festivals.
12	I will devastate her vines and fig trees. ⓧ She thinks that these are her wages that her lovers have given her. I will turn them into a thicket, ⓨ and the wild animals will eat them. ⓩ
13	And I will punish her for the days of the Baals ⓐ when she burned incense to them, ⓑ put on her rings and jewelry, ⓒ and went after her lovers, but forgot Me. ⓓ — This is the LORD’s declaration.
14	Therefore, I am going to persuade her, lead her to the wilderness, ⓔ and speak tenderly to her. [4]
15	There I will give her vineyards back to her ⓕ and make the Valley of Achor [5] ⓖ into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, ⓗ as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.
16	In that day — — this is the LORD’s declaration — you will call Me, “My husband,” ⓘ and no longer call Me, “My Baal.” [6]
17	For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth; they will no longer be remembered by their names.
18	On that day I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. ⓙ I will shatter bow, sword, and weapons of war in the land [7] ⓚ and will enable the people to rest securely. ⓛ
19	I will take you to be My wife forever. ⓜ I will take you to be My wife in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion. ⓝ
20	I will take you to be My wife in faithfulness, and you will know Yahweh. ⓞ
21	On that day I will respond ⓟ — — this is the LORD’s declaration. I will respond to the sky, and it will respond to the earth.
22	The earth will respond to the grain, ⓠ the new wine, and the oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
23	I will sow her [8] in the land for Myself, ⓡ and I will have compassion ⓢ on No Compassion; I will say ⓣ to Not My People: ⓤ You are My people, ⓥ and he will say, “You are My God.”

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^{Hosea 2:1 [4]} In Hebrew texts 2:1-23 is numbered 2:3-25.

^{Hosea 2:15 [5]} Achor means trouble.

^{Hosea 2:15 [6]} Or sing

^{Hosea 2:16 [7]} Hebrew baal

^{Hosea 2:19 [8]} Or with; also in verse 20

^{Hosea 2:19 [9]} Or with

^{Hosea 2:22 [10]} Jezreel means God plants.

^{Hosea 2:23 [11]} Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)

^{Hosea 2:23 [12]} Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)

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