Hosea 2
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WEB Hosea 2
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1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; ' in Hebrew} and to your sisters, , 'My loved one!'{' Ruhamah. ' in Hebrew}
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1 "Say ye unto your brothers, 'My people!'{'Ammi' in Hebrew} and to your sisters, 'My loved one!'{'Ruhamah' in Hebrew}
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2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: ; and let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
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2 Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her therefore put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
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3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her bare 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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3 Lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
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4 And I will not have no mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
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4 Indeed, upon her children I will have no mercy; for they are children of unfaithfulness;
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5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
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5 For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done 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.'
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6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
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6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can'not find her way.
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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 will say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
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7 And She will follow after her lovers, but she won'not overtake them; and she will seek them, but won'not find them. Then shall she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.'
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8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
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8 For she did not know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
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9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to covered her nakedness.
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9 Therefore I will take back my grain in its time thereof, and my new wine in its season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
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10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
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10 And Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none one will deliver her out of my hand.
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11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
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11 I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts days, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
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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.
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12 And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she has said, 'These are my wages that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest,' and the animals of the field shall eat them.
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13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalsim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgoat me, saith the LORD.
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13 And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalsim, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgaot me," says Yahweh.
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14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
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14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her.
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15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
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15 And I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
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16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me 'my master.' no more Baali.
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16 And It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "that you will call me 'my husband,' and no longer call me 'my master.'
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17 For I will take away the names of Baalsim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
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17 For I will take away the names of their Baalsim out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.
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18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
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18 And In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. : and I will break the bow, and the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.
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19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
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19 And I will betroth you unto me forever. Yes, I will betroth you unto me in righteousness, and in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.
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20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
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20 I will even betroth you unto me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.
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21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
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21 And It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
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22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
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22 and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel.
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23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say toose them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
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23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people;' and they will say, ' , Thou art My God!'"
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