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Hosea 2:21-3:5
New International Version
Hosea 2:21-3:5
New International Version
21 “In that day I will respond,”
declares the Lord—
“I will respond(A) to the skies,
and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
the new wine and the olive oil,(B)
and they will respond to Jezreel.[a](C)
23 I will plant(D) her for myself in the land;
I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[b](E)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[c]’ ‘You are my people’;(F)
and they will say, ‘You are my God.(G)’”
Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife
3 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.(H) Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.(I)”
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels[d] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[e] of barley. 3 Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
4 For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(J) without sacrifice(K) or sacred stones,(L) without ephod(M) or household gods.(N) 5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(O) the Lord their God and David their king.(P) They will come trembling(Q) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(R)
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)
- Hosea 3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams
- Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.
Hosea 2:21-3:5
King James Version
Hosea 2:21-3:5
King James Version
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;
22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
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 to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
3 Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
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