Hosea 1:2
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Hosea’s Marriage and Children
2 When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, he said this to him:
Go and marry a woman of promiscuity,(A)
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.
Acts 9:16
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16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”(A)
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Hosea 2:22-23
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22 The earth will respond to the grain,(A)
the new wine, and the fresh oil,
and they will respond to Jezreel.
23 I will sow her[a] in the land for myself,(B)
and I will have compassion(C)
on Lo-ruhamah;
I will say to Lo-ammi:(D)
You are my people,(E)
and he will say, “You are my God.”
Footnotes
- 2:23 = Israel
Hosea 3:1-3
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Waiting for Restoration
3 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress,(A) just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”(B)
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and nine bushels of barley.[a][b](C) 3 I said to her, “You are to live with me many days. You must not be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”
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