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Hosea 1:2
The Message
Hosea 1:2
The Message
This Whole Country Has Become a Whorehouse
2 The first time God spoke to Hosea he said:
“Find a whore and marry her.
Make this whore the mother of your children.
And here’s why: This whole country
has become a whorehouse, unfaithful to me, God.”
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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