Hosea 2:8-23
New International Version
8 She has not acknowledged(A) that I was the one
who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,(B)
who lavished on her the silver and gold(C)—
which they used for Baal.(D)
9 “Therefore I will take away my grain(E) when it ripens,
and my new wine(F) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
intended to cover her naked body.
10 So now I will expose(G) her lewdness
before the eyes of her lovers;(H)
no one will take her out of my hands.(I)
11 I will stop(J) all her celebrations:(K)
her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.(L)
12 I will ruin her vines(M) and her fig trees,(N)
which she said were her pay from her lovers;(O)
I will make them a thicket,(P)
and wild animals will devour them.(Q)
13 I will punish her for the days
she burned incense(R) to the Baals;(S)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,(T)
and went after her lovers,(U)
but me she forgot,(V)”
declares the Lord.(W)
14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
I will lead her into the wilderness(X)
and speak tenderly to her.
15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor[a](Y) a door of hope.
There she will respond[b](Z) as in the days of her youth,(AA)
as in the day she came up out of Egypt.(AB)
16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“you will call me ‘my husband’;(AC)
you will no longer call me ‘my master.[c]’
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(AD)
no longer will their names be invoked.(AE)
18 In that day I will make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the creatures that move along the ground.(AF)
Bow and sword and battle
I will abolish(AG) from the land,
so that all may lie down in safety.(AH)
19 I will betroth(AI) you to me forever;
I will betroth you in[d] righteousness and justice,(AJ)
in[e] love and compassion.(AK)
20 I will betroth you in[f] faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge(AL) the Lord.(AM)
21 “In that day I will respond,”
declares the Lord—
“I will respond(AN) 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,(AO)
and they will respond to Jezreel.[g](AP)
23 I will plant(AQ) her for myself in the land;
I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[h](AR)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[i]’ ‘You are my people’;(AS)
and they will say, ‘You are my God.(AT)’”
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
- Hosea 2:15 Or sing
- Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal
- Hosea 2:19 Or with
- Hosea 2:19 Or with
- Hosea 2:20 Or with
- 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)
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