Call[a] your brothers: My People
and your sisters: Compassion.

Israel’s Adultery Rebuked

Rebuke your mother; rebuke her.(A)
For she is not my wife and I am not her husband.(B)
Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face(C)
and her adultery from between her breasts.
Otherwise, I will strip her naked(D)
and expose her as she was on the day of her birth.
I will make her like a desert(E)
and like a parched land,
and I will let her die of thirst.(F)
I will have no compassion on her children(G)
because they are the children of promiscuity.
Yes, their mother is promiscuous;
she conceived them and acted shamefully.(H)
For she thought, “I will follow my lovers,(I)
the men who give me my food and water,
my wool and flax, my oil and drink.”(J)
Therefore, this is what I will do:
I will block her[b] way(K) with thorns;(L)
I will enclose her with a wall,
so that she cannot find her paths.(M)
She will pursue her lovers but not catch them;(N)
she will look for them but not find them.
Then she will think,
“I will go back to my former husband,(O)
for then it was better for me than now.”(P)
She does not recognize(Q)
that it is I who gave her the grain,(R)
the new wine, and the fresh oil.
I lavished silver and gold on her,
which they used for Baal.
Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time(S)
and my new wine in its season;
I will take away my wool and linen,
which were to cover her nakedness.
10 Now I will expose her shame(T)
in the sight of her lovers,
and no one will rescue her from my power.
11 I will put an end to all her celebrations:(U)
her feasts,(V) New Moons,(W) and Sabbaths—
all her festivals.
12 I will devastate her vines and fig trees.(X)
She thinks that these are her wages
that her lovers have given her.
I will turn them into a thicket,(Y)
and the wild animals will eat them.(Z)
13 And I will punish her for the days of the Baals,(AA)
to which she burned incense.(AB)
She put on her rings and her jewelry(AC)
and followed her lovers,
but she forgot me.(AD)

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Israel’s Adultery Forgiven

14 Therefore, I am going to persuade her,
lead her to the wilderness,(AE)
and speak tenderly to her.[c]
15 There I will give her vineyards back to her(AF)
and make the Valley of Achor[d](AG)
into a gateway of hope.
There she will respond as she did
in the days of her youth,(AH)
as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.
16 In that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you will call me “my husband”(AI)
and no longer call me “my Baal.”[e]
17 For I will remove the names of the Baals
from her mouth;
they will no longer be remembered by their names.
18 On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.(AJ)
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land[f](AK)
and will enable the people to rest securely.(AL)
19 I will take you to be my wife forever.(AM)
I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,
justice, love, and compassion.(AN)
20 I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness,
and you will know the Lord.(AO)
21 On that day I will respond(AP)
this is the Lord’s declaration.
I will respond to the sky,
and it will respond to the earth.
22 The earth will respond to the grain,(AQ)
the new wine, and the fresh oil,
and they will respond to Jezreel.
23 I will sow her[g] in the land for myself,(AR)
and I will have compassion(AS)
on Lo-ruhamah;
I will say to Lo-ammi:(AT)
You are my people,(AU)
and he will say, “You are my God.”

Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Lit Say to
  2. 2:6 LXX, Syr; MT reads your
  3. 2:14 Lit speak to her heart
  4. 2:15 = Trouble
  5. 2:16 Or my master
  6. 2:18 Or war on the earth
  7. 2:23 = Israel

Infidelidad del pueblo

[a]Decid a vuestros hermanos: Ammí[b], y a vuestras hermanas: Ruhamá[c].

Contended con vuestra madre(A), contended,
porque ella no es mi mujer(B), y yo no soy su marido;
que quite, pues, de su rostro sus prostituciones(C),
y sus adulterios de entre sus pechos;
no sea que yo la desnude completamente(D)
y la deje como el día en que nació(E),
y la ponga como un desierto(F),
la reduzca a tierra seca
y la mate de sed(G).
Y no tendré compasión de sus hijos,
porque son hijos de prostitución[d](H),
pues su madre se prostituyó;
la que los concibió se deshonró,
porque dijo: «Iré tras mis amantes(I),
que me dan mi pan y mi agua(J),
mi lana y mi lino, mi aceite y mi bebida(K)».
Por tanto, he aquí, cercaré su[e] camino(L) con espinos(M),
y levantaré un muro contra ella[f] para que no encuentre sus senderos(N).
Y seguirá a sus amantes, pero no los alcanzará(O);
los buscará, pero no los hallará.
Entonces dirá: «Iré y volveré(P) a mi primer marido(Q),
porque mejor me iba entonces que ahora(R)».

Pues ella no sabía(S) que era yo el que le daba el trigo, el mosto y el aceite(T),
y le prodigaba la plata y el oro,
que ellos usaban para Baal[g].
Por tanto, volveré a tomar mi trigo a su tiempo
y mi mosto a su sazón(U).
También me llevaré mi lana y mi lino
que le di para que cubriera su desnudez.
10 Y ahora descubriré su vergüenza[h](V)
ante los ojos de sus amantes,
y nadie la librará de mi mano.
11 Haré cesar también todo su regocijo(W),
sus fiestas, sus lunas nuevas, sus días de reposo,
y todas sus solemnidades(X).
12 Devastaré sus vides y sus higueras(Y),
de las cuales decía ella: «Son la paga
que mis amantes me han dado».
Y las convertiré en matorral(Z),
y las devorarán las bestias del campo(AA).
13 Y la castigaré por los días de los Baales(AB)
cuando ella les ofrecía sacrificios[i](AC)
y se adornaba con sus zarcillos y joyas(AD),
y se iba tras sus amantes, y se olvidaba de mí(AE) —declara el Señor.

Dios se desposará con su pueblo

14 Por tanto, he aquí, la seduciré,
la llevaré al desierto(AF),
y le hablaré al[j] corazón.
15 Le daré sus viñas desde allí(AG),
y el valle de Acor(AH) por puerta de esperanza.
Y allí cantará[k] como en los días de su juventud(AI),
como en el día en que subió de la tierra de Egipto(AJ).
16 Sucederá en aquel día —declara el Señor
que me llamarás Ishí[l](AK)
y no me llamarás más Baalí[m].
17 Porque quitaré de su boca los nombres de los Baales,
y nunca más serán mencionados[n] por sus nombres(AL).
18 En aquel día haré también un pacto por ellos
con las bestias del campo(AM),
con las aves del cielo
y con los reptiles de la tierra;
quitaré[o] de la tierra el arco, la espada y la guerra(AN),
y haré que ellos duerman[p] seguros(AO).
19 Te desposaré conmigo para siempre(AP);
sí, te desposaré conmigo en justicia y en derecho,
en misericordia y en compasión(AQ);
20 te desposaré conmigo en fidelidad,
y tú conocerás al Señor(AR).

21 Y sucederá que en aquel día yo responderé —declara el Señor—,
responderé a los cielos, y ellos responderán a la tierra(AS),
22 y la tierra responderá al trigo, al mosto y al aceite(AT),
y ellos responderán a Jezreel.
23 La sembraré para mí en la tierra(AU),
y tendré compasión de la que no recibió compasión[q](AV),
y diré al que no era mi pueblo[r](AW):
Tú eres mi pueblo(AX),
y él dirá: Tú eres mi Dios.

Footnotes

  1. Oseas 2:1 En el texto heb., cap. 2:3
  2. Oseas 2:1 I.e., pueblo mío
  3. Oseas 2:1 I.e., ha recibido compasión
  4. Oseas 2:4 Lit., prostituciones
  5. Oseas 2:6 Así en las versiones gr. y siriaca; en heb., tu
  6. Oseas 2:6 Lit., levantaré su muro
  7. Oseas 2:8 O, convirtieron en Baal
  8. Oseas 2:10 O, desnudez
  9. Oseas 2:13 O, quemaba incienso
  10. Oseas 2:14 Lit., sobre su
  11. Oseas 2:15 O, responderá
  12. Oseas 2:16 I.e., mi marido
  13. Oseas 2:16 I.e., mi señor, o, mi Baal
  14. Oseas 2:17 O, recordados
  15. Oseas 2:18 Lit., quebraré
  16. Oseas 2:18 O, se acuesten
  17. Oseas 2:23 Heb., Lo-ruhama
  18. Oseas 2:23 Heb., Lo-ammí

[a]“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’(A)

Israel Punished and Restored

“Rebuke your mother,(B) rebuke her,
    for she is not my wife,
    and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the adulterous(C) look from her face
    and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
Otherwise I will strip(D) her naked
    and make her as bare as on the day she was born;(E)
I will make her like a desert,(F)
    turn her into a parched land,
    and slay her with thirst.
I will not show my love to her children,(G)
    because they are the children of adultery.(H)
Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(I)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(J)
Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(K)
She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.(L)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband(M) as at first,(N)
    for then I was better off(O) than now.’
She has not acknowledged(P) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,(Q)
who lavished on her the silver and gold(R)
    which they used for Baal.(S)

“Therefore I will take away my grain(T) when it ripens,
    and my new wine(U) 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(V) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;(W)
    no one will take her out of my hands.(X)
11 I will stop(Y) all her celebrations:(Z)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.(AA)
12 I will ruin her vines(AB) and her fig trees,(AC)
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;(AD)
I will make them a thicket,(AE)
    and wild animals will devour them.(AF)
13 I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense(AG) to the Baals;(AH)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,(AI)
    and went after her lovers,(AJ)
    but me she forgot,(AK)
declares the Lord.(AL)

14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness(AM)
    and speak tenderly to her.
15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor[b](AN) a door of hope.
There she will respond[c](AO) as in the days of her youth,(AP)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.(AQ)

16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;(AR)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.[d]
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(AS)
    no longer will their names be invoked.(AT)
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.(AU)
Bow and sword and battle
    I will abolish(AV) from the land,
    so that all may lie down in safety.(AW)
19 I will betroth(AX) you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in[e] righteousness and justice,(AY)
    in[f] love and compassion.(AZ)
20 I will betroth you in[g] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge(BA) the Lord.(BB)

21 “In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord
“I will respond(BC) 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,(BD)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[h](BE)
23 I will plant(BF) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[i](BG)
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[j]’ ‘You are my people’;(BH)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.(BI)’”

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-23 is numbered 2:3-25.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  3. Hosea 2:15 Or sing
  4. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal
  5. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  6. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  7. Hosea 2:20 Or with
  8. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
  9. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
  10. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)