Hosea

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Words	2569	214	8.33%

Verses

1:2	When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, Hehe said this to him: Go and marry a promiscuouswoman wifeof promiscuity, and have children of promiscuity, for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity by abandoning the Lord.
1:5	On that day I will break the bow of Israel in theJezreel Valley. of Jezreel.
1:6	She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the Lord said to him: Name her No CompassionLo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel. I will certainly take them away.
1:8	After Gomer had weaned No CompassionLo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.
1:9	Then the Lord said: Name him Not My PeopleLo-ammi, for you are not Mymy people, and I will not be your God.
1:10	Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not Mymy people, they will be called: Sons of the living God.
2:2	Rebuke your mother; rebuke her. For she is not Mymy wife and I am not her husband. Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face and her adultery from between her breasts.
2:5	Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. For she thought, “I will gofollow after my lovers, the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.”
2:7	She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seeklook for them but not find them. Then she will think, “I will go back to my former husband, for then it was better for me than now.”
2:8	She does not recognize that it is I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil. I lavished silver and gold on her, which they used for Baal.
2:9	Therefore, I will take back Mymy grain in its time and Mymy new wine in its season; I will take away Mymy wool and linen, which were to cover her nakedness.
2:10	Now I will expose her shame in the sight of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from Mymy handspower.
2:11	I will put an end to all her celebrations: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths — all her festivals.
2:13	And I will punish her for the days of the Baals, whento which she burned incense. toShe them, put on her rings and her jewelry, and wentfollowed after her lovers, but she forgot Meme. This is the Lord’s declaration.
2:16	In that day — this is the Lord’s declaration — you will call Me,me “Mymy husband,”” and no longer call Me,me “Mymy Baal.”
2:19	I will take you to be Mymy wife forever. I will take you to be Mymy wife in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion.
2:20	I will take you to be Mymy wife in faithfulness, and you will know Yahwehthe Lord.
2:21	On that day I will respond  — this is the Lord’s declaration. I will respond to the sky, and it will respond to the earth.
2:22	The earth will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
2:23	I will sow her in the land for Myselfmyself, and I will have compassion on No CompassionLo-ruhamah; I will say to Not My PeopleLo-ammi: You are Mymy people, and he will say, “You are Mymy God.”
3:2	So I bought her for 15fifteen shekels of silver and fivenine bushels of barley.
3:3	I said to her, “You mustare to live with me many days. Don’tYou must not be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”
3:5	Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come with awe to the Lord and to Hishis goodness in the last days.
4:4	But let no one dispute; let no one argue, for Mymy case is against you priests.
4:6	My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as Mymy priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.
4:7	The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Meme. I will change their honor into disgrace.
4:8	They feed on the sin of Mymy people; they have an appetite for their transgressionsiniquity.
5:3	I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Meme. For now, Ephraim, you have acted promiscuously; Israel is defiled.
5:5	Israel’s arrogance testifies against them. Both Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their wickednessiniquity; even Judah will stumble with them.
5:6	They go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord but do not find Himhim; Hehe has withdrawn from them.
5:8	Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the war cry in Beth-aven: AfterLook behind you, Benjamin!
5:10	The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers; I will pour out Mymy fury on them like water.
5:15	I will depart and return to Mymy place until they recognize their guilt and seek Mymy face; they will search for Meme in their distress.
6:1	Come, let’s us return to the Lord. For Hehe has torn us, and Hehe will heal us; Hehe has wounded us, and Hehe will bind up our wounds.
6:2	He will revive us after two days, and on the third day Hehe will raise us up so we can live in Hishis presence.
6:3	Let’s us strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.
6:4	What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your loyaltylove is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.
6:5	This is why I have used the prophets to cut them down; I have killed them with the words offrom Mymy mouth. My judgment strikes like lightning.
6:6	For I desire loyaltyfaithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
6:7	But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed Meme.
6:11	A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah. When I returnrestore Mythe peoplefortunes fromof captivitymy people,
7:1	when I heal Israel, the sinsiniquity of Ephraim and the crimes of Samaria will be exposed. For they practice fraud; a thief breaks in; a raiding party pillages outside.
7:2	But they never consider that I remember all their evil. Now their sinsactions are all around them; they are right in front of Mymy face.
7:5	On the day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine  — there is a conspiracy with traitors.
7:6	For they — their hearts like an oven — draw him into their oven. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7:7	All of them are as hot as an oven, and they consume their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls on Meme.
7:10	Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to Yahwehthe Lord their God, and for all this, they do not seek Himhim.
7:12	As they are going, I will spread Mymy net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the sky. I will discipline them in accordance with the news that reaches their assembly.
7:13	Woe to them, for they fled from Meme; destruction to them, for they rebelled against Meme! Though I want to redeem them, they speak lies against Meme.
7:14	They do not cry to Meme from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine; they turn away from Meme.
7:15	I trained and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against Meme.
7:16	They turn, but not to what is above; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of thetheir cursinginsolent of their tongue. They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
8:1	Put the ram’s horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the Lord, because they transgress Mymy covenant and rebel against Mymy law.
8:2	Israel cries out to Meme, “My God, we know Youyou!”
8:4	They have installed kings, but not through Meme. They have appointed leaders, but without Mymy approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction.
8:6	For this thing is from Israel — a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!
8:12	Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of Mymy instruction, they would be regarded as something strange.
8:13	Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now Hehe will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
9:1	Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do, for you have acted promiscuously, leaving your God. You havelove loved the wages of a prostitute on every grain-threshing floor.
9:4	They will not pour out their wine offerings to the Lord, and their sacrifices will not please Himhim. Their food will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat it become defiled. For their bread will be for their appetites alone; it will not enter the house of the Lord.
9:7	The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel recognize it! The prophet is a fool, and the inspired man is insane, because of the magnitude of your guiltiniquity and hostility.
9:8	Ephraim’s watchman is with my God. TheYet the prophet encounters a fowler’sbird snaretrap on all his wayspathways. Hostility is in the house of his God!
9:9	They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their guiltiniquity; Hehe will punish their sins.
9:10	I discovered Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathersancestors like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, consecrated themselves to Shame, and became detestableabhorrent, like the thing they loved.
9:11	Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird: no birth, no gestationpregnancy, no conception.
9:14	Give them, Lord  — What should Youyou give? Give them a womb that miscarries and breasts that are dry!
9:15	All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I camebegan to hate them. I will drive them from Mymy house because of their evil, wicked actions. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
9:17	My God will reject them because they have not listened to Himhim; they will become wanderers among the nations.
10:5	The residents of Samaria will have anxiety over the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it; the people will mourn over it, over its glory. It will certainly departgo frominto themexile.
10:10	I will discipline them at Mymy discretion; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their twodouble crimesiniquity.
10:12	Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unplowed ground. It is time to seek the Lord until Hehe comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain.
11:1	When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called Mymy son.
11:2	TheIsrael more they called them,to the moreEgyptians theyeven departedas fromIsrael Mewas leaving them. They kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
11:3	It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them inby Mythe armshand, but they never knew that I healed them.
11:7	My people are bent on turning from Meme. Though they call to Himhim on high, Hehe will not exalt them at all.
11:8	How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart; Mymy compassion is stirred!
11:9	I will not vent the full fury of Mymy anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not come in rage.
11:10	They will follow the Lord; Hehe will roar like a lion. When Hehe roars, Hishis children will come trembling from the west.
11:12	Ephraim surrounds me with lies, the house of Israel, with deceit. Judah still wanders with God and is faithful to the holy ones.
12:2	The Lord also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his waysconduct; Hehe will repay him based on his actions.
12:4	Jacob struggled with the Angelangel and prevailed; he wept and sought Hishis favor. He found him at Bethel, and there Hehe spoke with him.
12:5	YahwehThe Lord is the God of HostsArmies; Yahwehthe Lord is Hishis name.
12:8	But Ephraim says:thinks, “How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any crimeiniquity in me that I can be punished for!”
12:9	I have been Yahwehthe Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival days.
12:10	I spokewill speak through the prophets and grantedgrant many visions; I gavewill give parables through the prophets.
12:11	Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like heapspiles of rocks on the furrows of a field.
12:12	Jacob fled to the landterritory of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife.
13:4	I have been Yahwehthe Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Meme, and no Savior exists besides Meme.
13:6	When they had pasture, they became satisfied; they were satisfied, and their hearts became proud. Therefore they forgot Meme.
13:9	I will destroy you, Israel; you have no help but Meme.
13:11	I give you a king in Mymy anger and take away a king in Mymy wrath.
13:14	I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your barbs? Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from Mymy eyes.
13:16	Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their littlechildren ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
14:1	Israel, return to Yahwehthe Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your sininiquity.
14:2	Take words of repentance with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him:him, “Forgive all our sininiquity and accept what is good, so that we may repay Youyou with praise from our lips.
14:3	Assyria will not save us, we will not ride on horses, and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’! ’ to the work of our hands. For the fatherless receives compassion in Youyou.”
14:4	I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for Mymy anger will have turned from him.
14:8	Ephraim, why should I have anything more to do with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; your fruit comes from Meme.