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Hosea 2:2-13

2Pleadwithyourmother, plead;forsheisnotmywife, neither amIherhusband:andletherputH7760awayherwhoredomsfromherface,andheradulteriesfrombetweenherbreasts;

3lestIstriphernaked,andsetherasinthedaythatshewasborn,andmakeherasawilderness,andsetherasadry land,andslayherwiththirst.

4AndIwillnothavemercyuponherchildren;fortheyarethechildrenofwhoredoms.

5Fortheirmother hath playedtheharlot; shethatconceivedthemhath done shamefully:forshe said,Iwillgoaftermylovers,thatgiveH3205[me]mybreadandmywater,mywoolandmyflax, mine oilandmydrink.

6Thereforebehold,Iwillhedgeupthy waywiththorns;andIwillfence [her]inwithawall,thatsheshallnotfindherpaths.

7AndsheshallpursueafterherloversH157,andshallnotovertakethem;andsheshallseekthem,andshallnotfindthem:andsheshallsayH559,Iwillgoandreturntomyfirst husband,forthenwasitbetterwithmethannow.

8AndshedidnotknowthatIhadgivenherthecornandthenew wineandtheoil,andhadmultipliedtoherthesilverandgold, whichtheyemployedforBaal.

9ThereforeH6258willIreturnH7725,andtakeawayH7725mycorninthetimethereof,andmynew wineinitsseason,andwillwithdrawmywoolandmyflax whichshouldhavecoveredhernakedness.

10AndnowwillIdiscoverherimpietyinthesightofherlovers,andnoneshalldeliverheroutofmyhand.

11AndIwillcauseallhermirthtocease:herfeastsH4150,hernewוְתִירוֹשִׁ֖יve.ti.ro.ShiH8492moons,andhersabbaths!andallhersolemnities.

12AndIwillmakedesolatehervineandherfig-tree, whereofshehath said, ThesearemyrewardswhichmyloversH157havegivenme;andIwillmakethemaforest,andthebeastsofthefieldshalleatthem.

13AndIwillvisit uponherthedaysoftheBaals, whereinsheburned incensetothem,anddecked herselfwithherringsandjewels,andwent afterherlovers,andforgotme, saith Jehovah.

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