Hosea 2
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Hosea 2:5-8

5For their motherH517 has 1playedH2181 the harlotH2181; She who conceivedH2029 them has actedH954 shamefullyH954. For she saidH559, ‘2I will goH1980 afterH310 my loversH157, Who 3giveH5414 me my breadH3899 and my waterH4325, My woolH6785 and my flaxH6593, my 4oilH8081 and my drinkH8250.’6ThereforeH3651, beholdH2009, I will 5hedgeH7753 up 6her wayH1870 with 7thornsH5518, And I will buildH1443 8a wallH1447 against her so that she cannotH3808 findH4672 her 9pathsH5410.7She will 10pursueH7291 her loversH157, but she will not overtakeH5381 them; And she will seekH1245 them, but will not findH4672 them. Then she will sayH559, ‘11I will goH1980 backH7725 to my 12firstH7223 husbandH376, For it was 13betterH2896 for me thenH227 thanH4480 nowH6258!’

8“For she does 14not knowH3045 that it was 15I who gaveH5414 her the grainH1715, the newH8492 wineH8492 and the oilH3323, And lavishedH7235 on her silverH3701 and goldH2091, Which they 16usedH6213 for BaalH1168.

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  1. 1. Hosea 2:5 Is 1:21; Jer 2:25; 3:1, 2; Hos 3:1 ↩
  2. 2. Hosea 2:5 Is 1:21; Jer 2:25; 3:1, 2; Hos 3:1 ↩
  3. 3. Hosea 2:5 Jer 44:17, 18; Hos 2:12 ↩
  4. 4. Hosea 2:5 Hos 2:8 ↩
  5. 5. Hosea 2:6 Job 19:8; Lam 3:7, 9 ↩
  6. 6. Hosea 2:6 So with some ancient versions; Heb your ↩
  7. 7. Hosea 2:6 Hos 9:6; 10:8 ↩
  8. 8. Hosea 2:6 Lit her wall so that ↩
  9. 9. Hosea 2:6 Jer 18:15 ↩
  10. 10. Hosea 2:7 Hos 5:13 ↩
  11. 11. Hosea 2:7 Luke 15:17, 18 ↩
  12. 12. Hosea 2:7 Jer 2:2; 3:1; Ezek 16:8; 23:4 ↩
  13. 13. Hosea 2:7 Jer 14:22; Hos 13:6 ↩
  14. 14. Hosea 2:8 Is 1:3 ↩
  15. 15. Hosea 2:8 Ezek 16:19 ↩
  16. 16. Hosea 2:8 Or made into the ↩

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