Hosea 2
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Hosea 2:7-8

7She will 1pursueH7291 her loversH157, but she will not overtakeH5381 them; And she will seekH1245 them, but will not findH4672 them. Then she will sayH559, ‘2I will goH1980 backH7725 to my 3firstH7223 husbandH376, For it was 4betterH2896 for me thenH227 thanH4480 nowH6258!’

8“For she does 5not knowH3045 that it was 6I who gaveH5414 her the grainH1715, the newH8492 wineH8492 and the oilH3323, And lavishedH7235 on her silverH3701 and goldH2091, Which they 7usedH6213 for BaalH1168.

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Notes

  1. 1. Hosea 2:7 Hos 5:13 ↩
  2. 2. Hosea 2:7 Luke 15:17, 18 ↩
  3. 3. Hosea 2:7 Jer 2:2; 3:1; Ezek 16:8; 23:4 ↩
  4. 4. Hosea 2:7 Jer 14:22; Hos 13:6 ↩
  5. 5. Hosea 2:8 Is 1:3 ↩
  6. 6. Hosea 2:8 Ezek 16:19 ↩
  7. 7. Hosea 2:8 Or made into the ↩

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