Hosea 2:2-19

2“Dispute with your mother, 1dispute, Because she is 2not my wife, and I am not her husband; But she must remove her 3infidelity from her face And her adultery from between her breasts,3Otherwise, I will strip her 4naked And expose her as on the 5day she was born. I will also 6make her like a wilderness, Make her like desert land, And put her to death with 7thirst.4Also, I will take no pity on her children, Because they are 8children of infidelity.5For their mother has 9committed prostitution; She who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, ‘10I will go after my lovers, Who 11give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my 12oil and my drink.’6Therefore, behold, I will 13obstruct 14her way with 15thorns, And I will build 16a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her 17paths.7And she will 18pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘19I will go back to my 20first husband, Because it was 21better for me then than now!’

8“Yet she does 22not know that it was 23I myself who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they 24used for Baal.9Therefore, I will 2526take back My grain at 27harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also take away My wool and My flax That I gave to cover her nakedness.10So now I will 28uncover her 29lewdness Before the eyes of her lovers, And no one will rescue her from My hand.11I will also 30put an end to all her joy, Her 31feasts, her 32new moons, her Sabbaths, And all her festivals.12And I will 33destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, ‘They are my wages for prostitution Which my lovers have given me.’ And I will 34turn them into a forest, And the 35animals of the field will devour them.13I will punish her for the 36days of the Baals When she used to 3738offer sacrifices to them And 39adorn herself with her nose ring and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she 40forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

14“Therefore, behold, I am going to persuade her, 41Bring her into the wilderness, And speak 42kindly to her.15Then I will give her her 43vineyards from there, And 44the 45Valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will 4647respond there as in the days of her youth, As in the 48day when she went up from the land of Egypt.16And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord, “That you will call Me 4950my husband And no longer call Me my 51Baal.17For 52I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will no longer be 53mentioned by their names.18On that day I will also make a covenant for them With the 54animals of the field, The birds of the sky, And the crawling things of the ground. And I will 5556eliminate the bow, the sword, and war from the land, And will let them 57lie down in safety.19I will 58betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in 59righteousness and in justice, In favor and in compassion,