Revised Version 1895

Hosea 2:2-13

2Plead with your mother, plead; forsheH3588isnotH3588my wife, neither am IherH3588husband: andletH7760herH3588putH7760awayH4480herH3588whoredoms fromherH3588face, andherH3588adulteries frombetweenH4480herH3588breasts;

3lest I stripherH559naked, and setherH559as in the day that she was born, and makeherH559as a wilderness, and setherH559like a dry land, and slayherH559with thirst;

4YeaH3588,uponH802herH802children will I havenoH3808mercy; for they be children of whoredom.

5for their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will goafterכְּי֖וֹםke.YomH3117my lovers, thatgiveהִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּhi.val.DahH3205meוְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָve.sam.Ti.haH7760my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

6Therefore,beholdלֹ֣אlo'H3808, I will hedgeupH853thy way with thorns, and I willmakeH3588a fence againstherH3588, thatsheH3588shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808findאֲרַחֵ֑ם'a.ra.ChemH7355herH3588paths.

7AndsheH3588shallfollowH310afterH310herH5414loversH157, butsheH3588shallnotH3588overtake them; andsheH3588shall seek them, but shallnotH3588findH5414them: then shallsheH3588sayH559, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better withmeH5414thanH3588nowH3588.

8ForsheH3808didH3808notH3808know that I gaveherH3651the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and multiplied untoherH3651silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

9Therefore will ItakeH7725backH7725my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will pluckawayH7725my wool and my flax which should have coveredherאֶל־'el-H413nakedness.

10Andnowכִּ֤יkiH3588will I discoverherH5414lewdness in the sight ofherH5414lovers, andnoneH3808shalldeliverH5414herH5414outיָֽדְעָ֔הya.de.'AhH3045of minehandH5414.

11I will alsocauseאָשׁ֔וּב'a.ShuvH7725allH5337herH3947mirth to cease,herH3947feastsבְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹbe.mo.'a.DoH4150,herH3947newוְתִירוֹשִׁ֖יve.ti.ro.ShiH8492moons, andherH3947sabbaths, andallH5337herH3947solemnassembliesמוֹעֲדָֽהּ׃mo.'a.DahH4150.

12And I willlayH1540wasteherH1540vines andherH1540fig trees, whereofsheH3808hath said, These are my hire that myloversH157havegivenמִיָּדִֽי׃mi.ya.DiH3027meH3808: and I willmakeH1540them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

13And I will visit uponherH3605the days of the Baalim, untowhichמוֹעֲדָֽהּ׃mo.'a.DahH4150sheH2320burned incense; whensheH2320decked herself withherH3605earrings andherH3605jewels, and went afterherH3605lovers, and forgatmeH3605, saith the LORD.

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