Revised Version 1895

Hosea 2:2-7

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.

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