Hosea 2

1SayH559 ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 2Plead with your mother, plead; for sheH3588 is notH3588 my wife, neither am I herH3588 husband: and letH7760 herH3588 putH7760 awayH4480 herH3588 whoredoms from herH3588 face, and herH3588 adulteries from betweenH4480 herH3588 breasts; 3lest I strip herH559 naked, and set herH559 as in the day that she was born, and make herH559 as a wilderness, and set herH559 like a dry land, and slay herH559 with thirst; 4YeaH3588, uponH802 herH802 children will I have noH3808 mercy; 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 go afterH3117 my lovers, that giveH3205 meH7760 my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. 6Therefore, beholdH3808, I will hedge upH853 thy way with thorns, and I will makeH3588 a fence against herH3588, that sheH3588 shall notH3808 findH7355 herH3588 paths. 7And sheH3588 shall followH310 afterH310 herH5414 loversH157, but sheH3588 shall notH3588 overtake them; and sheH3588 shall seek them, but shall notH3588 findH5414 them: then shall sheH3588 sayH559, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with meH5414 thanH3588 nowH3588. 8For sheH3808 didH3808 notH3808 know that I gave herH3651 the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto herH3651 silver and gold, which they used for Baal. 9Therefore will I takeH7725 backH7725 my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will pluck awayH7725 my wool and my flax which should have covered herH413 nakedness. 10And nowH3588 will I discover herH5414 lewdness in the sight of herH5414 lovers, and noneH3808 shall deliverH5414 herH5414 outH3045 of mine handH5414. 11I will also causeH7725 allH5337 herH3947 mirth to cease, herH3947 feastsH4150, herH3947 newH8492 moons, and herH3947 sabbaths, and allH5337 herH3947 solemn assembliesH4150. 12And I will layH1540 waste herH1540 vines and herH1540 fig trees, whereof sheH3808 hath said, These are my hire that my loversH157 have givenH3027 meH3808: and I will makeH1540 them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. 13And I will visit upon herH3605 the days of the Baalim, unto whichH4150 sheH2320 burned incense; when sheH2320 decked herself with herH3605 earrings and herH3605 jewels, and went after herH3605 lovers, and forgat meH3605, saith the LORD. 14Therefore, behold, I will allure herH5414, and bringH5414 herH5414 intoH5414 the wilderness, and speakH559 comfortably unto herH5414. 15And I will give herH5921 herH5921 vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and sheH834 shall make answer there, as in the daysH3117 of herH5921 youth, and as in the dayH3117 when sheH834 came upH5921 outH5921 of the land of Egypt. 16And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call meH5921 Ishi; and shalt call meH5921 no moreH3651 Baali. 17For I will takeH5927 awayH5927 the names of the Baalim outH8033 of herH5414 mouth, and they shall noH5414 more be mentioned by their name. 18And in that dayH3117 will I makeH7121 a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battleH3117 outH376 of the land, and will makeH7121 them to lieH1961 downH7121 safely. 19And I will betroth thee unto meH3808 for everH5750; yea, I will betroth thee unto meH3808 in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20I will evenH776 betroth thee unto meH4480 in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. 21And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith the LORDH2617, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth; 22and the earth shall answer the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel. 23And I wilt sow herH1961 unto meH1961 in the earthH776; and I will have mercyH3068 uponH1961 herH1961 that had notH1961 obtained mercyH3068; and I will say to them whichH1931 were notH1961 my peopleH776, Thou art my peopleH776; and they shall say, Thou art my GodH3068.