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Hosea 1:1--3:5

1:1

The word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

that came unto Hosea
<01954>_,

the son
<01121>

of Beeri
<0882>_,

in the days
<03117>

of Uzziah
<05818>_,

Jotham
<03147>_,

Ahaz
<0271>_,

[and] Hezekiah
<03169>_,

kings
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and in the days
<03117>

of Jeroboam
<03379>

the son
<01121>

of Joash
<03101>_,

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_.

1:2

The beginning
<08462>

of the word
<01696> (8763)

of the LORD
<03068>

by Hosea
<01954>_.

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Hosea
<01954>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

take
<03947> (8798)

unto thee a wife
<0802>

of whoredoms
<02183>

and children
<03206>

of whoredoms
<02183>_:

for the land
<0776>

hath committed great
<02181> (8800)

whoredom
<02181> (8799)_,

[departing] from
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>_.

1:3

So he went
<03212> (8799)

and took
<03947> (8799)

Gomer
<01586>

the daughter
<01323>

of Diblaim
<01691>_;

which conceived
<02029> (8799)_,

and bare
<03205> (8799)

him a son
<01121>_.

1:4

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Call
<07121> (8798)

his name
<08034>

Jezreel
<03157>_;

for yet a little
<04592>

[while], and I will avenge
<06485> (8804)

the blood
<01818>

of Jezreel
<03157>

upon the house
<01004>

of Jehu
<03058>_,

and will cause to cease
<07673> (8689)

the kingdom
<04468>

of the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{avenge: Heb. visit}

1:5

And it shall come to pass at that day
<03117>_,

that I will break
<07665> (8804)

the bow
<07198>

of Israel
<03478>

in the valley
<06010>

of Jezreel
<03157>_.

1:6

And she conceived again
<02029> (8799)_,

and bare
<03205> (8799)

a daughter
<01323>_.

And [God] said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Call
<07121> (8798)

her name
<08034>

Loruhamah
<03819> (8795)_:

for I will no more
<03254> (8686)

have mercy
<07355> (8762)

upon the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_;

but I will utterly
<05375> (8800)

take them away
<05375> (8799)_.

{Loruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercy} {no...: Heb. not add any more to} {but...: or, that I should altogether pardon them}

1:7

But I will have mercy
<07355> (8762)

upon the house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and will save
<03467> (8689)

them by the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

and will not save
<03467> (8686)

them by bow
<07198>_,

nor by sword
<02719>_,

nor by battle
<04421>_,

by horses
<05483>_,

nor by horsemen
<06571>_.

1:8

Now when she had weaned
<01580> (8799)

Loruhamah
<03819> (8795)_,

she conceived
<02029> (8799)_,

and bare
<03205> (8799)

a son
<01121>_.

1:9

Then said
<0559> (8799)

[God], Call
<07121> (8798)

his name
<08034>

Loammi
<03818>_:

for ye [are] not my people
<05971>_,

and I will not be your [God]. {Loammi: that is, Not my people}

1:10

Yet the number
<04557>

of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

shall be as the sand
<02344>

of the sea
<03220>_,

which cannot be measured
<04058> (8735)

nor numbered
<05608> (8735)_;

and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place
<04725>

where it was said
<0559> (8735)

unto them, Ye [are] not my people
<05971>_,

[there] it shall be said
<0559> (8735)

unto them, [Ye are] the sons
<01121>

of the living
<02416>

God
<0410>_.

{in...: or, instead of that}

1:11

Then shall the children
<01121>

of Judah
<03063>

and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

be gathered
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together
<03162>_,

and appoint
<07760> (8804)

themselves one
<0259>

head
<07218>_,

and they shall come up
<05927> (8804)

out of the land
<0776>_:

for great
<01419>

[shall be] the day
<03117>

of Jezreel
<03157>_.

2:1

Say
<0559> (8798)

ye unto your brethren
<0251>_,

Ammi
<05971>_;

and to your sisters
<0269>_,

Ruhamah
<07355> (8795)_.

{Ammi: that is, My people} {Ruhamah: that is, Having obtained mercy}

2:2

Plead
<07378> (8798)

with your mother
<0517>_,

plead
<07378> (8798)_:

for she [is] not my wife
<0802>_,

neither [am] I her husband
<0376>_:

let her therefore put away
<05493> (8686)

her whoredoms
<02183>

out of her sight
<06440>_,

and her adulteries
<05005>

from between her breasts
<07699>_;

2:3

Lest I strip
<06584> (8686)

her naked
<06174>_,

and set
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her as in the day
<03117>

that she was born
<03205> (8736)_,

and make
<07760> (8804)

her as a wilderness
<04057>_,

and set
<07896> (8804)

her like a dry
<06723>

land
<0776>_,

and slay
<04191> (8689)

her with thirst
<06772>_.

2:4

And I will not have mercy
<07355> (8762)

upon her children
<01121>_;

for they [be] the children
<01121>

of whoredoms
<02183>_.

2:5

For their mother
<0517>

hath played the harlot
<02181> (8804)_:

she that conceived
<02029> (8802)

them hath done shamefully
<03001> (8689)_:

for she said
<0559> (8804)_,

I will go
<03212> (8799)

after
<0310>

my lovers
<0157> (8764)_,

that give
<05414> (8802)

[me] my bread
<03899>

and my water
<04325>_,

my wool
<06785>

and my flax
<06593>_,

mine oil
<08081>

and my drink
<08250>_.

{drink: Heb. drinks}

2:6

Therefore, behold, I will hedge
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up thy way
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with thorns
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and make
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a wall
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that she shall not find
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her paths
<05410>_.

{make...: Heb. wall a wall}

2:7

And she shall follow
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after her lovers
<0157> (8764)_,

but she shall not overtake
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them; and she shall seek
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them, but shall not find
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[them]: then shall she say
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I will go
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and return
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to my first
<07223>

husband
<0376>_;

for then [was it] better
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with me than now
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2:8

For she did not know
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that I gave
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her corn
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and wine
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and oil
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and multiplied
<07235> (8689)

her silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_,

[which] they prepared
<06213> (8804)

for Baal
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{wine: Heb. new wine} {which...: or, wherewith they made Baal}

2:9

Therefore will I return
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and take away
<03947> (8804)

my corn
<01715>

in the time
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thereof, and my wine
<08492>

in the season
<04150>

thereof, and will recover
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my wool
<06785>

and my flax
<06593>

[given] to cover
<03680> (8763)

her nakedness
<06172>_.

{recover: or, take away}

2:10

And now will I discover
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her lewdness
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in the sight
<05869>

of her lovers
<0157> (8764)_,

and none
<0376>

shall deliver
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her out of mine hand
<03027>_.

{lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany}

2:11

I will also cause all her mirth
<04885>

to cease
<07673> (8689)_,

her feast days
<02282>_,

her new moons
<02320>_,

and her sabbaths
<07676>_,

and all her solemn feasts
<04150>_.

2:12

And I will destroy
<08074> (8689)

her vines
<01612>

and her fig trees
<08384>_,

whereof she hath said
<0559> (8804)_,

These [are] my rewards
<0866>

that my lovers
<0157> (8764)

have given
<05414> (8804)

me: and I will make
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them a forest
<03293>_,

and the beasts
<02416>

of the field
<07704>

shall eat
<0398> (8804)

them. {destroy: Heb. make desolate}

2:13

And I will visit
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upon her the days
<03117>

of Baalim
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wherein she burned incense
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to them, and she decked
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herself with her earrings
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and her jewels
<02484>_,

and she went
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after
<0310>

her lovers
<0157> (8764)_,

and forgat
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me, saith
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the LORD
<03068>_.

2:14

Therefore, behold, I will allure
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her, and bring
<03212> (8689)

her into the wilderness
<04057>_,

and speak
<01696> (8765)

comfortably
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unto her. {comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart}

2:15

And I will give
<05414> (8804)

her her vineyards
<03754>

from thence, and the valley
<06010>

of Achor
<05911>

for a door
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of hope
<08615>_:

and she shall sing
<06030> (8804)

there, as in the days
<03117>

of her youth
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and as in the day
<03117>

when she came up
<05927> (8800)

out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_.

2:16

And it shall be at that day
<03117>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

[that] thou shalt call
<07121> (8799)

me Ishi
<0376>_;

and shalt call
<07121> (8799)

me no more Baali
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{Ishi: that is, My husband} {Baali: that is, My lord}

2:17

For I will take away
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the names
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of Baalim
<01168>

out of her mouth
<06310>_,

and they shall no more be remembered
<02142> (8735)

by their name
<08034>_.

2:18

And in that day
<03117>

will I make
<03772> (8804)

a covenant
<01285>

for them with the beasts
<02416>

of the field
<07704>_,

and with the fowls
<05775>

of heaven
<08064>_,

and [with] the creeping things
<07431>

of the ground
<0127>_:

and I will break
<07665> (8799)

the bow
<07198>

and the sword
<02719>

and the battle
<04421>

out of the earth
<0776>_,

and will make them to lie down
<07901> (8689)

safely
<0983>_.

2:19

And I will betroth
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thee unto me for ever
<05769>_;

yea, I will betroth
<0781> (8765)

thee unto me in righteousness
<06664>_,

and in judgment
<04941>_,

and in lovingkindness
<02617>_,

and in mercies
<07356>_.

2:20

I will even betroth
<0781> (8765)

thee unto me in faithfulness
<0530>_:

and thou shalt know
<03045> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_.

2:21

And it shall come to pass in that day
<03117>_,

I will hear
<06030> (8799)_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

I will hear
<06030> (8799)

the heavens
<08064>_,

and they shall hear
<06030> (8799)

the earth
<0776>_;

2:22

And the earth
<0776>

shall hear
<06030> (8799)

the corn
<01715>_,

and the wine
<08492>_,

and the oil
<03323>_;

and they shall hear
<06030> (8799)

Jezreel
<03157>_.

2:23

And I will sow
<02232> (8804)

her unto me in the earth
<0776>_;

and I will have mercy
<07355> (8765)

upon her that had not obtained mercy
<07355> (8795) (8677) <03818>_;

and I will say
<0559> (8804)

to [them which were] not my people
<05971>_,

Thou [art] my people
<05971>_;

and they shall say
<0559> (8799)_,

[Thou art] my God
<0430>_.

3:1

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>

unto me, Go
<03212> (8798)

yet, love
<0157> (8798)

a woman
<0802>

beloved
<0157> (8803)

of [her] friend
<07453>_,

yet an adulteress
<05003> (8764)_,

according to the love
<0160>

of the LORD
<03068>

toward the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

who look
<06437> (8802)

to other
<0312>

gods
<0430>_,

and love
<0157> (8802)

flagons
<0809>

of wine
<06025>_.

{of wine: Heb. of grapes}

3:2

So I bought
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her to me for fifteen
<06240> <02568>

[pieces] of silver
<03701>_,

and [for] an homer
<02563>

of barley
<08184>_,

and an half homer
<03963>

of barley
<08184>_:

{half...: Heb. lethech}

3:3

And I said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Thou shalt abide
<03427> (8799)

for me many
<07227>

days
<03117>_;

thou shalt not play the harlot
<02181> (8799)_,

and thou shalt not be
<01961> (8799)

for [another] man
<0376>_:

so [will] I also [be] for thee.

3:4

For the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

shall abide
<03427> (8799)

many
<07227>

days
<03117>

without a king
<04428>_,

and without a prince
<08269>_,

and without a sacrifice
<02077>_,

and without an image
<04676>_,

and without an ephod
<0646>_,

and [without] teraphim
<08655>_:

{image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar}

3:5

Afterward
<0310>

shall the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

return
<07725> (8799)_,

and seek
<01245> (8765)

the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

and David
<01732>

their king
<04428>_;

and shall fear
<06342> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

and his goodness
<02898>

in the latter
<0319>

days
<03117>_.