then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to ‘God Plants’ (Jezreel)!

A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.

Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

“At that time, I will willingly respond,” declares the Lord. “I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

When she had weaned ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son.

I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the Lord.”

So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

At that time, I will destroy the military power of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.

Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me!

For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips, so that you will never again utter their names!”

They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.

Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord, They will not find him – he has withdrawn himself from them!

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.

The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.

Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, “I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now.”

“I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the Lord.

From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the “Valley of Trouble” into an “Opportunity for Hope.” There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound!