Hosea 2 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Hosea 3

¹Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) the LORD^H3068 unto me, Go^H3212^(H8798) yet, love^H157^(H8798) a woman^H802 beloved^H157^(H8803) of her friend^H7453, yet an adulteress^H5003^(H8764), according to the love^H160 of the LORD^H3068 toward the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, who look^H6437^(H8802) to other^H312 gods^H430, and love^H157^(H8802) flagons^H809 of wine^H6025.

² So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

KJVSo I bought^H3739^(H8799) her to me for fifteen^H6240^H2568 pieces of silver^H3701, and for an homer^H2563 of barley^H8184, and an half homer^H3963 of barley^H8184:

³ I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you.”

KJVAnd I said^H559^(H8799) unto her, Thou shalt abide^H3427^(H8799) for me many^H7227 days^H3117; thou shalt not play the harlot^H2181^(H8799), and thou shalt not be^H1961^(H8799) for another man^H376: so will I also be for thee.

⁴ For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, without prince, without sacrifice, without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.

KJVFor the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 shall abide^H3427^(H8799) many^H7227 days^H3117 without a king^H4428, and without a prince^H8269, and without a sacrifice^H2077, and without an image^H4676, and without an ephod^H646, and without teraphim^H8655:

⁵ Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.

KJVAfterward^H310 shall the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 return^H7725^(H8799), and seek^H1245^(H8765) the LORD^H3068 their God^H430, and David^H1732 their king^H4428; and shall fear^H6342^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 and his goodness^H2898 in the latter^H319 days^H3117.

WEB·Hosea 2

¹“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’

KJVSay^H559^(H8798) ye unto your brethren^H251, Ammi^H5971; and to your sisters^H269, Ruhamah^H7355^(H8795).

² Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

KJVPlead^H7378^(H8798) with your mother^H517, plead^H7378^(H8798): for she is not my wife^H802, neither am I her husband^H376: let her therefore put away^H5493^(H8686) her whoredoms^H2183 out of her sight^H6440, and her adulteries^H5005 from between her breasts^H7699;

³ lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.

KJVLest I strip^H6584^(H8686) her naked^H6174, and set^H3322^(H8689) her as in the day^H3117 that she was born^H3205^(H8736), and make^H7760^(H8804) her as a wilderness^H4057, and set^H7896^(H8804) her like a dry^H6723 land^H776, and slay^H4191^(H8689) her with thirst^H6772.

⁴ Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy, for they are children of unfaithfulness.

KJVAnd I will not have mercy^H7355^(H8762) upon her children^H1121; for they be the children^H1121 of whoredoms^H2183.

⁵ For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

KJVFor their mother^H517 hath played the harlot^H2181^(H8804): she that conceived^H2029^(H8802) them hath done shamefully^H3001^(H8689): for she said^H559^(H8804), I will go^H3212^(H8799) after^H310 my lovers^H157^(H8764), that give^H5414^(H8802) me my bread^H3899 and my water^H4325, my wool^H6785 and my flax^H6593, mine oil^H8081 and my drink^H8250.

⁶ Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.

KJVTherefore, behold, I will hedge^H7753^(H8801) up thy way^H1870 with thorns^H5518, and make^H1443^(H8804) a wall^H1447, that she shall not find^H4672^(H8799) her paths^H5410.

⁷ She will follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; and she will seek them, but won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now.’

KJVAnd she shall follow^H7291^(H8765) after her lovers^H157^(H8764), but she shall not overtake^H5381^(H8686) them; and she shall seek^H1245^(H8765) them, but shall not find^H4672^(H8799) them: then shall she say^H559^(H8804), I will go^H3212^(H8799) and return^H7725^(H8799) to my first^H7223 husband^H376; for then was it better^H2896 with me than now^H6258.

⁸ For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

KJVFor she did not know^H3045^(H8804) that I gave^H5414^(H8804) her corn^H1715, and wine^H8492, and oil^H3323, and multiplied^H7235^(H8689) her silver^H3701 and gold^H2091, which they prepared^H6213^(H8804) for Baal^H1168.

⁹ Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

KJVTherefore will I return^H7725^(H8799), and take away^H3947^(H8804) my corn^H1715 in the time^H6256 thereof, and my wine^H8492 in the season^H4150 thereof, and will recover^H5337^(H8689) my wool^H6785 and my flax^H6593 given to cover^H3680^(H8763) her nakedness^H6172.

¹⁰ Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.

KJVAnd now will I discover^H1540^(H8762) her lewdness^H5040 in the sight^H5869 of her lovers^H157^(H8764), and none^H376 shall deliver^H5337^(H8686) her out of mine hand^H3027.

¹¹ I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

KJVI will also cause all her mirth^H4885 to cease^H7673^(H8689), her feast days^H2282, her new moons^H2320, and her sabbaths^H7676, and all her solemn feasts^H4150.

¹² I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she has said, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me,’ and I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field shall eat them.

KJVAnd I will destroy^H8074^(H8689) her vines^H1612 and her fig trees^H8384, whereof she hath said^H559^(H8804), These are my rewards^H866 that my lovers^H157^(H8764) have given^H5414^(H8804) me: and I will make^H7760^(H8804) them a forest^H3293, and the beasts^H2416 of the field^H7704 shall eat^H398^(H8804) them.

¹³ I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers and forgot me,” says Yahweh.

KJVAnd I will visit^H6485^(H8804) upon her the days^H3117 of Baalim^H1168, wherein she burned incense^H6999^(H8686) to them, and she decked^H5710^(H8799) herself with her earrings^H5141 and her jewels^H2484, and she went^H3212^(H8799) after^H310 her lovers^H157^(H8764), and forgat^H7911^(H8804) me, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

¹⁴ “Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

KJVTherefore, behold, I will allure^H6601^(H8764) her, and bring^H3212^(H8689) her into the wilderness^H4057, and speak^H1696^(H8765) comfortably^H3820 unto her.

¹⁵ I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

KJVAnd I will give^H5414^(H8804) her her vineyards^H3754 from thence, and the valley^H6010 of Achor^H5911 for a door^H6607 of hope^H8615: and she shall sing^H6030^(H8804) there, as in the days^H3117 of her youth^H5271, and as in the day^H3117 when she came up^H5927^(H8800) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714.

¹⁶ It will be in that day,” says Yahweh, “that you will call me ‘my husband,’ and no longer call me ‘my master.’

KJVAnd it shall be at that day^H3117, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, that thou shalt call^H7121^(H8799) me Ishi^H376; and shalt call^H7121^(H8799) me no more Baali^H1180.

¹⁷ For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.

KJVFor I will take away^H5493^(H8689) the names^H8034 of Baalim^H1168 out of her mouth^H6310, and they shall no more be remembered^H2142^(H8735) by their name^H8034.

¹⁸ In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 will I make^H3772^(H8804) a covenant^H1285 for them with the beasts^H2416 of the field^H7704, and with the fowls^H5775 of heaven^H8064, and with the creeping things^H7431 of the ground^H127: and I will break^H7665^(H8799) the bow^H7198 and the sword^H2719 and the battle^H4421 out of the earth^H776, and will make them to lie down^H7901^(H8689) safely^H983.

¹⁹ I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

KJVAnd I will betroth^H781^(H8765) thee unto me for ever^H5769; yea, I will betroth^H781^(H8765) thee unto me in righteousness^H6664, and in judgment^H4941, and in lovingkindness^H2617, and in mercies^H7356.

²⁰ I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.

KJVI will even betroth^H781^(H8765) thee unto me in faithfulness^H530: and thou shalt know^H3045^(H8804) the LORD^H3068.

²¹ It will happen in that day, that I will respond,” says Yahweh. “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;

KJVAnd it shall come to pass in that day^H3117, I will hear^H6030^(H8799), saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, I will hear^H6030^(H8799) the heavens^H8064, and they shall hear^H6030^(H8799) the earth^H776;

²² and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel.

KJVAnd the earth^H776 shall hear^H6030^(H8799) the corn^H1715, and the wine^H8492, and the oil^H3323; and they shall hear^H6030^(H8799) Jezreel^H3157.

²³ I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘You are My God!’”

KJVAnd I will sow^H2232^(H8804) her unto me in the earth^H776; and I will have mercy^H7355^(H8765) upon her that had not obtained mercy^H7355^(H8795)^(H8677)^H3818; and I will say^H559^(H8804) to them which were not my people^H5971, Thou art my people^H5971; and they shall say^H559^(H8799), Thou art my God^H430.

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