CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Hosea 2:5 For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.'</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/hosea/2-5.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/8/28_Hos_02_05.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Hosea 2:5 - Israel's Adultery Rebuked" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.'" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/hosea/2-5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/hosea/2-5.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/hosea/">Hosea</a> > <a href="/hosea/2.htm">Chapter 2</a> > Verse 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad5.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/hosea/2-4.htm" title="Hosea 2:4">◄</a> Hosea 2:5 <a href="/hosea/2-6.htm" title="Hosea 2:6">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/hosea/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/hosea/2.htm">New International Version</a> Their mother has been unfaithful and has conceived them in disgrace. She said, &#8216I will go after my lovers, who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.&#8217 <a href="/nlt/hosea/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> Their mother is a shameless prostitute and became pregnant in a shameful way. She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers and sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’ <a href="/esv/hosea/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> For their mother has played the whore; she who conceived them has acted 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.’ <a href="/bsb/hosea/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ <a href="/kjv/hosea/2.htm">King James Bible</a> For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/2.htm">New King James Version</a> For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has behaved shamefully. For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my linen, My oil and my drink.’ <a href="/nasb_/hosea/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “For their mother has committed prostitution; She who conceived them has acted 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.’ <a href="/nasb/hosea/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, &#8216I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/hosea/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has acted 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.’ <a href="/lsb/hosea/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has acted 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.’ <a href="/amp/hosea/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “For their mother has played the prostitute; She who conceived them has acted shamefully, For she said, ‘I will pursue my lovers Who give me my food and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my [refreshing] drinks.’ <a href="/csb/hosea/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. For she thought, “I will follow my lovers, the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.” <a href="/hcsb/hosea/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. For she thought, &#8220I will go after my lovers, the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.&#8221 <a href="/asv/hosea/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> for their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. <a href="/cev/hosea/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Your mother was unfaithful. She was disgraceful and said, "I'll run after my lovers. Everything comes from them--my food and drink, my linen and wool, my olive oil and wine." <a href="/erv/hosea/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> for their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. <a href="/gwt/hosea/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Their mother acted like a prostitute. The woman who became pregnant with them did shameful things. She said, 'I'll chase after my lovers. They will give me food and water, wool and linen, olive oil and wine.' <a href="/isv/hosea/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Indeed, their mother has committed prostitution— the one who has been conceiving them has acted disgracefully— when she said, 'I'm going after my lovers, who provide me food and water, as well as my wool, my flax, my oil, and my wine.' <a href="/msb/hosea/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ?I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.? <a href="/net/hosea/2.htm">NET Bible</a> For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, "I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine. <a href="/nheb/hosea/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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.' <a href="/wbt/hosea/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink. <a href="/web/hosea/2.htm">World English Bible</a> 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.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For their mother has gone whoring, "" Their conceiver has acted shamefully, "" For she has said, I go after my lovers, "" Those giving my bread and my water, "" My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink. <a href="/ylt/hosea/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink. <a href="/slt/hosea/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For their mother committed fornication: she conceiving them acted shamefully: for she said, I will go after those loving me giving me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, mine oil and my drinks.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For their mother hath committed fornication, she that conceived them is covered with shame: for she said: I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread, and my water, my wool, and my flax, my oil, and my drink. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For their mother has been fornicating; she who conceived them has been brought to ruin. 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.’ <a href="/nabre/hosea/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Yes, their mother has prostituted herself; she who conceived them has acted 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.” <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For their mother has played the whore; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, “I will go after my lovers; they give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For their mother has played the harlot; she that conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers who give me my bread and my water, my clothes and my linen, my oil and everything that I need. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because their mother has been a whore and she who gave them birth has been shameful and she said ‘I will go after my lovers, givers of my bread and water and my clothing and my linen and my oil, and everything that I require’<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For their mother hath played the harlot, She that conceived them hath done shamefully; For she said: 'I will go after my lovers, That give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.' <a href="/sep/hosea/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced them: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and my necessaries. <a href="/parallel/hosea/2-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=179" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/2.htm">Israel's Adultery Rebuked</a> …4I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery. 5<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·mām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">their mother</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: zā·nə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">has played the harlot</a> <a href="/hebrew/2029.htm" title="2029: hō·w·rā·ṯām (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc:: 3mp) -- To conceive, become pregnant. A primitive root; to be pregnant, conceive.">and has conceived them</a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: hō·ḇî·šāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3fs) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">in disgrace.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mə·rāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">she thought,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: ’ê·lə·ḵāh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">‘I will go</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: mə·’a·hă·ḇay (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc:: 1cs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">my lovers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nō·ṯə·nê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">who give me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: laḥ·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ū·mê·may (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">and water,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6785.htm" title="6785: ṣam·rî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Wool. From an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy; wool.">wool</a> <a href="/hebrew/6593.htm" title="6593: ū·p̄iš·tî (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Flax, linen. From the same as pash as in the sense of comminuting; linen.">and linen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: šam·nî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">oil</a> <a href="/hebrew/8250.htm" title="8250: wə·šiq·qū·yāy (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A drink. From shaqah; a beverage; moisture, i.e. refreshment.">and drink.’</a> 6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Ezekiel 16:32</a> You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Jeremiah 3:20</a> But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a> See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a> “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute. <a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Ezekiel 23:5</a> Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Jeremiah 2:25</a> You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’ <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15</a> But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. <a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Isaiah 57:8</a> Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness. <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1</a> “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/16-34.htm">Ezekiel 16:34</a> So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite! <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a> Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” <a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a> You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">2 Corinthians 11:2-3</a> I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. / I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. <a href="/matthew/12-39.htm">Matthew 12:39</a> Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-22</a> But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For their mother has played the harlot: she that conceived them has done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.their mother.<a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2</a> Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;<a href="/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1</a> Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.<a href="/hosea/4-5.htm">Hosea 4:5,12-15</a> Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother… hath done.<a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a> I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.<a href="/ezra/9-6.htm">Ezra 9:6,7</a> And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens… <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Jeremiah 2:26,27</a> As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, … I will.<a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13</a> And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.<a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Hosea 8:9</a> For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.<a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7,8</a> Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice… give.<a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8,12</a> For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal… <a href="/judges/16-23.htm">Judges 16:23</a> Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.<a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17,18</a> But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil… drink.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/hosea/2-3.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/daniel/5-2.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-3.htm">Flax</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Played</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm">Shamefully</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-23.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/hosea/2-3.htm">Water</a> <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Wool</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/hosea/9-11.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/matthew/1-18.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">Flax</a> <a href="/hosea/2-12.htm">Food</a> <a href="/hosea/3-3.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/hosea/2-7.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/hosea/4-5.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Played</a> <a href="/hosea/3-3.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/matthew/22-6.htm">Shamefully</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/hosea/5-10.htm">Water</a> <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">Wool</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 2</div>1. <a href="/hosea/2-1.htm">The idolatry of the people.</a> 6. <a href="/hosea/2-6.htm">God's judgments against them.</a> 14. <a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">His promises of reconciliation with them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For their mother has played the harlot This phrase refers to Israel's spiritual unfaithfulness to God, often depicted as adultery or harlotry in the prophetic literature. The imagery of harlotry is used to illustrate Israel's idolatry and covenant unfaithfulness. In the ancient Near Eastern context, idolatry was often associated with fertility cults and ritual prostitution, making the metaphor particularly poignant. The "mother" symbolizes the nation of Israel as a collective entity, with the people being her children. This metaphor is consistent with other prophetic writings, such as <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/16.htm">Ezekiel 16</a>, where Israel's idolatry is likened to marital infidelity.and has conceived them in disgrace The children conceived in disgrace represent the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness. The term "disgrace" highlights the shame and dishonor brought upon the nation due to its idolatrous practices. This disgrace is not only a social stigma but also a spiritual condition, reflecting the broken relationship with God. The imagery of conception and birth underscores the idea that the actions of the nation have tangible, lasting consequences. This concept is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a>, where the nation is described as a "sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity."For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers The "lovers" symbolize the foreign nations and deities that Israel pursued instead of remaining faithful to Yahweh. This pursuit reflects a misguided belief that these alliances and idols could provide security and prosperity. In the historical context, Israel often sought political alliances with surrounding nations like Assyria and Egypt, which were seen as "lovers" in a metaphorical sense. This pursuit is condemned in other prophetic texts, such as <a href="/isaiah/30.htm">Isaiah 30:1-2</a>, where reliance on foreign powers is portrayed as a rejection of God's protection.who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ These items represent the basic necessities and luxuries of life, which Israel believed were provided by their "lovers" rather than by God. This reflects a misunderstanding of the true source of their blessings, as God is the ultimate provider of all needs (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-18.htm">Deuteronomy 8:18</a>). The mention of "bread and water" signifies sustenance, while "wool and linen" represent clothing and "oil and drink" denote luxury and abundance. This misattribution of provision is a central theme in Hosea, as God later declares that He will take back these provisions to demonstrate His sovereignty and the futility of idolatry (<a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8-9</a>). The passage serves as a reminder of the first commandment, to have no other gods before Yahweh (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>), and foreshadows the ultimate fulfillment of provision and faithfulness in Jesus Christ, who is the Bread of Life (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver a message of judgment and redemption. 2. <a href="/topical/g/gomer.htm">Gomer</a> Hosea's wife, whose unfaithfulness symbolizes Israel's spiritual adultery. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often depicted as an unfaithful wife in the prophetic literature. 4. <a href="/topical/l/lovers.htm">Lovers</a> Represents the false gods and foreign nations Israel pursued instead of remaining faithful to Yahweh. 5. <a href="/topical/p/provision.htm">Provision (bread, water, wool, linen, oil, drink)</a> Symbolizes the material and spiritual blessings that Israel wrongly attributed to their idols and alliances.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a> Just as Gomer's unfaithfulness symbolizes Israel's idolatry, we must guard against placing anything above our relationship with God. <a href="/topical/m/misplaced_trust.htm">Misplaced Trust</a> Israel's reliance on foreign nations and idols for provision is a reminder to trust God as our ultimate provider. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_unfaithfulness.htm">Consequences of Unfaithfulness</a> The disgrace mentioned in the verse highlights the shame and consequences of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God's call through Hosea is ultimately one of repentance and hope for restoration. <a href="/topical/m/materialism_and_idolatry.htm">Materialism and Idolatry</a> The pursuit of material goods and security can become idolatrous if it replaces our dependence on God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 2</a> <a href="/q/does_song_2's_romance_conflict_with_bible_themes.htm">Does the romantic language throughout Song of Solomon 2 conflict with traditional interpretations of divine or covenantal themes elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/is_adultery_sinful_in_the_bible.htm">Is adultery a sin according to the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_god_renew_israel's_covenant.htm">How can God renew a covenant with Israel in Jeremiah 3:1-8 despite Deuteronomy 24:1-4 forbidding reunions after divorce?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_ezekiel_23's_imagery_reconciled.htm">How can the graphic sexual imagery in Ezekiel 23:3 and 20 be reconciled with the holiness and purity usually attributed to Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) For their mother hath played . . .--We might render, with Ewald, yea, their mother hath played . . . This would more easily account for the change of person ("your ". . . "their "), which is, however, very frequent in Hebrew prophecy. The next "for" introduces a parenthetical clause--"her lovers"--a word used in a bad sense. The aggravation of her shame is that she seeks them, and not they her. She attributes to these idol-gods all those temporal benefits which theocratic history shows to have been Jehovah's gift, and the consequence of loyalty to Him. The modern analogue of this sin of Israel is the use of "Fortune," "Nature," "Destiny," "Impersonal Law," and even "Humanity," as the giver of all good things, as though it were superstitious or heretical to speak of God as the giver.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - Nor their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath dons shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers. The charge of idolatry under the figure of harlotry, spiritual harlotry, is reiterated. "Mother" is repeated in and emphasized by the parallel words, "she that conceived them." A somewhat similar form of expression is that in <a href="/psalms/58-3.htm">Psalm 58:3</a>, "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies." To bosh, to be ashamed, belong the Hiphil forms, hebhish and hobhish (the latter formed from zabhish), properly "to put to shame," but also "to practice shame or do shameful things." The nature of her shameful conduct is more definitely and distinctly expressed in the clauses which follow; and consisted of several particulars. There is the persistent pursuit of her lovers; then the unblushing boldness with which she avows her determination to continue that course; and next come her expectations from them. That give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink (margin, drinks). The original word here rendered "lovers" is the Piel participle, which may have either its usual intensive sense or its occasional causative sense in which it is taken by Rosenmüller, who has "a-mare me facientes," equivalent to "wooers." It matters little which way we understand it. The more important point is to determine who or what are here meant by lovers. Most commentators understand them to be those nations whose friendship Israel set such store by - the Assyrians and the Egyptians. Thus Grotius and Jerome, - the latter explains them of the Assyrians and Egyptians and other nations, with whose idols Israel committed fornication, and from which in distress they vainly hoped for help; so also Kimchi, in the following comment: "By 'friends ' he implies the Assyrians and Egyptians joined in alliance to the Israelites, who delivered them from their enemies, so that they lived safely, in return for the gifts (tribute) which they (the Israelites) were in the habit of giving them. And as they lived in tranquility in virtue of the compact entered into with them, the prophet represents it as if they supplied them with all the necessaries of life. For with their help they tilled their land without fear and in safety traded from country to country." Kimchi quotes at the same time his father's (Joseph Kimchi) interpretation: "But my lord my father of blessed memory explained 'after her lovers' of the sun and moon and stars, which they worshipped; while their intention was that they gave them their food and their sufficiency, as they said, 'But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.'" This exposition of Joseph Kimchi is much nearer the truth than that of his son David; it is, however, too restricted. The "lovers" were the idols on which the people of the northern kingdom so dented, and on which they placed so much dependence. The blessings which they vainly expected from these idols are enumerated: they were - food and raiment and luxuries; the bread and water were the articles of food as it is written elsewhere. "Bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure;" the wool and flax were the materials for clothing; while the oil and drinks were, the former for ornament, the latter for refresh-merit, and so included all luxuries; thus in <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Psalm 23:5</a>, "Thou anointest my head with oil;" and in <a href="/psalms/102-9.htm">Psalm 102:9</a>, "And mingled my drink [literally, 'drinks,' the same word, shigguyar] with weeping;" also in <a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Psalm 104:15</a> we read of "wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthened man's heart." <a href="/commentaries/hosea/2-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction their mother אִמָּ֔ם (’im·mām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> A mother, ) has played the harlot זָֽנְתָה֙ (zā·nə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> To commit adultery, to commit idolatry and has conceived them הֽוֹרָתָ֑ם (hō·w·rā·ṯām) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2029.htm">Strong's 2029: </a> To conceive, become pregnant in disgrace. הֹבִ֖ישָׁה (hō·ḇî·šāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3001.htm">Strong's 3001: </a> To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction she thought, אָמְרָ֗ה (’ā·mə·rāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘I will go אֵלְכָ֞ה (’ê·lə·ḵāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk after אַחֲרֵ֤י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part my lovers, מְאַהֲבַי֙ (mə·’a·hă·ḇay) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f who give me נֹתְנֵ֤י (nō·ṯə·nê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set bread לַחְמִי֙ (laḥ·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain and water, וּמֵימַ֔י (ū·mê·may) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen wool צַמְרִ֣י (ṣam·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6785.htm">Strong's 6785: </a> Wool and linen, וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י (ū·p̄iš·tî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6593.htm">Strong's 6593: </a> Flax, linen oil שַׁמְנִ֖י (šam·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8081.htm">Strong's 8081: </a> Grease, liquid, richness and drink.’ וְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃ (wə·šiq·qū·yāy) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8250.htm">Strong's 8250: </a> A beverage, moisture, refreshment <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 2:5 For their mother has played the prostitute (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/2-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 2:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 2:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/2-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 2:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 2:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>