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<p class="indent1"> I will enclose her with a wall, <p class="indent2"> so she cannot find her way. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; <p class="indent2"> she will seek them but not find them. <p class="indent1"> Then she will say, <p class="indent2">‘I will return to my first husband, <p class="indent2"> for then I was better off than now.’ <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For she does not acknowledge <p class="indent2"> that it was I who gave her grain, <p class="indent2"> new wine, and oil, <p class="indent1"> who lavished on her silver and gold—<p class="indent2"> which they crafted for Baal. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore I will take back My grain in its time <p class="indent2"> and My new wine in its season; <p class="indent1"> I will take away My wool and linen, <p class="indent2"> which were given to cover her nakedness. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And then I will expose her lewdness <p class="indent2"> in the sight of her lovers, <p class="indent1"> and no one will deliver her <p class="indent2"> out of My hands. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I will put an end to all her exultation: <p class="indent2"> her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—<p class="indent2"> all her appointed feasts. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will destroy her vines and fig trees, <p class="indent2"> which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. <p class="indent1"> So I will make them into a thicket, <p class="indent2"> and the beasts of the field will devour them. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I will punish her for the days of the Baals <p class="indent2"> when she burned incense to them, <p class="indent1"> when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, <p class="indent2"> and went after her lovers. <p class="indent1stline"> But Me she forgot,” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD. <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Mercy to Israel<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Therefore, behold, I will allure her <p class="indent2"> and lead her to the wilderness, <p class="indent2"> and speak to her tenderly. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There I will give back her vineyards <p class="indent2"> and make the Valley of Achor<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> into a gateway of hope. <p class="indent1"> There she will respond as she did <p class="indent2"> in the days of her youth, <p class="indent2"> as in the day she came up out of Egypt. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In that day,” <p class="indent2"> declares the LORD, <p class="indent1">“you will call Me ‘my Husband,’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; <p class="indent2"> no longer will their names be invoked. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>On that day I will make a covenant for them <p class="indent2"> with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air <p class="indent2"> and the creatures that crawl on the ground. <p class="indent1"> And I will abolish bow and sword <p class="indent2"> and battle in the land, <p class="indent2"> and will make them lie down in safety. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So I will betroth you to Me forever; <p class="indent2"> I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, <p class="indent2"> in loving devotion<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> and compassion. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And I will betroth you in faithfulness, <p class="indent2"> and you will know the LORD.” <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“On that day I will respond—” <p class="indent2"> declares the LORD—<p class="indent1">“I will respond to the heavens, <p class="indent2"> and they will respond to the earth. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the earth will respond to the grain, <p class="indent2"> to the new wine and oil, <p class="indent2"> and they will respond to Jezreel.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And I will sow her as My own in the land, <p class="indent2"> and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <p class="indent1"> I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> <p class="indent2">‘You are My people,’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">k</a></span> <p class="indent1"> and they will say, <p class="indent2">‘You are my God.’”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>Ammi</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>Mercy is shown</i>; Hebrew <i>Ruhamah</i>, which means <i>she has received mercy</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Hebrew <i>your path</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>Achor</i> means <i>trouble</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Hebrew <i>my Ishi</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Hebrew <i>my Baal</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>chesed</i> are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as <i>loving devotion</i>; the range of meaning includes <i>love</i>, <i>goodness</i>, <i>kindness</i>, <i>faithfulness</i>, and <i>mercy</i>, as well as <i>loyalty to a covenant</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <i>Jezreel</i> means <i>God sows</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Hebrew <i>Lo-ruhamah</i>; LXX <i>I will love her who was not loved</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> Hebrew <i>Lo-ammi</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">k</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/9.htm#25">Romans 9:25</a> and <a href="../1_peter/2.htm#10">1 Peter 2:10</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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