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</li> <li class="tabItem marginal" data-related-content="studyMarginals" aria-label="marginal"> <span class="icon"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="navigationContents"> <div id="studyDiscover" class="studyPane active tabContent"> <div class="section"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui"><strong>Hosea Outline</strong></span></h3><div class="summaryOutline"><ul class="content"><li class='scalableui'><ul class="outline"><li class="L1 chapterNo"><ul><li class="L2"><p>Unfaithful Israel punished <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2#h=8:0-25:0"><span class="altsize">1-13</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li><li class="L2"><p>Restoration to Jehovah as husband <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2#h=25:0-35:0"><span class="altsize">14-23</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p><ul><li class="L3"><p>“You will call me My husband” <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2#h=27:0-28:0"><span class="altsize">16</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-1" data-section-citation="028002001028002001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:1</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-10"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p328" data-pid="328">See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/0/0">Ho 1:9</a> ftn.</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-11"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p329" data-pid="329">See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/1/0">Ho 1:6</a> ftn.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/20" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-21"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 31:33; Eze 36:28; Zec 13:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-21" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-21" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/21" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-22"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 2:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-22" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-22" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/11/0">w76 157-158</a></p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-2" data-section-citation="028002002028002002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:2</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-12"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p330" data-pid="330">Or “immorality; promiscuity.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/22" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-23"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 3:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-23" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-23" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="se"></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/29/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 364</a></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/30/0"><em>Jehovah’s Day,</em> pp. 104-105</a></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/10/0">it-1 364;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/10/2"> jd 104-105;</a></p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sx"></p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/12/0">w76 157</a></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-3" data-section-citation="028002003028002003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:3</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/13/0">w76 157</a></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-4" data-section-citation="028002004028002004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:4</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-13"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p331" data-pid="331">Or “immorality; promiscuity.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/14/0">w76 157</a></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-5" data-section-citation="028002005028002005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:5</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-14"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p332" data-pid="332">Or “engaged in immorality (promiscuity).”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/23" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-24"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 23:4, 5; Ho 3:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-24" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-24" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/24" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-25"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ezr 9:6; Da 9:7; Ho 9:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-25" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-25" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/25" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-26"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 23:7, 8; Ho 8:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-26" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-26" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/15/0">w76 157</a></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-6" data-section-citation="028002006028002006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:6</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="se"></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/31/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1084</a></p> <div id="p39" data-pid="39"><p data-pid="39" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/32/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="39" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/32/0">11/15/2005, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/11/0">it-1 1084;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/11/2"> w05 11/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sx"></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/16/0">w76 178</a></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-7" data-section-citation="028002007028002007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/26" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-27"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 31:1; Ho 5:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-27" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-27" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/27" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-28"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 31:18; Eze 23:4; Ho 5:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-28" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-28" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/28" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-29"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 32:12-14; Ne 9:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-29" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-29" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="se"></p> <div id="p41" data-pid="41"><p data-pid="41" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/33/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="41" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/33/0">11/15/2005, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/12/0">w05 11/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sx"></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/17/0">w76 178-179</a></p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-8" data-section-citation="028002008028002008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:8</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/29" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-30"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 32:28; Isa 1:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-30" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-30" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/30" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-31"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 8:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-31" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-31" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="se"></p> <div id="p43" data-pid="43"><p data-pid="43" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/34/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="43" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/34/0">11/15/2005, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/13/0">w05 11/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"></p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/18/0">w76 177-178</a></p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-9" data-section-citation="028002009028002009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/31" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-32"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 17:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-32" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-32" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/19/0">w76 180</a></p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-10" data-section-citation="028002010028002010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:10</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/32" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-33"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 50:22; Ho 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-33" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-33" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/20/0">w76 180-181</a></p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-11" data-section-citation="028002011028002011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:11</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/33" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-34"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Am 5:21; 8:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-34" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-34" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-12" data-section-citation="028002012028002012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:12</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="se"></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/35/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 831</a></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/14/0">it-1 831;</a></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"></p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/21/0">w76 180,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/21/3"> 185</a></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-13" data-section-citation="028002013028002013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:13</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/34" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-35"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jg 3:7; 1Ki 16:30-32; 2Ki 10:28; Ho 11:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-35" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-35" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/35" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-36"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 17:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-36" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-36" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/22/0">w76 180,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/22/2"> 184</a></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-14" data-section-citation="028002014028002014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:14</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="se"></p> <div id="p47" data-pid="47"><p data-pid="47" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/36/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="47" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/36/0">11/15/2005, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/15/0">w05 11/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/23/0">w76 181</a></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-15" data-section-citation="028002015028002015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:15</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-15"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p333" data-pid="333">Or “Low Plain.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/36" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-37"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 30:5; Isa 65:21; Jer 32:15; Eze 28:25, 26; Am 9:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-37" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-37" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/37" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-38"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jos 7:24-26; Isa 65:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-38" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-38" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/38" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-39"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 15:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-39" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-39" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="se"></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/37/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 41-42</a></p> <div id="p50" data-pid="50"><p data-pid="50" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/38/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="50" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/38/0">11/15/2005, p. 21</a></p> </div><p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/16/0">it-1 41;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/16/2"> w05 11/15 21;</a></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/24/0">w76 181-182;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/24/3"> ad 30</a></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-16" data-section-citation="028002016028002016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:16</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-16"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p334" data-pid="334">Or “My Baal.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="se"></p> <div id="p52" data-pid="52"><p data-pid="52" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/39/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="52" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/39/0">6/2019, p. 4</a></p> </div><p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/40/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 228</a></p> <div id="p54" data-pid="54"><p data-pid="54" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/41/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="54" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/41/0">11/15/2007, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="54" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/42/0">7/15/1995, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/43/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 144</a></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/17/0">w19.06 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/17/2"> it-1 228;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/17/4"> w07 11/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/17/6"> w95 7/15 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/17/8"> si 144;</a></p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sx"></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/25/0">w76 181-184;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/25/5"> w76 320;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/25/7"> w76 544;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/25/9"> ad 171;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/25/10"> w62 665</a></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-17" data-section-citation="028002017028002017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/39" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-40"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 23:13; Jos 23:6, 7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-40" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-40" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/40" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-41"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Zec 13:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-41" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-41" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="se"></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/44/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 228</a></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/18/0">it-1 228;</a></p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/26/0">w76 184;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/26/3"> ad 171</a></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-18" data-section-citation="028002018028002018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:18</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-17"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p335" data-pid="335">Or “let them live.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/41" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-42"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 34:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-42" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-42" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/42" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-43"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 11:6-8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-43" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-43" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/43" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-44"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 2:4; Eze 39:9; Zec 9:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-44" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-44" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/44" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-45"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 26:5, 6; Jer 23:6; Mic 4:3, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-45" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-45" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="se"></p> <div id="p59" data-pid="59"><p data-pid="59" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/45/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="59" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/45/0">11/15/2005, p. 20</a></p> </div><div id="p60" data-pid="60"><p data-pid="60" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/46/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="60" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/46/0">9/8/2005, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/19/0">w05 11/15 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/19/2"> g05 9/8 12;</a></p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/27/0">w83 12/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/27/2"> lp 180;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/27/4"> w76 184-185;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/27/6"> w75 89;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/27/8"> w74 345;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/27/10"> w73 415;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/27/12"> ka 145;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/27/14"> w65 235;</a><span class="ni"> g62 10/22 7;</span><span class="ni"> ew 56;</span><span class="ni"> w48 160;</span><span class="ni"> w39 142;</span><span class="ni"> w38 363;</span><span class="ni"> w36 63;</span><span class="ni"> hs34 10</span></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-19" data-section-citation="028002019028002019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:19</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/45" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-46"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mic 7:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-46" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-46" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/28/0">w76 185-186;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/28/2"> w72 549;</a><span class="ni"> w35 314</span></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-20" data-section-citation="028002020028002020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:20</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/46" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-47"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 54:13; Jer 24:7; 31:34</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-47" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-47" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/29/0">w76 186;</a><span class="ni"> w35 314</span></p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-21" data-section-citation="028002021028002021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:21</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/47" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-48"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 28:12; Zec 8:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-48" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-48" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="se"></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/47/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1064</a></p> <div id="p63" data-pid="63"><p data-pid="63" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/48/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="63" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/48/0">9/15/2007, p. 15</a></p><p data-pid="63" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/49/0">3/1/1989, p. 14</a></p> </div><p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/20/0">it-1 1064;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/20/2"> w07 9/15 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/20/5"> w89 3/1 14;</a></p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"></p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/30/0">w76 186-187;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/30/2"> ad 734</a></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-22" data-section-citation="028002022028002022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:22</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-18"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p336" data-pid="336">Meaning “God Will Sow Seed.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/48" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-49"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 1:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-49" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-49" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="se"></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/50/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1064</a></p> <div id="p66" data-pid="66"><p data-pid="66" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/51/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="66" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/51/0">9/15/2007, p. 15</a></p><p data-pid="66" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/52/0">3/1/1989, p. 14</a></p> </div><p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/21/0">it-1 1064;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/21/2"> w07 9/15 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/21/5"> w89 3/1 14;</a></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/31/0">w76 186-187;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/31/2"> ad 734</a></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="28-2-23" data-section-citation="028002023028002023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hosea 2:23</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-19"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p337" data-pid="337">See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/2/0">Ho 1:6</a> ftn.</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-20"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p338" data-pid="338">See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/3/0">Ho 1:9</a> ftn.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/49" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-50"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 31:27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-50" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-50" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/50" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-51"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 2:1; Ro 9:25, 26; 1Pe 2:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-51" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-51" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/51" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-52"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 1:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-52" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-52" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="se"></p> <div id="p68" data-pid="68"><p data-pid="68" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/53/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="68" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/53/0">7/2018, p. 22</a></p> </div><p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/54/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 1064,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/55/0"> 1234</a></p> <div id="p70" data-pid="70"><p data-pid="70" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/56/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="70" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/56/0">9/15/2007, p. 15</a></p><p data-pid="70" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/57/0">3/1/1989, p. 14</a></p> </div><p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204417/58/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 145</a></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/22/0">w18.07 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/22/2"> it-1 1064,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/22/4"> 1234;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/22/6"> w07 9/15 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/22/9"> si 145;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270028/22/12"> w89 3/1 14;</a></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/32/0">w81 1/15 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/32/2"> w76 145-146;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/32/6"> w76 186-187;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/32/8"> ad 734;</a><span class="ni"> g68 11/22 28;</span><span class="ni"> im 308;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020028/32/11"> w63 204;</a><span class="ni"> pp 274</span></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/20/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-21-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 31:33; Eze 36:28; Zec 13:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-21-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-21-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/21/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-22-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 2:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-22-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-22-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/22/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-23-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 3:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-23-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-23-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/23/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-24-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 23:4, 5; Ho 3:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-24-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-24-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/24/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-25-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ezr 9:6; Da 9:7; Ho 9:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-25-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-25-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/25/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-26-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 23:7, 8; Ho 8:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-26-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-26-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/26/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-27-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 31:1; Ho 5:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-27-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-27-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/27/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-28-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 31:18; Eze 23:4; Ho 5:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-28-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-28-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/28/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-29-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 32:12-14; Ne 9:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-29-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-29-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/29/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-30-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 32:28; Isa 1:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-30-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-30-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/30/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-31-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 8:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-31-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-31-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/31/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-32-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 17:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-32-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-32-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/32/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-33-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 50:22; Ho 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-33-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-33-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/33/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-34-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Am 5:21; 8:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-34-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-34-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/34/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-35-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jg 3:7; 1Ki 16:30-32; 2Ki 10:28; Ho 11:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-35-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-35-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/35/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-36-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 17:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-36-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-36-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/36/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-37-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 30:5; Isa 65:21; Jer 32:15; Eze 28:25, 26; Am 9:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-37-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-37-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/37/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-38-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jos 7:24-26; Isa 65:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-38-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-38-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/38/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-39-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 15:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-39-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-39-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/39/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-40-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 23:13; Jos 23:6, 7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-40-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-40-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/40/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-41-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Zec 13:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-41-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-41-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/41/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-42-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 34:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-42-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-42-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/42/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-43-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 11:6-8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-43-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-43-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/43/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-44-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 2:4; Eze 39:9; Zec 9:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-44-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-44-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/44/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-45-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 26:5, 6; Jer 23:6; Mic 4:3, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-45-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-45-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/45/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-46-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mic 7:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-46-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-46-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/46/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-47-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 54:13; Jer 24:7; 31:34</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-47-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-47-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/47/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-48-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:21</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 28:12; Zec 8:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-48-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-48-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/28/2/48/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-49-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Hos. 2:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 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class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22222" class="cl vx vp"><strong>2</strong> </a>“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’<a id="footnotesource10" data-fnid="10" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/9">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/20" data-bid="21-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-1-2" class="v">And to your sisters, ‘O woman shown mercy!’<a id="footnotesource11" data-fnid="11" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/10">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/21" data-bid="22-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p10" data-pid="10"><p data-pid="10" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-2-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22223" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>Accuse your mother; accuse her,</span></p><p data-pid="10" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-2-2" class="v">For she is not my wife<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22" data-bid="23-1" class="b">+</a> and I am not her husband.</span></p> </div><div id="p11" data-pid="11"><p data-pid="11" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-2-3" class="v">She should remove her prostitution<a id="footnotesource12" data-fnid="12" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/11">*</a> from herself</span></p><p data-pid="11" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-2-4" class="v">And her adultery from between her breasts,</span></p><p data-pid="11" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-3-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22224" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>Or I will strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born,</span></p><p data-pid="11" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-3-2" class="v">Making her like a wilderness,</span></p><p data-pid="11" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-3-3" class="v">Reducing her to a waterless land,</span></p><p data-pid="11" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-3-4" class="v">And causing her to die of thirst.</span></p> </div><div id="p12" data-pid="12"><p data-pid="12" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-4-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22225" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>And to her sons I will not show mercy,</span></p><p data-pid="12" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-4-2" class="v">For they are the sons of prostitution.<a id="footnotesource13" data-fnid="13" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/12">*</a></span></p> </div><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-5-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22226" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>For their mother has committed prostitution.<a id="footnotesource14" data-fnid="14" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/13">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/23" data-bid="24-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p14" data-pid="14"><p data-pid="14" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-5-2" class="v">She who was pregnant with them has acted shamefully,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/24" data-bid="25-1" class="b">+</a> for she said,</span></p><p data-pid="14" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-5-3" class="v">‘I will go after my passionate lovers,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/25" data-bid="26-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="14" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-5-4" class="v">Those who give me my bread and my water,</span></p><p data-pid="14" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-5-5" class="v">My wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.’</span></p> </div><div id="p15" data-pid="15"><p data-pid="15" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-6-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22227" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>So I will block your way with a hedge of thorns;</span></p><p data-pid="15" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-6-2" class="v">And I will raise up a stone wall against her,</span></p><p data-pid="15" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-6-3" class="v">So that she cannot find her paths.</span></p> </div><div id="p16" data-pid="16"><p data-pid="16" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-7-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22228" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>She will chase after her passionate lovers, but she will not overtake them;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/26" data-bid="27-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="16" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-7-2" class="v">She will look for them, but she will not find them.</span></p> </div><div id="p17" data-pid="17"><p data-pid="17" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-7-3" class="v">Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/27" data-bid="28-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="17" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-7-4" class="v">For I was better off at that time than I am now.’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/28" data-bid="29-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p18" data-pid="18"><p data-pid="18" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-8-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22229" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>She did not recognize that it was I who had given her the grain,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/29" data-bid="30-1" class="b">+</a> the new wine, and the oil,</span></p><p data-pid="18" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-8-2" class="v">And I who had given her silver in abundance</span></p><p data-pid="18" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-8-3" class="v">And gold, which they used for Baʹal.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/30" data-bid="31-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p19" data-pid="19"><p data-pid="19" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-9-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22230" class="vl vx vp">9 </a>‘Therefore, I will return and take away my grain in its time</span></p><p data-pid="19" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-9-2" class="v">And my new wine in its season,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/31" data-bid="32-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="19" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-9-3" class="v">And I will snatch away my wool and my linen that were to cover her nakedness.</span></p> </div><div id="p20" data-pid="20"><p data-pid="20" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22231" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>Now I will expose her private parts in full view of her passionate lovers,</span></p><p data-pid="20" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-10-2" class="v">And no man will rescue her out of my hand.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/32" data-bid="33-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p21" data-pid="21"><p data-pid="21" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22232" class="vl vp">11 </a>I will put an end to all her joy,</span></p><p data-pid="21" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-11-2" class="v">Her festivals,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/33" data-bid="34-1" class="b">+</a> her new moons, her sabbaths, and all her festive seasons.</span></p> </div><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22233" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>And I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, of which she has said:</span></p> <div id="p23" data-pid="23"><p data-pid="23" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-12-2" class="v">“These are my wages, which my passionate lovers gave to me”;</span></p><p data-pid="23" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-12-3" class="v">I will turn them into a forest,</span></p><p data-pid="23" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-12-4" class="v">And the wild animals of the field will devour them.</span></p> </div><div id="p24" data-pid="24"><p data-pid="24" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22234" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>I will hold an accounting against her for the days when she offered sacrifices to the Baʹal images,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/34" data-bid="35-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="24" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-13-2" class="v">When she would adorn herself with her rings and ornaments and would chase after her passionate lovers,</span></p><p data-pid="24" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-13-3" class="v">And I was the one she forgot,’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/35" data-bid="36-1" class="b">+</a> declares Jehovah.</span></p> </div><div id="p25" data-pid="25"><p data-pid="25" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22235" class="vl vx vp">14 </a>‘So I will persuade her,</span></p><p data-pid="25" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-14-2" class="v">I will lead her into the wilderness,</span></p><p data-pid="25" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-14-3" class="v">And I will speak to win her heart.</span></p> </div><div id="p26" data-pid="26"><p data-pid="26" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22236" class="vl vx vp">15 </a>I will give her vineyards back to her from that time onward,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/36" data-bid="37-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="26" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-15-2" class="v">And the Valley<a id="footnotesource15" data-fnid="15" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/14">*</a> of Aʹchor<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/37" data-bid="38-1" class="b">+</a> as a gateway to hope;</span></p><p data-pid="26" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-15-3" class="v">She will answer there as in the days of her youth,</span></p><p data-pid="26" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-15-4" class="v">As in the day when she came out of the land of Egypt.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/38" data-bid="39-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p27" data-pid="27"><p data-pid="27" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22237" class="vl vx vp">16 </a>And in that day,’ declares Jehovah,</span></p><p data-pid="27" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-16-2" class="v">‘You will call me My husband, and you will no longer call me My master.’<a id="footnotesource16" data-fnid="16" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/15">*</a></span></p> </div><div id="p28" data-pid="28"><p data-pid="28" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22238" class="vl vx vp">17 </a>‘I will remove the names of the Baʹal images from her mouth,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/39" data-bid="40-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="28" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-17-2" class="v">And they will no longer be remembered by their name.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/40" data-bid="41-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p29" data-pid="29"><p data-pid="29" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22239" class="vl vx vp">18 </a>In that day I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals of the field,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/41" data-bid="42-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="29" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-18-2" class="v">And with the birds of the heavens and the creeping things of the ground;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/42" data-bid="43-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="29" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-18-3" class="v">I will rid the land of the bow and the sword and war,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/43" data-bid="44-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="29" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-18-4" class="v">And I will make them lie down<a id="footnotesource17" data-fnid="17" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/16">*</a> in security.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/44" data-bid="45-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p30" data-pid="30"><p data-pid="30" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22240" class="vl vx vp">19 </a>I will engage myself to you forever;</span></p><p data-pid="30" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-19-2" class="v">And I will engage myself to you in righteousness and in justice,</span></p><p data-pid="30" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-19-3" class="v">In loyal love and in mercy.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/45" data-bid="46-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p31" data-pid="31"><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22241" class="vl vx vp">20 </a>I will engage myself to you in faithfulness,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-20-2" class="v">And you will certainly know Jehovah.’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/46" data-bid="47-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p32" data-pid="32"><p data-pid="32" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22242" class="vl vx vp">21 </a>‘In that day I will answer,’ declares Jehovah,</span></p><p data-pid="32" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-21-2" class="v">‘I will answer the heavens,</span></p><p data-pid="32" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-21-3" class="v">And they will answer the earth;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/47" data-bid="48-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="32" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22243" class="vl vx vp">22 </a>And the earth will answer the grain and the new wine and the oil;</span></p><p data-pid="32" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-22-2" class="v">And they will answer Jezʹre·el.<a id="footnotesource18" data-fnid="18" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/17">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/48" data-bid="49-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p33" data-pid="33"><p data-pid="33" class="sl"><span id="v28-2-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070132/22244" class="vl vx vp">23 </a>I will sow her like seed for myself in the earth,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070132/49" data-bid="50-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="33" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-23-2" class="v">And I will show mercy to her who was not shown mercy;<a id="footnotesource19" data-fnid="19" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/18">*</a></span></p><p data-pid="33" class="sz"><span id="v28-2-23-3" class="v">I will say to those not my people:<a id="footnotesource20" data-fnid="20" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070132/19">*</a> 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