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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hosea 2 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hosea/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Hosea 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/1.htm" title="Hosea 1">◄</a> Hosea 2 <a href="../hosea/3.htm" title="Hosea 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="nb"><span class="v28_2_1"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.1" class="v28_2_1">1</span>So let your brothers be called “My People” and your sisters be called “Shown Mercy.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Promises To Punish Israel</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_2"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.2" class="v28_2_2">2</span>Accuse! Accuse your mother!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_2">She is no longer my wife,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_2">and now I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_2">am not her husband.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_2">Beg her to give up prostitution</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_2">and stop being unfaithful,<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_3"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.3" class="v28_2_3">3</span>or I will strip her naked</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_3">like the day she was born.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_3">I will make her barren</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_3">like a desert,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_3">and she will die of thirst.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_4"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.4" class="v28_2_4">4</span>You children are the result</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_4">of her unfaithfulness,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_4">and I'll show you no pity.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_5"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.5" class="v28_2_5">5</span>Your mother was unfaithful.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_5">She was disgraceful and said,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_5">“I'll run after my lovers.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_5">Everything comes from them—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_5">my food and drink,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_5">my linen and wool,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_5">my olive oil and wine.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_6"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.6" class="v28_2_6">6</span>I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will build</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_6">a fence of thorns</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_6">to block her path.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_7"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.7" class="v28_2_7">7</span>She will run after her lovers,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_7">but not catch them;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_7">she will search,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_7">but not find them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_7">Then she will say, “I'll return</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_7">to my first husband.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_7">Life was better then.”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_8"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.8" class="v28_2_8">8</span>She didn't know that her grain,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_8">wine, and olive oil</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_8">were gifts from me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_8">as were the gold and silver</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_8">she used in worshiping Baal.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_9"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.9" class="v28_2_9">9</span>So I'll hold back the harvest</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_9">of grain and grapes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_9">I'll take back</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_9">my wool and my linen</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_9">that cover her body.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_10"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.10" class="v28_2_10">10</span>Then I'll strip her naked</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_10">in the sight of her lovers.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_10">No one can rescue her.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_11"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.11" class="v28_2_11">11</span>I'll stop Israel's celebrations—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_11">no more New Moon Festivals,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_11">Sabbaths, or other feasts.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_12"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.12" class="v28_2_12">12</span>She said, “My lovers gave me</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_12">vineyards and fig trees</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_12">as payment<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> for sex.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_12">Now I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will ruin</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_12">her vineyards and fig trees;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_12">they will become clumps of weeds</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_12">eaten by wild animals.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_13"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.13" class="v28_2_13">13</span>I'll punish her for the days</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_13">she worshiped Baal</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_13">and burned incense to him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_13">I'll punish her for the times</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_13">she forgot about me</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_13">and wore jewelry and rings</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_13">to attract her lovers.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_13">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken!</span></p><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Will Help Israel</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_14"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.14" class="v28_2_14">14</span>Israel, I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_14">will lure you into the desert</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_14">and speak gently to you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_15"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.15" class="v28_2_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I will return your vineyards,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_15">and then Trouble Valley<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.15!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_15">will become Hopeful Valley.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_15">You will say “Yes” to me</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_2_15">as you did in your youth,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_2_15">when leaving Egypt.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v28_2_16"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.16" class="v28_2_16">16</span>I promise from that day on, you will call me your husband instead of your master.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v28_2_17"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.17" class="v28_2_17">17</span>I will no longer even let you mention the names of those pagan gods that you called “Master.” </span><span class="v28_2_18"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.18" class="v28_2_18">18</span>And I will agree to let you live in peace—you will no longer be attacked by wild animals and birds or by weapons of war. </span><span class="v28_2_19"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.19" class="v28_2_19">19</span>I will accept you as my wife forever, and instead of a bride price<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> I will give you justice, fairness, love, kindness, </span><span class="v28_2_20"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.20" class="v28_2_20">20</span>and faithfulness. Then you will truly know who I am.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v28_2_21"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.21" class="v28_2_21">21</span>I will command the sky to send rain on the earth, </span><span class="v28_2_22"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.22" class="v28_2_22">22</span>and it will produce grain, grapes, and olives in Jezreel Valley. </span><span class="v28_2_23"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.2.23" class="v28_2_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I will scatter the seeds and show mercy to Lo-Ruhamah.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.23!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> I will say to Lo-Ammi,<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.2.23!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> “You are my people,” and they will answer, “You are our God.”</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">My People … Shown Mercy: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In Hebrew “My People” is “Ammi” and “Shown Mercy” is “Ruhamah” (see Lo-Ruhamah in 1.6 and Lo-Ammi in 1.9).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">prostitution … unfaithful: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Baal: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A Canaanite god of fertility.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I'll strip … lovers: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “I'll show her lovers how disgusting she is.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">fig trees … payment: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hosea uses an unusual word for “fig tree,” which is spelled something like the word for “payment.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Trouble Valley: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Achor Valley.” The exact location of the valley is unknown, but in Hebrew “Achor” sounds like “Achan,” who brought trouble on Israel by disobeying the Lord (see Joshua 7.24-26).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">husband … master: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In Hebrew the word “master” is the same as the name of the god Baal. But the <char style="nd">Lord</char> promises that his people will have a deep personal relationship with him (like a devoted wife and husband) rather than merely a legal tie (like a wife and her “master”).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">bride price: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">It was the custom for the husband to pay his wife's parents a bride price. Instead of money, the <char style="nd">Lord</char> will give much better benefits to Israel.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Lo-Ruhamah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.6.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Lo-Ammi: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.9.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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