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World English Bible

Hosea 2 (WEBP)

[1] “Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’
[2] Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
[3] lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
[4] Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy, for they are children of unfaithfulness.
[5] For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’
[6] Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.
[7] She will follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; and she will seek them, but won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now.’
[8] For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
[9] Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
[10] Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.
[11] I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
[12] I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she has said, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me,’ and I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field shall eat them.
[13] I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers and forgot me,” says Yahweh.
[14] “Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
[15] I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
[16] It will be in that day,” says Yahweh, “that you will call me ‘my husband,’ and no longer call me ‘my master.’
[17] For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.
[18] In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.
[19] I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.
[20] I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.
[21] It will happen in that day, that I will respond,” says Yahweh. “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
[22] and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel.
[23] I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘You are My God!’ ”

Hosea 2:1a ‘Ammi’ in Hebrew
Hosea 2:1b ‘Ruhamah’ in Hebrew
Hosea 2:6 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Hosea 2 (KJVS)

[1] Say () ye unto your brethren , Ammi ; and to your sisters , Ruhamah ().
[2] Plead () with your mother , plead (): for she [is] not my wife , neither [am] I her husband : let her therefore put away () her whoredoms out of her sight , and her adulteries from between her breasts ;
[3] Lest I strip () her naked , and set () her as in the day that she was born (), and make () her as a wilderness , and set () her like a dry land , and slay () her with thirst .
[4] And I will not have mercy () upon her children ; for they [be] the children of whoredoms .
[5] For their mother hath played the harlot (): she that conceived () them hath done shamefully (): for she said (), I will go () after my lovers (), that give () [me] my bread and my water , my wool and my flax , mine oil and my drink .
[6] Therefore, behold, I will hedge () up thy way with thorns , and make () a wall , that she shall not find () her paths .
[7] And she shall follow () after her lovers (), but she shall not overtake () them; and she shall seek () them, but shall not find () [them]: then shall she say (), I will go () and return () to my first husband ; for then [was it] better with me than now .
[8] For she did not know () that I gave () her corn , and wine , and oil , and multiplied () her silver and gold , [which] they prepared () for Baal .
[9] Therefore will I return (), and take away () my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover () my wool and my flax [given] to cover () her nakedness .
[10] And now will I discover () her lewdness in the sight of her lovers (), and none shall deliver () her out of mine hand .
[11] I will also cause all her mirth to cease (), her feast days , her new moons , and her sabbaths , and all her solemn feasts .
[12] And I will destroy () her vines and her fig trees , whereof she hath said (), These [are] my rewards that my lovers () have given () me: and I will make () them a forest , and the beasts of the field shall eat () them.
[13] And I will visit () upon her the days of Baalim , wherein she burned incense () to them, and she decked () herself with her earrings and her jewels , and she went () after her lovers (), and forgat () me, saith () the LORD .
[14] Therefore, behold, I will allure () her, and bring () her into the wilderness , and speak () comfortably unto her.
[15] And I will give () her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope : and she shall sing () there, as in the days of her youth , and as in the day when she came up () out of the land of Egypt .
[16] And it shall be at that day , saith () the LORD , [that] thou shalt call () me Ishi ; and shalt call () me no more Baali .
[17] For I will take away () the names of Baalim out of her mouth , and they shall no more be remembered () by their name .
[18] And in that day will I make () a covenant for them with the beasts of the field , and with the fowls of heaven , and [with] the creeping things of the ground : and I will break () the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth , and will make them to lie down () safely .
[19] And I will betroth () thee unto me for ever ; yea, I will betroth () thee unto me in righteousness , and in judgment , and in lovingkindness , and in mercies .
[20] I will even betroth () thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know () the LORD .
[21] And it shall come to pass in that day , I will hear (), saith () the LORD , I will hear () the heavens , and they shall hear () the earth ;
[22] And the earth shall hear () the corn , and the wine , and the oil ; and they shall hear () Jezreel .
[23] And I will sow () her unto me in the earth ; and I will have mercy () upon her that had not obtained mercy () (8677) ; and I will say () to [them which were] not my people , Thou [art] my people ; and they shall say (), [Thou art] my God .

Young’s Literal Translation

Hosea 2 (YLT)

[1] ‘Say ye to your brethren-Ammi, And to your sisters-Ruhamah.
[2] Plead ye with your mother-plead, (For she is not My wife, and I am not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,
[3] Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as in the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.
[4] And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms are they,
[5] For gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
[6] Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.
[7] And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For-better to me then than now.
[8] And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared for Baal.
[9] Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.
[10] And now do I reveal her dishonour before the eyes of her lovers, And none doth deliver her out of My hand.
[11] And I have caused to cease all her joy, Her festival, her new moon, and her sabbath, Even all her appointed times,
[12] And made desolate her vine and her fig-tree, Of which she said, A gift they are to me, That my lovers have given to me, And I have made them for a forest, And consumed them hath a beast of the field.
[13] And I have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat-an affirmation of Jehovah.
[14] Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto her heart,
[15] And given to her her vineyards from thence, And the valley of Achor for an opening of hope, And she hath responded there as in the days of her youth, And as in the day of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.
[16] And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me-My husband, And dost not call Me any more-My lord.
[17] And I have turned aside the names of the lords from her mouth, And they are not remembered any more by their name.
[18] And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.
[19] And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,
[20] And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.
[21] And it hath come to pass in that day, I answer-an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.
[22] And the earth doth answer the corn, And the new wine, and the oil, And they answer Jezreel.
[23] And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou art, and it saith, My God!’