Hosea, Chapter 2, verses 8-17: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Hosea, Chapter 2, verses 8-17

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“For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they^fused for Baal.

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“Therefore, I will take back My grain at^gharvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
Given to cover her nakedness.

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“And then I will uncover her lewdness
In the sight of her lovers,
And no one will rescue her out of My hand.

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“I will also put an end to all her gaiety,
Her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths
And all her festal assemblies.

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“I will destroy her vines and fig trees,
Of which she said, ‘These are my wages
Which my lovers have given me.’
And I will make them a forest,
And the beasts of the field will devour them.

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“I will punish her for the days of the Baals
When she used to^hoffer sacrifices to them
And adorn herself with herⁱearrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the LORD.

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“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Bring her into the wilderness
And speak^jkindly to her.

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“Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
And the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will^ksing there as in the days of her youth,
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

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“It will come about in that day,” declares the LORD,
“That you will call Me^lIshi
And will no longer call Me^mBaali.

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“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will beⁿmentioned by their names no more.


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