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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say of your brothers, &#8216;My people,&#8217; and of your sisters, &#8216;My loved one.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Punished and Restored</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rebuke your mother, rebuke her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">for she is not my wife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">and I am not her husband.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">Let her remove the adulterous look from her face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Otherwise I will strip her naked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">and make her as bare as on the day she was born;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">I will make her like a desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">turn her into a parched land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">and slay her with thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will not show my love to her children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="content">because they are the children of adultery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Their mother has been unfaithful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">and has conceived them in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">She said, &#8216;I will go after my lovers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">who give me my food and my water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="content">I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">she will look for them but not find them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">Then she will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">&#8216;I will go back to my husband as at first,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">for then I was better off than now.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">She has not acknowledged that I was the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">who lavished on her the silver and gold&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">which they used for Baal.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">and my new wine when it is ready.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">I will take back my wool and my linen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">intended to cover her naked body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So now I will expose her lewdness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">before the eyes of her lovers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">no one will take her out of my hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will stop all her celebrations:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">her yearly festivals, her New Moons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">her Sabbath days&#8212;all her appointed festivals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will ruin her vines and her fig trees,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">which she said were her pay from her lovers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">I will make them a thicket,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">and wild animals will devour them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will punish her for the days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">she burned incense to the Baals;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">she decked herself with rings and jewelry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">and went after her lovers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">but me she forgot,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I am now going to allure her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">I will lead her into the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">and speak tenderly to her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There I will give her back her vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">and will make the Valley of Achor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="fq">Achor </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">trouble.</span></span></span><span class="content"> a door of hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">There she will respond</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sing</span></span></span><span class="content"> as in the days of her youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">as in the day she came up out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">&#8220;you will call me &#8216;my husband&#8217;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">you will no longer call me &#8216;my master.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">baal</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="content">no longer will their names be invoked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day I will make a covenant for them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">and the creatures that move along the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">Bow and sword and battle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">I will abolish from the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">so that all may lie down in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will betroth you to me forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">I will betroth you in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> righteousness and justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span></span></span><span class="content"> love and compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will betroth you in faithfulness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="content">and you will acknowledge the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day I will respond,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">&#8220;I will respond to the skies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">and they will respond to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and the earth will respond to the grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">the new wine and the olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">and they will respond to Jezreel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="fq">Jezreel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God plants.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I will plant her for myself in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">I will show my love to the one I called &#8216;Not my loved one.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Lo-Ruhamah </span><span class="ft">(see 1:6)</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">I will say to those called &#8216;Not my people,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Lo-Ammi </span><span class="ft">(see 1:9)</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217; &#8216;You are my people&#8217;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">and they will say, &#8216;You are my God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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