OET HOS chapter 2

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2 Say to your brothers, ‘My people,’ and your sisters, ‘You’ve all been shown compassion.’ ”

2:2 Israel, the prostitute, will be punished

2 Contend with your mother, contend, because she’s not my wife,

and nor am I her husband.

Let her turn her face away from prostitution,

and cease her adultery from between her breasts.

3 If she doesn’t, I’ll strip her naked

≈and expose her like on the day she was born.

I will make her like the wilderness,

≈and make her like a sun-baked land,

→and I’ll make her die from thirst.

4 I won’t have mercy on her children,

→because they’re the products of prostitution,

5 because their mother has dabbled in prostitution—

≈the woman who conceived them has acted shamefully.

Yes, she had said, “I’ll go after my lovers,

who give me my bread and my water,

≈my wool and my flax,

≈and my oil and my drink.”

6 Therefore, I’ll fence her paths in with thorns.

I’ll build a wall up against her so she can’t find her way.

7 She’ll try to pursue her lovers, but she won’t be able to catch up to them.

≈She’ll search for them, but she won’t be able to find them.

Then she’ll say, “I’ll go and return to my first husband,

→because it was better for me then than it is now.”

8 No, she hadn’t known that it was me who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil,

≈and who lavished gold and silver on her,

→which they then used for Baal.

9 Therefore I’ll take my grain back in its time,

≈and my new wine in its season.

I’ll take away my wool and my flax

→that were used to cover her nakedness.

10 Now I’ll uncover her lewdness as her lovers watch,

but no one can rescue her from my punishment.

11 I’ll also put an end to all her mirth,

her feasts, her new-moon celebrations, her rest days, and all her scheduled festivals.

12 “I’ll destroy her grapevines and her fig trees,

of which she said, ‘Those are my wages that my lovers gave me.’

I’ll make them grow wild,

→and then the animals in the countryside will devour them.

13 I’ll punish her for the feast days for the Baals,

when she burned incense to them.

When she adorned herself with her rings and jewelry,

and went after her lovers and forgot me.”

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

2 [fn] and_ the _people _of _gathered of _Yəhūdāh and_the _sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) together and_appoint to/for_them a _leader one and_go _up from the_earth/land if/because will _be_great the _day _of Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel).
3 [fn] say to_brothers _of_your _all’s people _of_my and_to_sisters _of_your _all’s she _is _shown _compassion.
4 [fn] conduct _a _case in/on/at/with_mother _of_your _all’s conduct _a _case if/because she not wife _of_my and_I not her/its_husband/man and_put _away whoring _of_her from_face _of_her[fn] and_adultery _of_her from_between breasts _of_her.
5 [fn] lest strip_her naked and_expose_her as_day _of born_she and_make_her like _the_wilderness and_turn_her into_land dryness and_kill_her in/on/at/with_thirst.
6 [fn] and_DOM her/its_sons/descendants not I _will _have _compassion _on if/because are_children _of prostitution(s) they.
7 [fn] if/because mother _of_their she _has _prostituted _herself she _has _acted _shamefully conceived _of_them if/because she _said I _will _go after lovers _of_my who_give _of bread _of_my and_water _of_my wool _of_my and_flax _of_my oil _of_my and_drink _of_my.
8 [fn] for_so/thus/hence look_I am_about _to _fence _up DOM way _of_her in/on/at/with_thorns and_build DOM wall _of_her and_paths _of_her not she _will _find.
9 [fn] and_pursue DOM lovers _of_her and_not she _will _overtake DOM_them and_seek_them and_not she _will _find_them and_say I _will _go and_go _back to husband _of_my the_first if/because it_was_good to_me then than_now.
10 [fn] and_she not she _knows if/because _that I I _gave to/for_her/it the_grain and_the_new _wine and_the_oil and_silver I _multiplied to/for_her/it and_gold which_they _made for _the_Baˊal.
11 [fn] for_so/thus/hence I _will _return and_take grain _of_my in/on/at/with_time _of_its and_new _wine _of_my in/on/at/with_season _of_its and_take _away wool _of_my and_flax _of_my to_cover DOM nakedness _of_her.
12 [fn] and_now I _will _uncover DOM lewdness _of_her in_sight _of lovers _of_her and_one not rescue_her out _of_hand _of_my.
13 [fn] and_put _an _end all _of mirth _of_her festivals _of_her new _moons _of_her and_sabbaths _of_her and_all/each/any/every appointed _festivals _of_her.

2:14 The love of God of his people

14 Therefore, listen, I’m going to entice her.

≈I’ll bring her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.

15 I’ll give her back her vineyards,

and the depressing Akor Valley[ref] as a gateway for hope.

She’ll answer me there as in the days of her youth—

like at the time that she came out of Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim).

16 Yahweh declares you’ll call me, ‘My husband,’ at the time

^and no longer call me, ‘My master (Heb. Baal),’

17 because I’ll remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,

and they’ll no longer be remembered by their names.”

18 “On that day I’ll make an agreement for them

with the animals in the fields,

with the birds in the sky,

and with the crawling things on the ground.

I’ll abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land,

and I’ll make you lie down in safety.

19 I’ll take you as my wife forever.

I’ll marry you to me in righteousness and justice,

in loyal commitment, and in mercy.

20 I’ll be faithful to you as my wife,

and you’ll know Yahweh.

21 This is Yahweh’s declaration:

At that time I’ll answer the skies with rain,

and they’ll answer the earth.

22 The earth will answer the grain, the new wine and the oil,

and they’ll answer Yizre’el (which means ‘God sows/plants’).

23 I will sow her for myself in the land,

and I will have mercy on Lo-Ruhamah (‘No mercy’).

I will tell Lo-Ammi (‘Not my people’),

You are my people,’

and they’ll say, ‘You’re our God.’ ”[ref]

2:15: Josh 7:24-26.

2:23: Rom 9:25; 1Pe 2:10.

14 [fn] and_lay _waste vines _of_her and_fig _trees _of_her which she _said are_wage[s] they to_me which they _gave to_me lovers _of_my and_make_them into_forest and_devour_them the _animal[s]_of the_field.
15 [fn] and_punish on/upon_it(f) DOM the _days _of the_Baals when she _made _smoke to/for_them and_decked rings _of_her and_jewelry _of_her and_went after lovers _of_her and_DOM_me she _forgot the _utterance _of YHWH.
16 [fn] for_so/thus/hence here I allure _of_her and_bring _into_her the_wilderness and_speak to[fn][fn][fn] her/its_heart.
17 [fn] and_give to/for_her/it DOM vineyards _of_her from_there and_DOM the _valley _of ˊĀkōr as_door _of hope and_respond there_at as_days _of youth _of_her and_as_day _of[fn] she_ascended out _of_land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt).
18 [fn] and_it _was in/on/at/with_day (the)_that the _utterance _of YHWH you _will _call husband _of_my and_not you _will _call to_me again baal_my.
19 [fn] and_remove DOM the _names _of the_Baals from_mouth _of_her and_not they _will _be _remembered again in/on/at/with_names _of_their.
20 [fn] and_make to/for_them a _covenant in _the_day (the)_that with the _animal[s]_of the_field and_with the _bird[s]_of the_heavens and_creeping _things _of the_soil and_bow and_sword and_war I _will _break from the_earth/land and_lie _down_them in_safety.
21 [fn] and_betroth_you to_me to_forever and_betroth_you to_me in/on/at/with_righteousness and_in/on/at/with_justice and_in/on/at/with_steadfast _love and_in/on/at/with_compassion.
22 [fn] and_betroth_you to_me in/on/at/with_faithfulness and_know DOM YHWH.
23 [fn] and_it _was in _the_day (the)_that I _will _answer the _utterance _of YHWH I _will _answer DOM the_heavens and_they they _will _answer DOM the_earth/land.

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