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2:2 Yisrael, the prostitute, will be punished

Northern kingdom

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 burnt incense to them,

when she adorned herself with her rings and jewellery,

and went after her lovers and forgot me.”

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

2 [fn] and_ the _people _of _they _will _be _gathered of _Yəhūdāh and_the _sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) together and_they _will _appoint to/for_them a _leader one and_they _will _go _up from the_earth/land if/because will _be_great the _day _of Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel).
3 [fn] say to_your(pl)_of_brothers people _of_my and_to_your(pl)_of_sisters she _is _shown _compassion.
4 [fn] conduct _a _case with_your _of_mother conduct _a _case if/because she not wife _of_is_my and_I not her/its_husband/man and_let _her _remove prostitution(s)_of_her from_her _of_face[fn] and_her _of_adulteries from_between breasts _of_her.
5 [fn] lest I_should _strip _her naked and_I_will _exhibit _her like_the _day _of she_was _born and_I_will _make _her like_wilderness and_I_will _make _her like_a _land dryness and_I_should _make _her _die 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 the_one _of_who_conceived _them if/because she _said I _will _go after my _of_lovers who_give _of food _of_(of)_my and_my _of_water wool _of_my and_my _of_flax oil _of_my and_my _of_drinks.
8 [fn] for_so/thus/hence here_I am_about _to _fence _up DOM way _of_your with_thorns and_I _will _wall _up DOM wall _of_her and_her _of_paths not she _will _find.
9 [fn] and_she _will _pursue DOM her _of_lovers and_not she _will _overtake DOM_them and_she_will _seek _them and_not she _will _find_them and_she _will _say I _will _go and_I _will _return to husband _of_my (the)_former if/because it_was_good to_me then more_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 _fresh_oil and_silver I _multiplied to/for_her/it and_gold which_they _made into_Baˊal.
11 [fn] for_so/thus/hence I _will _return and_I _will _take grain _of_my at_its _appropriate _of_time and_my _new _of_wine at_its _appointed _of_time and_I _will _take _away wool _of_my and_my _of_flax to_cover DOM nakedness _of_her.
12 [fn] and_now I _will _uncover DOM lewdness _of_her to_the _eyes _of her _lovers and_anyone not he_will _deliver _her from_my _of_hand.
13 [fn] and_I _will _put _an _end _to all _of joy _of_her festival[s]_of_her moon[s]_of_her _new and_her _of_sabbath[s] and_all/each/any/every feast _of_her _appointed.

2:2 Note: KJB: Hos.1.11

2:3 Note: KJB: Hos.2.1

2:4 Note: KJB: Hos.2.2

2:4 OSHB note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

2:5 Note: KJB: Hos.2.3

2:6 Note: KJB: Hos.2.4

2:7 Note: KJB: Hos.2.5

2:8 Note: KJB: Hos.2.6

2:9 Note: KJB: Hos.2.7

2:10 Note: KJB: Hos.2.8

2:11 Note: KJB: Hos.2.9

2:12 Note: KJB: Hos.2.10

2:13 Note: KJB: Hos.2.11

OET by section HOS 2:2

Yisrael, the prostitute, will be punished

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