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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 was it better with me than now.’

8 For she did not 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, 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, ‘My God!’”

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Hebrew interlinear — Hosea 2:1–23 (297 words)
1
  1. אִמְר֥וּʾimrûamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  2. לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖םlaʾăḥêkemach: a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H0001))H251
  3. עַמִּ֑יʿammî`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  4. וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םwĕlaʾăḥôtêkemachowth: a sister (used very widely (like H0250), literally and figuratively)H269
  5. רֻחָֽמָה׃ruḥāmâracham: to fondle; (by implication) to loveH7355
2
  1. רִ֤יבוּrîbûriyb: (properly) to toss, i.e. grapple; (mostly figuratively) to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversyH7378
  2. בְאִמְּכֶם֙bĕʾimmĕkemem: a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like H0001H517
  3. רִ֔יבוּrîbûriyb: (properly) to toss, i.e. grapple; (mostly figuratively) to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversyH7378
  4. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  5. הִיא֙hîʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  6. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. אִשְׁתִּ֔יʾištîishshah: irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582)H802
  8. וְאָנֹכִ֖יwĕʾānōkîanokiy: IH595
  9. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  10. אִישָׁ֑הּʾîšāhiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  11. וְתָסֵ֤רwĕtāsērcuwr: to turn off (literal or figurative)H5493
  12. זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙zĕnûnêhāzanuwn: adultery; (figuratively) idolatryH2183
  13. מִפָּנֶ֔יהmippānêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  14. וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָwĕnaʾăpûpêhāna'aphuwph: adulteryH5005
  15. מִבֵּ֥יןmibbênbeyn: a distinction; (but used only as a prep) between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles)H996
  16. שָׁדֶֽיהָ׃šādêhāshad: the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)H7699
3
  1. פֶּןpenpen: (properly) removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lestH6435
  2. אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּהʾapšîṭennâpashat: to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array)H6584
  3. עֲרֻמָּ֔הʿărummâ`arowm: nude, either partially or totallyH6174
  4. וְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָwĕhiṣṣagtîhāyatsag: to place permanentlyH3322
  5. כְּי֖וֹםkĕyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  6. הִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּhiwwālĕdāhyalad: to bear young; (causatively) to begetH3205
  7. וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָwĕśamtîhāsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  8. כַמִּדְבָּ֗רkammidbārmidbar: a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven)H4057
  9. וְשַׁתִּ֙הָ֙wĕšattihāshiyth: to place (in a very wide application)H7896
  10. כְּאֶ֣רֶץkĕʾereṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  11. צִיָּ֔הṣiyyâtsiyah: aridity; (concretely) a desertH6723
  12. וַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָwahămittîhāmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
  13. בַּצָּמָֽא׃baṣṣāmāʾtsama': thirst (literally or figuratively)H6772
4
  1. וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  2. בָּנֶ֖יהָbānêhāben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  3. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. אֲרַחֵ֑םʾăraḥēmracham: to fondle; (by implication) to loveH7355
  5. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  6. בְנֵ֥יbĕnêben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  7. זְנוּנִ֖יםzĕnûnîmzanuwn: adultery; (figuratively) idolatryH2183
  8. הֵֽמָּה׃hēmmâhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
5
  1. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. זָֽנְתָה֙zānĕtāhzanah: to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary...H2181
  3. אִמָּ֔םʾimmāmem: a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like H0001H517
  4. הֹבִ֖ישָׁהhōbîšâyabesh: to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)H3001
  5. הֽוֹרָתָ֑םhôrātāmharah: to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)H2029
  6. כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  7. אָמְרָ֗הʾomrâamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  8. אֵלְכָ֞הʾēlĕkâhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  9. אַחֲרֵ֤יʾaḥărêachar: (properly) the hind part; (generally, as adverb or conjunction) after (in various senses)H310
  10. מְאַהֲבַי֙mĕʾahăbayahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  11. נֹתְנֵ֤יnōtĕnênathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  12. לַחְמִי֙laḥmiylechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
  13. וּמֵימַ֔יûmêmaymayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
  14. צַמְרִ֣יṣamrîtsemer: woolH6785
  15. וּפִשְׁתִּ֔יûpištîpishteh: linen (i.e. the thread, as carded)H6593
  16. שַׁמְנִ֖יšamnîshemen: grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed)H8081
  17. וְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃wĕšiqqûyāyshiqquwy: a beverage; moisture, i.e. (figuratively) refreshmentH8250
6
  1. לָכֵ֛ןlākēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
  2. הִנְנִיhinnîhen: lo!; (as expressing surprise) ifH2005
  3. שָׂ֥ךְśāksuwk: to entwine, i.e. shut in (for formation, protection or restraint)H7753
  4. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  5. דַּרְכֵּ֖ךְdarkēkderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  6. בַּסִּירִ֑יםbassîrîmciyr: a pot; (also) a thorn (as springing up rapidly)H5518
  7. וְגָֽדַרְתִּי֙wĕgādartiygadar: to wall in or aroundH1443
  8. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  9. גְּדֵרָ֔הּgĕdērāhgderah: enclosure (especially for flocks)H1448
  10. וּנְתִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָûnĕtîbôtêhānathiyb: a (beaten) trackH5410
  11. לֹ֥אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  12. תִמְצָֽא׃timṣāʾmatsa': (properly) to come forth to, i.e. appear or existH4672
7
  1. וְרִדְּפָ֤הwĕriddĕpâradaph: to run after (usually with hostile intentH7291
  2. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  3. מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙mĕʾahăbêhāahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  4. וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  5. תַשִּׂ֣יגtaśśîgnasag: to reach (literally or figuratively)H5381
  6. אֹתָ֔םʾōtāmeth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  7. וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַםûbiqšātambaqash: to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer)H1245
  8. וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. תִמְצָ֑אtimṣāʾmatsa': (properly) to come forth to, i.e. appear or existH4672
  10. וְאָמְרָ֗הwĕʾomrâamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  11. אֵלְכָ֤הʾēlĕkâhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  12. וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙wĕʾāšûbāhshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  13. אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  14. אִישִׁ֣יʾîšîiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  15. הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןhāriʾšônri'shown: first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)H7223
  16. כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  17. ט֥וֹבṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  18. לִ֛יlî
  19. אָ֖זʾāzaz: at that time or place; (as a conjunction) thereforeH227
  20. מֵעָֽתָּה׃mēʿāttâ`attah: at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletiveH6258
8
  1. וְהִיא֙wĕhîʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  2. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  3. יָֽדְעָ֔הyādĕʿâyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  4. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  5. אָֽנֹכִי֙ʾānōkiyanokiy: IH595
  6. נָתַ֣תִּיnātattînathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  7. לָ֔הּlāh
  8. הַדָּגָ֖ןhaddāgāndagan: (properly) increase, i.e. grainH1715
  9. וְהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁwĕhattîrôštiyrowsh: must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out)H8492
  10. וְהַיִּצְהָ֑רwĕhayyiṣhāryitshar: oil (as producing light); (figuratively) anointingH3323
  11. וְכֶ֨סֶףwĕkesepkeceph: silver (from its pale color); (by implication) moneyH3701
  12. הִרְבֵּ֥יתִיhirbêtîrabah: to increase (in whatever respect)H7235
  13. לָ֛הּlāh
  14. וְזָהָ֖בwĕzāhābzahab: gold; (figuratively) golden, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow) such as oil or a clear, sunny skyH2091
  15. עָשׂ֥וּʿāśû`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  16. לַבָּֽעַל׃labbāʿalBa`al: Baal, a Phoenician deityH1168
9
  1. לָכֵ֣ןlākēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
  2. אָשׁ֔וּבʾāšûbshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  3. וְלָקַחְתִּ֤יwĕlāqaḥtîlaqach: to take (in the widest variety of applications)H3947
  4. דְגָנִי֙dĕgāniydagan: (properly) increase, i.e. grainH1715
  5. בְּעִתּ֔וֹbĕʿittô`eth: time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etcH6256
  6. וְתִירוֹשִׁ֖יwĕtîrôšîtiyrowsh: must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out)H8492
  7. בְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹbĕmôʿădômow`ed: (properly) an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or seasonH4150
  8. וְהִצַּלְתִּי֙wĕhiṣṣaltiynatsal: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337
  9. צַמְרִ֣יṣamrîtsemer: woolH6785
  10. וּפִשְׁתִּ֔יûpištîpishteh: linen (i.e. the thread, as carded)H6593
  11. לְכַסּ֖וֹתlĕkassôtkacah: (properly) to plump, i.e. fill up hollowsH3680
  12. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  13. עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ʿerwātāh`ervah: nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)H6172
10
  1. וְעַתָּ֛הwĕʿattâ`attah: at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletiveH6258
  2. אֲגַלֶּ֥הʾăgallegalah: to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense)H1540
  3. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  4. נַבְלֻתָ֖הּnablutāhnabluwth: (properly) disgrace, i.e. the (female) pudendaH5040
  5. לְעֵינֵ֣יlĕʿênê`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  6. מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָmĕʾahăbêhāahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  7. וְאִ֖ישׁwĕʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  8. לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. יַצִּילֶ֥נָּהyaṣṣîlennânatsal: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337
  10. מִיָּדִֽי׃miyyādîyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
11
  1. וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙wĕhišbattiyshabath: to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)H7673
  2. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  3. מְשׂוֹשָׂ֔הּmĕśôśāhmasows: delight; (concretely) the cause or object of delightH4885
  4. חַגָּ֖הּḥaggāhchag: a festival, or a victim thereforH2282
  5. חָדְשָׁ֣הּḥodšāhchodesh: the new moon; (by implication) a monthH2320
  6. וְשַׁבַּתָּ֑הּwĕšabbattāhshabbath: intermission, i.e (specifically) the SabbathH7676
  7. וְכֹ֖לwĕkōlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  8. מוֹעֲדָֽהּ׃môʿădāhmow`ed: (properly) an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or seasonH4150
12
  1. וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֗יwahăšimmōtîshamem: to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive...H8074
  2. גַּפְנָהּ֙gapnāhgephen: a vine (as twining), especially the grapeH1612
  3. וּתְאֵ֣נָתָ֔הּûtĕʾēnātāht'en: the fig (tree or fruit)H8384
  4. אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  5. אָמְרָ֗הʾomrâamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  6. אֶתְנָ֥הʾetnâethnah: a present (as the price of harlotry)H866
  7. הֵ֙מָּה֙hēmmāhhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
  8. לִ֔יlî
  9. אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  10. נָֽתְנוּnātĕnûnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  11. לִ֖יlî
  12. מְאַֽהֲבָ֑יmĕʾahăbāyahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  13. וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יםwĕśamtîmsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  14. לְיַ֔עַרlĕyaʿarya`ar: a copse of bushes; (hence) a forestH3293
  15. וַאֲכָלָ֖תַםwaʾăkālātamakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  16. חַיַּ֥תḥayyatchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  17. הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃haśśādesadeh: a field (as flat)H7704
13
  1. וּפָקַדְתִּ֣יûpāqadtîpaqad: to visit (with friendly or hostile intent)H6485
  2. עָלֶ֗יהָʿālêhā`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  3. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  4. יְמֵ֤יyĕmêyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  5. הַבְּעָלִים֙habbĕʿālîmBa`al: Baal, a Phoenician deityH1168
  6. אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  7. תַּקְטִ֣ירtaqṭîrqatar: to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)H6999
  8. לָהֶ֔םlāhemhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
  9. וַתַּ֤עַדwattaʿad`adah: to advance, i.e. pass on or continue; (causatively) to removeH5710
  10. נִזְמָהּ֙nizmāhnexem: a nose-ringH5141
  11. וְחֶלְיָתָ֔הּwĕḥelyātāhchelyah: a trinketH2484
  12. וַתֵּ֖לֶךְwattēlekhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  13. אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărêachar: (properly) the hind part; (generally, as adverb or conjunction) after (in various senses)H310
  14. מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָmĕʾahăbêhāahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  15. וְאֹתִ֥יwĕʾōtîeth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  16. שָׁכְחָ֖הšokḥâshakach: to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attentionH7911
  17. נְאֻםnĕʾumn'um: an oracleH5002
  18. יְהוָֽה׃yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
14
  1. לָכֵ֗ןlākēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
  2. הִנֵּ֤הhinnēhinneh: lo!H2009
  3. אָֽנֹכִי֙ʾānōkiyanokiy: IH595
  4. מְפַתֶּ֔יהָmĕpattêhāpathah: to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomyH6601
  5. וְהֹֽלַכְתִּ֖יהָwĕhōlaktîhāhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  6. הַמִּדְבָּ֑רhammidbārmidbar: a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven)H4057
  7. וְדִבַּרְתִּ֖יwĕdibbartîdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
  8. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  9. לִבָּֽהּ׃libbāhleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
15
  1. וְנָתַ֨תִּיwĕnātattînathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  2. לָ֤הּlāh
  3. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  4. כְּרָמֶ֙יהָ֙kĕrāmêhākerem: a garden or vineyardH3754
  5. מִשָּׁ֔םmiššāmsham: there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thenceH8033
  6. וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  7. עֵ֥מֶקʿēmeq`emeq: a vale (i.e. broad depression)H6010
  8. עָכ֖וֹרʿākôr`Alowr: troubled; Akor, the name of a place in IsraelH5911
  9. לְפֶ֣תַחlĕpetaḥpethach: an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance wayH6607
  10. תִּקְוָ֑הtiqwâtiqvah: (literally) a cord (as an attachment); (figuratively) expectancyH8615
  11. וְעָ֤נְתָהwĕʿānĕtâ`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  12. שָּׁ֙מָּה֙šāmmāhsham: there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thenceH8033
  13. כִּימֵ֣יkîmêyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  14. נְעוּרֶ֔יהָnĕʿûrêhāna`uwr: (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)H5271
  15. וִּכְי֖וֹםûikyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  16. עֲלוֹתָ֥הּʿălôtāh`alah: to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount)H5927
  17. מֵאֶֽרֶץmēʾereṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  18. מִצְרָֽיִם׃miṣrāyimMitsrayim: Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptH4714
16
  1. וְהָיָ֤הwĕhāyâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  2. בַיּוֹםbayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. הַהוּא֙hahûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  4. נְאֻםnĕʾumn'um: an oracleH5002
  5. יְהוָ֔הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  6. תִּקְרְאִ֖יtiqrĕʾîqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  7. אִישִׁ֑יʾîšîiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  8. וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. תִקְרְאִיtiqrĕʾîqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  10. לִ֥יlî
  11. ע֖וֹדʿôd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750
  12. בַּעְלִֽי׃baʿlîBa`aliy: my master; Baali, a symbolical name for JehovahH1180
17
  1. וַהֲסִרֹתִ֛יwahăsirōtîcuwr: to turn off (literal or figurative)H5493
  2. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  3. שְׁמ֥וֹתšĕmôtshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
  4. הַבְּעָלִ֖יםhabbĕʿālîmBa`al: Baal, a Phoenician deityH1168
  5. מִפִּ֑יהָmippîhāpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
  6. וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. יִזָּכְר֥וּyizzokrûzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
  8. ע֖וֹדʿôd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750
  9. בִּשְׁמָֽם׃bišmāmshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
18
  1. וְכָרַתִּ֨יwĕkārattîkarath: to cut (off, down or asunder); (by implication) to destroy or consumeH3772
  2. לָהֶ֤םlāhem
  3. בְּרִית֙bĕrîtbriyth: a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)H1285
  4. בַּיּ֣וֹםbayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  5. הַה֔וּאhahûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  6. עִםʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  7. חַיַּ֤תḥayyatchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  8. הַשָּׂדֶה֙haśśādehsadeh: a field (as flat)H7704
  9. וְעִםwĕʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  10. ע֣וֹףʿôp`owph: a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectivelyH5775
  11. הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםhaššāmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
  12. וְרֶ֖מֶשׂwĕremeśremes: a reptile or any other rapidly moving animalH7431
  13. הָֽאֲדָמָ֑הhāʾădāmâadamah: soil (from its general redness)H127
  14. וְקֶ֨שֶׁתwĕqešetqesheth: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot))H7198
  15. וְחֶ֤רֶבwĕḥerebchereb: drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementH2719
  16. וּמִלְחָמָה֙ûmilḥāmāhmilchamah: a battle (i.e. the engagement); (generally) war (i.e. warfare)H4421
  17. אֶשְׁבּ֣וֹרʾešbôrshabar: to burst (literally or figuratively)H7665
  18. מִןminmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
  19. הָאָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  20. וְהִשְׁכַּבְתִּ֖יםwĕhiškabtîmshakab: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)H7901
  21. לָבֶֽטַח׃lābeṭaḥbetach: (properly) a place of refuge; (abstract) safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust)H983
19
  1. וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְwĕʾēraśtîkaras: to engage for matrimonyH781
  2. לִ֖יlî
  3. לְעוֹלָ֑םlĕʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
  4. וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְwĕʾēraśtîkaras: to engage for matrimonyH781
  5. לִי֙liy
  6. בְּצֶ֣דֶקbĕṣedeqtsedeq: the right (natural, moral or legal); (abstractly) equityH6664
  7. וּבְמִשְׁפָּ֔טûbĕmišpāṭmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
  8. וּבְחֶ֖סֶדûbĕḥesedcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
  9. וּֽבְרַחֲמִֽים׃ûbĕraḥămîmracham: compassion (in the plural); (by extension) the womb (as cherishing the fetus)H7356
20
  1. וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְwĕʾēraśtîkaras: to engage for matrimonyH781
  2. לִ֖יlî
  3. בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑הbeʾĕmûnâemuwnah: literally firmness; figuratively securityH530
  4. וְיָדַ֖עַתְּwĕyādaʿatyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  5. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  6. יְהוָֽה׃yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
21
  1. וְהָיָ֣ה׀wĕhāyâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  2. בַּיּ֣וֹםbayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. הַה֗וּאhahûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  4. אֶֽעֱנֶה֙ʾeʿĕneh`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  5. נְאֻםnĕʾumn'um: an oracleH5002
  6. יְהוָ֔הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  7. אֶעֱנֶ֖הʾeʿĕne`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  8. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  9. הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםhaššāmāyimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
  10. וְהֵ֖םwĕhēmhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
  11. יַעֲנ֥וּyaʿănû`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  12. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  13. הָאָֽרֶץ׃hāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
22
  1. וְהָאָ֣רֶץwĕhāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  2. תַּעֲנֶ֔הtaʿăne`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  3. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  4. הַדָּגָ֖ןhaddāgāndagan: (properly) increase, i.e. grainH1715
  5. וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  6. הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁhattîrôštiyrowsh: must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out)H8492
  7. וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  8. הַיִּצְהָ֑רhayyiṣhāryitshar: oil (as producing light); (figuratively) anointingH3323
  9. וְהֵ֖םwĕhēmhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
  10. יַעֲנ֥וּyaʿănû`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  11. אֶֽתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  12. יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizrĕʿelYizr`e'l: God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Israel and of two IsraelitesH3157
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  1. וּזְרַעְתִּ֤יהָûzĕraʿtîhāzara`: to sow; (figuratively) to disseminate, plant, fructifyH2232
  2. לִּי֙liy
  3. בָּאָ֔רֶץbāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  4. וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֖יwĕriḥamtîracham: to fondle; (by implication) to loveH7355
  5. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  6. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. רֻחָ֑מָהruḥāmâracham: to fondle; (by implication) to loveH7355
  8. וְאָמַרְתִּ֤יwĕʾāmartîamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  9. לְלֹֽאlĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  10. עַמִּי֙ʿammiy`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  11. עַמִּיʿammî`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  12. אַ֔תָּהʾattâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  13. וְה֖וּאwĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  14. יֹאמַ֥רyōʾmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  15. אֱלֹהָֽי׃ʾĕlōhāyelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430

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Strong's words in Hosea 2 (6)
Strong's H3117 — כְּי֖וֹם (kĕyôm)
yowm (yome) n-m. 1. a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) [from an unused root meaning to be hot] KJV: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.. Appears 7 times in Hosea 2.
Strong's H559 — אִמְר֥וּ (ʾimrû)
amar (aw-mar') v. 1. to say (used with great latitude) [a primitive root] KJV: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.. Appears 6 times in Hosea 2.
Strong's H6030 — וְעָ֤נְתָה (wĕʿānĕtâ)
`anah (aw-naw') v. 1. (properly) to eye 2. (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention 3. (by implication) to respond 4. (by extension) to begin to speak 5. (specifically) to sing, shout, testify, announce [a primitive root] KJV: give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043. See also: H6031, H6031, H1042, H1043. Appears 6 times in Hosea 2.
Strong's H776 — כְּאֶ֣רֶץ (kĕʾereṣ)
erets (eh'-rets) n-f. 1. the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [from an unused root probably meaning to be firm] KJV: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.. Appears 6 times in Hosea 2.
Strong's H157 — מְאַהֲבַי֙ (mĕʾahăbay)
ahab (aw-hab') (or raheb {aw-habe'}) v. 1. to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) [a primitive root] KJV: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.. Appears 5 times in Hosea 2.
Strong's H1992 — הֵֽמָּה׃ (hēmmâ)
hem (haym) (or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}) p/p. 1. they (only used when emphatic) [masculine plural from H1981] KJV: it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye. Root(s): H1981. Appears 5 times in Hosea 2.

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“It was also said of these, "I will go after my lovers, who give me my wine and my oil." But the soul has now come to that time that it should say, "I will return to my first husband because it was better for me than now." You have returned, therefore, to your first husband.”

What the Early Church wrote about Hosea 2 (2)

  • “For the unclean spirit dwelled in us before we believed, before we came to Christ when our soul, as I said previously, was still committing fornication against God and was with its lovers, the demons. But afterward it said, “I will return to my first husband,” and it came to C...”

  • “Hence, that people who were proclaimed to be a people of God heard, “You are not my people,” in the passage, “Therefore you are not my people.” And it has been said to that people you are “not my people.””

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