(KJV) Hosea 2¹

⥃Israel’s Adultery Rebuked

[1] Say ye unto² your brethren, Ammi³; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah⁴. [2] Plead with⁵ your mother, plead: for she⁶ [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let⁷ her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; [3] Lest I strip⁸ her naked, and set her as in the day that she was⁹ born¹⁰, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry¹¹ land, and slay¹² her with thirst. [4] And I will not¹³ have mercy upon her children; for they [be¹⁴] the children of¹⁵ whoredoms. [5] For their mother¹⁶ hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done¹⁷ shamefully: for she said, I will¹⁸ go after my lovers, that give¹⁹ [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink²⁰.

[6] Therefore, behold, I will²¹ hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall²², that she shall not find her paths. [7] And she shall follow²³ after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find [them]: then shall she say, I will²⁴ go and return to my first²⁵ husband; for²⁶ then [was it] better with me than now. [8] For she²⁷ did not know that I gave her corn²⁸, and wine²⁹, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal³⁰. [9] Therefore will I³¹ return, and take³² away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover³³ my wool and my flax [given] to cover her nakedness. [10] And now³⁴ will I discover her lewdness³⁵ in the sight of her lovers, and none shall³⁶ deliver her out of mine hand. [11] I will also cause³⁷ all her mirth to cease, her feast³⁸ days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. [12] And I will destroy³⁹ her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These⁴⁰ [are] my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will⁴¹ make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. [13] And I will visit⁴² upon her the days⁴³ of Baalim, wherein she burned⁴⁴ incense to them, and she decked⁴⁵ herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went⁴⁶ after her lovers, and forgat⁴⁷ me, saith the Lord.

⥃God’s Mercy to Israel

[14] Therefore⁴⁸, behold, I will⁴⁹ allure her, and bring⁵⁰ her into the wilderness, and speak⁵¹ comfortably⁵² unto her. [15] And I will⁵³ give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley⁵⁴ of Achor for⁵⁵ a door of hope: and she shall sing⁵⁶ there, as in the days⁵⁷ of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. [16] And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, [that] thou shalt call me Ishi⁵⁸; and shalt call me no more Baali⁵⁹. [17] For I will⁶⁰ take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they⁶¹ shall no more be remembered by their name. [18] And in that day⁶² will I⁶³ make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground: and I will break⁶⁴ the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will⁶⁵ make them to lie down safely. [19] And I will⁶⁶ betroth thee unto me for⁶⁷ ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness⁶⁸, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. [20] I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and⁶⁹ thou shalt know the Lord. [21] And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith⁷⁰ the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; [22] And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they⁷¹ shall hear Jezreel. [23] And I will sow⁷² her unto me in the earth; and I will have⁷³ mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say⁷⁴ to [them which were] not my people, Thou [art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God⁷⁵.