Hosea 2:1 ¶{‘Ammi’ in Hebrew} "Say559 to your brothers,251 ‘My people!'5971 and to your sisters,269 ‘My loved7355 one!'
2 Contend7378 with your mother!517 Contend,7378 for she is not my wife,802 neither am I her husband;376 and let her put away5493 her prostitution2183 from her face,6440 and her adulteries5005 from between her breasts;76993 Lest I strip6584 her naked,6174 and make3322 her bare as in the day3117 that she was born,3205 and make7760 her like a wilderness,4057 and set7896 her like a dry6723 land,776 and kill4191 her with thirst.67724 Indeed, on her children1121 I will have no mercy;7355 for they are children1121 of unfaithfulness;21835 For their mother517 has played the prostitute.2181 She who conceived2029 them has done shamefully;3001 for she said,559 ‘I will go3212 after310 my lovers,157 who give5414 me my bread3899 and my water,4325 my wool6785 and my flax,6593 my oil8081 and my drink.'82506 Therefore, behold, I will hedge7753 up your way1870 with thorns,5518 and I will build1443 a wall1447 against her, that she can't find4672 her way.54107 She will follow7291 after her lovers,157 but she won't overtake5381 them; and she will seek1245 them, but won't find4672 them. Then she will say,559 ‘I will go3212 and return7725 to my first7223 husband;376 for then was it better2896 with me than now.'62588 For she did not know3045 that I gave5414 her the grain,1715 the new wine,8492 and the oil,3323 and multiplied7235 to her silver3701 and gold,2091 which they used6213 for Baal.11689 Therefore I will take3947 back7725 my grain1715 in its time,6256 and my new wine8492 in its season,4150 and will pluck5337 away my wool6785 and my flax6593 which should have covered3680 her nakedness.617210 Now I will uncover1540 her lewdness5040 in the sight5869 of her lovers,157 and no one376 will deliver5337 her out of my hand.302711 I will also cause all her celebrations4885 to cease:7673 her feasts,2282 her new moons,2320 her Sabbaths,7676 and all her solemn assemblies.415012 I will lay waste8074 her vines1612 and her fig trees,8384 about which she has said,559 ‘These are my wages866 that my lovers157 have given5414 me; and I will make7760 them a forest,'3293 and the animals2416 of the field7704 shall eat398 them.
13 I will visit6485 on her the days3117 of the Baals,1168 to which she burned incense,6999 when she decked5710 herself with her earrings5141 and her jewels,2484 and went3212 after310 her lovers,157 and forgot7911 me," says5002 Yahweh.306814 "Therefore, behold, I will allure6601 her, and bring3212 her into the wilderness,4057 and speak1696 tenderly3820 to her.
15 I will give5414 her vineyards3754 from there, and the valley6010 of Achor5911 for a door6607 of hope;8615 and she will respond6030 there, as in the days3117 of her youth,5271 and as in the day3117 when she came up5927 out of the land776 of Egypt.471416 It will be in that day,"3117 says5002 Yahweh,3068 "that you will call7121 me ‘my husband,'376 and no longer call7121 me ‘my master.'118017 For I will take away5493 the names8034 of the Baals1168 out of her mouth,6310 and they will no longer be mentioned2142 by name.803418 In that day3117 I will make3772 a covenant1285 for them with the animals2416 of the field,7704 and with the birds5775 of the sky,8064 and with the creeping things7431 of the ground.127 I will break7665 the bow,7198 the sword,2719 and the battle4421 out of the land,776 and will make them lie down7901 safely.98319 I will betroth781 you to me forever.5769 Yes, I will betroth781 you to me in righteousness,6664 in justice,4941 in loving kindness,2617 and in compassion.735620 I will even betroth781 you to me in faithfulness;530 and you shall know3045 Yahweh.306821 It will happen in that day,3117 I will respond,"6030 says5002 Yahweh,3068 "I will respond6030 to the heavens,8064 and they will respond6030 to the earth;77622 and the earth776 will respond6030 to the grain,1715 and the new wine,8492 and the oil;3323 and they will respond6030 to Jezreel.315723 I will sow2232 her to me in the earth;776 and I will have mercy7355 on her who had not obtained mercy;7355 and I will tell559 those who were not my people,5971 ‘You are my people;'5971 and they will say,559 ‘My God!'"430