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Book of Hosea, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 of Hosea—American Standard Version (ASV)

  1. ¶ Say ye unto your brethren, [a]Ammi; and to your sisters, [b]Ruhamah.
  2. ¶ Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
  3. lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
  4. Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;
  5. for their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my [c]drink.
  6. Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
  7. And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she 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, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they [d]used for Baal.
  9. Therefore will I [e]take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
  10. And now will I uncover her [f]lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.
  11. I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her [g]solemn assemblies.
  12. And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
  13. And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, [h]unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her [i]ear-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Jehovah.
  14. ¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak [j]comfortably unto her.
  15. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of [k]Achor for a door of hope; and she shall [l]make answer there, as in the days 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 Jehovah, that thou shalt call me [m]Ishi, and shalt call me no more [n]Baali.
  17. For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be [o]mentioned by their name.
  18. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.
  19. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
  20. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.
  21. ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;
  22. and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer [p]Jezreel.
  23. And I will sow her unto me in the [q]earth; and I will have mercy upon [r]1her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to [s]2them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ That is, My people.
  2. ^ That is, That hath obtained mercy.
  3. ^ Hebrew drinks.
  4. ^ Or, made into the image of Baal
  5. ^ Or, return, and take away
  6. ^ Or, shame
  7. ^ Or, appointed feasts
  8. ^ Or, wherein she burned incense to them
  9. ^ Or, nose-rings
  10. ^ Hebrew to her heart.
  11. ^ That is, Troubling.
  12. ^ Or, sing
  13. ^ That is, My husband.
  14. ^ That is, My master.
  15. ^ Or, remembered
  16. ^ That is, Whom God soweth.
  17. ^ Or, land
  18. ^ Hebrew Lo-ruhamah. See 1:6.
  19. ^ Hebrew Lo-ammi. See 1:9, 10.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ho 1:6
  2. ^ Ho 1:9, 10

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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