KJV HOS2 with Strong's Hebrew/Greek
HOS1.htm HOS3.htm2:1 Say [H559] ye unto your brethren [H251] , Ammi [H5971] ; and to your sisters [H269] , Ruhamah [H7355] .(Ammi: that is, My people)(Ruhamah: that is, Having obtained mercy)
2:2 Plead [H7378] with your mother [H517] , plead [H7378] : for she [is] not my wife [H802] , neither [am] I her husband [H376] : let her therefore put away [H5493] her whoredoms [H2183] out of her sight [H6440] , and her adulteries [H5005] from between her breasts [H7699] ;
2:3 Lest I strip [H6584] her naked [H6174] , and set [H3322] her as in the day [H3117] that she was born [H3205] , and make [H7760] her as a wilderness [H4057] , and set [H7896] her like a dry [H6723] land [H776] , and slay [H4191] her with thirst [H6772] .
2:4 And I will not have mercy [H7355] upon her children [H1121] ; for they [be] the children [H1121] of whoredoms [H2183] .
2:5 For their mother [H517] hath played the harlot [H2181] : she that conceived [H2029] them hath done shamefully [H3001] : for she said [H559] , I will go [H3212] after [H310] my lovers [H157] , that give [H5414] [me] my bread [H3899] and my water [H4325] , my wool [H6785] and my flax [H6593] , mine oil [H8081] and my drink [H8250] .(drink: Heb. drinks)
2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge [H7753] up thy way [H1870] with thorns [H5518] , and make [H1443] a wall [H1447] , that she shall not find [H4672] her paths [H5410] .(make: Heb. wall a wall)
2:7 And she shall follow [H7291] after her lovers [H157] , but she shall not overtake [H5381] them; and she shall seek [H1245] them, but shall not find [H4672] [them]: then shall she say [H559] , I will go [H3212] and return [H7725] to my first [H7223] husband [H376] ; for then [was it] better [H2896] with me than now [H6258] .
2:8 For she did not know [H3045] that I gave [H5414] her corn [H1715] , and wine [H8492] , and oil [H3323] , and multiplied [H7235] her silver [H3701] and gold [H2091] , [which] they prepared [H6213] for Baal [H1168] .(wine: Heb. new wine)(which: or, wherewith they made Baal)
2:9 Therefore will I return [H7725] , and take away [H3947] my corn [H1715] in the time [H6256] thereof, and my wine [H8492] in the season [H4150] thereof, and will recover [H5337] my wool [H6785] and my flax [H6593] [given] to cover [H3680] her nakedness [H6172] .(recover: or, take away)
2:10 And now will I discover [H1540] her lewdness [H5040] in the sight [H5869] of her lovers [H157] , and none [H376] shall deliver [H5337] her out of mine hand [H3027] .(lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany)
2:11 I will also cause all her mirth [H4885] to cease [H7673] , her feast days [H2282] , her new moons [H2320] , and her sabbaths [H7676] , and all her solemn feasts [H4150] .
2:12 And I will destroy [H8074] her vines [H1612] and her fig trees [H8384] , whereof she hath said [H559] , These [are] my rewards [H866] that my lovers [H157] have given [H5414] me: and I will make [H7760] them a forest [H3293] , and the beasts [H2416] of the field [H7704] shall eat [H398] them.(destroy: Heb. make desolate)
2:13 And I will visit [H6485] upon her the days [H3117] of Baalim [H1168] , wherein she burned incense [H6999] to them, and she decked [H5710] herself with her earrings [H5141] and her jewels [H2484] , and she went [H3212] after [H310] her lovers [H157] , and forgat [H7911] me, saith [H5002] the LORD [H3068] .
2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure [H6601] her, and bring [H3212] her into the wilderness [H4057] , and speak [H1696] comfortably [H3820] unto her.(comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart)
2:15 And I will give [H5414] her her vineyards [H3754] from thence, and the valley [H6010] of Achor [H5911] for a door [H6607] of hope [H8615] : and she shall sing [H6030] there, as in the days [H3117] of her youth [H5271] , and as in the day [H3117] when she came up [H5927] out of the land [H776] of Egypt [H4714] .
2:16 And it shall be at that day [H3117] , saith [H5002] the LORD [H3068] , [that] thou shalt call [H7121] me Ishi [H376] ; and shalt call [H7121] me no more Baali [H1180] .(Ishi: that is, My husband)(Baali: that is, My lord)
2:17 For I will take away [H5493] the names [H8034] of Baalim [H1168] out of her mouth [H6310] , and they shall no more be remembered [H2142] by their name [H8034] .
2:18 And in that day [H3117] will I make [H3772] a covenant [H1285] for them with the beasts [H2416] of the field [H7704] , and with the fowls [H5775] of heaven [H8064] , and [with] the creeping things [H7431] of the ground [H127] : and I will break [H7665] the bow [H7198] and the sword [H2719] and the battle [H4421] out of the earth [H776] , and will make them to lie down [H7901] safely [H983] .
2:19 And I will betroth [H781] thee unto me for ever [H5769] ; yea, I will betroth [H781] thee unto me in righteousness [H6664] , and in judgment [H4941] , and in lovingkindness [H2617] , and in mercies [H7356] .
2:20 I will even betroth [H781] thee unto me in faithfulness [H530] : and thou shalt know [H3045] the LORD [H3068] .
2:21 And it shall come to pass in that day [H3117] , I will hear [H6030] , saith [H5002] the LORD [H3068] , I will hear [H6030] the heavens [H8064] , and they shall hear [H6030] the earth [H776] ;
2:22 And the earth [H776] shall hear [H6030] the corn [H1715] , and the wine [H8492] , and the oil [H3323] ; and they shall hear [H6030] Jezreel [H3157] .
2:23 And I will sow [H2232] her unto me in the earth [H776] ; and I will have mercy [H7355] upon her that had not obtained mercy [H7355] [H3818] ; and I will say [H559] to [them which were] not my people [H5971] , Thou [art] my people [H5971] ; and they shall say [H559] , [Thou art] my God [H430] .