The sons of Israel said to them, “(A)If only we had died by the Lords hand in the land of Egypt, (B)when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread until we were full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger!”

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The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!(A) There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food(B) we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”(C)

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For their mother has (A)committed prostitution;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘(B)I will go after my lovers,
Who (C)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my (D)oil and my drink.’
Therefore, behold, I will (E)obstruct [a]her way with (F)thorns,
And I will build [b]a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her (G)paths.
And she will (H)pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘(I)I will go back to my (J)first husband,
Because it was (K)better for me then than now!’

“Yet she does (L)not know that it was (M)I myself who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they [c]used for Baal.
Therefore, I will [d](N)take back My grain at [e]harvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
That I gave to cover her nakedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:6 As in some ancient versions; MT your
  2. Hosea 2:6 Lit her stone wall so that
  3. Hosea 2:8 Or made into the
  4. Hosea 2:9 Lit return and take My
  5. Hosea 2:9 Lit its time

Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(A)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(B)
Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(C)
She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.(D)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband(E) as at first,(F)
    for then I was better off(G) than now.’
She has not acknowledged(H) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,(I)
who lavished on her the silver and gold(J)
    which they used for Baal.(K)

“Therefore I will take away my grain(L) when it ripens,
    and my new wine(M) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
    intended to cover her naked body.

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19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their [a](A)appetite, and whose (B)glory is in their shame, who (C)have their minds on earthly things.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:19 Lit belly

19 Their destiny(A) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(B) and their glory is in their shame.(C) Their mind is set on earthly things.(D)

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