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13 I’ll punish her for the time she has devoted to the Baals,[a]
    to whom she burned incense,
and for whom she put on her earrings and jewels
    so she could go after her lovers and forget me,”
        declares the Lord.

Alluring a Wayward Wife

14 “Therefore, look! I will now allure her.
    I will make her go out to the wilderness,
        and will speak to her heart.
15 There I will restore her vineyards to her,
    and the Valley of Achor will become a doorway to hope.
There she will respond as she did in her youth,
    when she came up from Egypt.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:13 Lit. for the days of the Baalim; i.e. Canaanite deities

13 I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense(A) to the Baals;(B)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,(C)
    and went after her lovers,(D)
    but me she forgot,(E)
declares the Lord.(F)

14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness(G)
    and speak tenderly to her.
15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor[a](H) a door of hope.
There she will respond[b](I) as in the days of her youth,(J)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or sing