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13 I will put an end to all her merrymaking,
    her festivals, her new moons, and her sabbaths,
    and all of her solemn festivals.
14 I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees,
    about which she said,
“These are the payment
    I have received from my lovers.”
I shall allow them to grow wild,
    and ferocious beasts will devour them.
15 I will inflict punishment on her
    for the festival days of the Baals,
when she burned incense to them,
    and adorned herself with her rings and jewels
and ran after her lovers
    while she forgot me, says the Lord.

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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