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Hosea 2:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
Hosea 2:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 Lest I strip her naked, and [a]set her as in the day that she was [b]born, and make her as a wilderness, and leave her like a dry land, and slay her for thirst.
4 And I will have no pity upon her children: for they be the [c]children of fornication.
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them, hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after thy [d]lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool, and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
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- Hosea 2:3 For though this people were as an harlot for their idolatries, yet he had left them with their apparel and dowry and certain signs of his favor, but if they continued still, he would utterly destroy them.
- Hosea 2:3 When I brought her out of Egypt, Ezek. 16:4.
- Hosea 2:4 That is, bastards and begotten in adultery.
- Hosea 2:5 Meaning, the idol which they served, and by whom they thought they had wealth and abundance.
Hosea 2:3-5
New International Version
Hosea 2:3-5
New International Version
3 Otherwise I will strip(A) her naked
and make her as bare as on the day she was born;(B)
I will make her like a desert,(C)
turn her into a parched land,
and slay her with thirst.
4 I will not show my love to her children,(D)
because they are the children of adultery.(E)
5 Their mother has been unfaithful
and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(F)
who give me my food and my water,
my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(G)
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