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Lest I strip her naked
    and expose her like the day when she was born;
I will make her like the desert
    and turn her into parched land;
        I will kill her with thirst.
And I will not have pity on her children,
    because they are children of whoredom.
        Because their mother was unfaithful;[a]
she who conceived them has acted shamefully,
    for she said:
        “I will go after my lovers,
the ones who give me my bread, my water,
    my wool, and my flax,
        my oil, and my drink.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:5 Or “their mother played the whore”

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.
I will not show my love to her children,(D)
    because they are the children of adultery.(E)
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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