The sons of Israel said to them, “(A)Would that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, (B)when we sat by the pots of [a]meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

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  1. Exodus 16:3 Or flesh

“For their mother has (A)played the harlot;
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)hedge up [a]her way with (F)thorns,
And I will build [b]a wall against her so that she cannot find her (G)paths.
“She will (H)pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake 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,
For it was (K)better for me then than now!’

“For she does (L)not know that it was (M)I 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 (N)take back My grain at [d]harvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
Given to cover her nakedness.

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  1. Hosea 2:6 So with some ancient versions; Heb your
  2. Hosea 2:6 Lit her wall so that
  3. Hosea 2:8 Or made into the
  4. Hosea 2:9 Lit its time

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

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  1. Philippians 3:19 Lit belly