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Hosea 2:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Hosea 2:15-17
New Catholic Bible
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.
I Intend To Allure Her . . . and Speak Tenderly to Her[a]
16 As a result, now I intend to allure her,
lead her into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.
17 From there I will restore her vineyards to her
and make the Valley of Achor[b] a gateway of hope.
There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth,
when she came up from the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:16 The prophet announces that God’s love does not accept being checked. To better reconquer his people, he brings them back to the time of Sinai, the place where he showed his initial tenderness and the first covenant.
- Hosea 2:17 Valley of Achor: this served as a passageway from the area of Jericho to the plateaus of the interior. The Israelites took possession of it when they conquered Canaan: the name means “Valley of Misfortune” (see the sad end of Achan in Jos 7:24-26).
