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Say to your brothers, “My people,”[a]
and to your sisters, “She has been shown mercy.”[b]

Israel Rebuked, Punished, and Restored

Plead with[c] your mother!
    Plead with her, because she is not my wife,
    and I am not her husband.
    Let her put away her sexual immorality from her presence
    and her acts of adultery from between her breasts.

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  1. Hosea 2:1 Hebrew Ammi
  2. Hosea 2:1 Hebrew Ruhamah
  3. Hosea 2:2 Or bring charges against. Also in the next line.

[a]“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’(A)

Israel Punished and Restored

“Rebuke your mother,(B) rebuke her,
    for she is not my wife,
    and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the adulterous(C) look from her face
    and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-23 is numbered 2:3-25.