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Hosea 2:1-2
GOD’S WORD Translation

Israel Is the Lord’s Unfaithful Wife

2 [a]“So call your brothers Ammi [My People],
and call your sisters Ruhamah [Loved].

2 “Plead with your mother; plead with her.
She no longer acts like my wife.
She no longer treats me like her husband.
Tell her to stop acting like a prostitute.
Tell her to remove the lovers from between her breasts.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Hosea 2:1–23 in English Bibles is Hosea 2:3–25 in the Hebrew Bible.
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Hosea 2:1-2
New International Version

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

Israel Punished and Restored

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