Hosea 2

and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’

and her adulteries from between her breasts;

and kill her with thirst.

for they are children of unfaithfulness;

my oil and my drink.’

that she can’t find her way.

for then was it better with me than now.’

and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

and no one will deliver her out of my hand.

her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

and the animals of the field shall eat them.

and forgot me,” says Yahweh.

and speak tenderly to her.

and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

and no longer call me ‘my master.’

and they will no longer be mentioned by name.

and will make them lie down safely.

Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

and you shall know Yahweh.

and they will respond to the earth;

and they will respond to Jezreel.

and they will say, ‘My God!’ ”