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Hosea 2:1-2
Contemporary English Version

2 1 So let your brothers be called “My People” and your sisters be called “Shown Mercy.”[a]

The Lord Promises To Punish Israel

2 Accuse! Accuse your mother!
    She is no longer my wife,
and now I, the Lord,
    am not her husband.
Beg her to give up prostitution
    and stop being unfaithful,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2.1 My People … Shown Mercy: In Hebrew “My People” is “Ammi” and “Shown Mercy” is “Ruhamah” (see Lo-Ruhamah in 1.6 and Lo-Ammi in 1.9).
  2. 2.2 prostitution … unfaithful: See the note at 1.2.
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