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Hosea’s Wife and Children
1 The word of [a]Yahweh which came to (A)Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of (B)Uzziah, (C)Jotham, (D)Ahaz, and (E)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of (F)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “(G)Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for (H)the land commits flagrant harlotry, [b]forsaking Yahweh.” 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and (I)gave birth to a son for him. 4 And Yahweh said to him, “Name him (J)Jezreel; for yet a little while, and (K)I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and (L)I will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. 5 And it will be in that day, that I will (M)break the bow of Israel in the (N)valley of Jezreel.”
6 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And [c]Yahweh said to him, “Name her [d]Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer (O)have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. 7 But I will have (P)compassion on the house of Judah and (Q)save them by Yahweh their God, and I will not save them by (R)bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
8 Then she weaned Lo-ruhamah. And she conceived and gave birth to a son. 9 And [e]Yahweh said, “Name him [f]Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not [g]your God.”
10 [h]Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the (S)sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And it will be that (T)in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are (U)not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the (V)sons of the living God.”
11 And the (W)sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be (X)gathered together,
And they will set for themselves (Y)one head,
And they will go up from the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel.
No Compassion for Children of Harlotry
2 [i]Say to your brothers, “[j]Ammi,” and to your sisters, “[k]Ruhamah.”
2 “Contend with your mother, (Z)contend,
For she is (AA)not my wife, and I am not her husband;
And let her remove her (AB)harlotry from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts,
3 Lest I strip her (AC)naked
And set her forth as on the (AD)day when she was born
And (AE)make her like a wilderness
And [l]make her like dry land
And put her to death with (AF)thirst.
4 Also, I will have no compassion on her children
Because they are (AG)children of harlotry.
5 For their mother has (AH)played the harlot;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘(AI)I will go after my lovers,
Who (AJ)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my (AK)oil and my drink.’
6 Therefore, behold, I will (AL)hedge up [m]her way with (AM)thorns,
And I will build [n]a wall against her so that she cannot find her (AN)paths.
7 So she will (AO)pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘(AP)I will go, and I will return to my (AQ)first husband,
For it was (AR)better for me then than now!’
8 “Now she does (AS)not know that it was (AT)I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil,
And multiplied silver and gold for her,
Which they [o]used for Baal.
9 Therefore, I will (AU)take back My grain at [p]harvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also deliver My wool and My flax from them
Given to cover her nakedness.
10 So now I will (AV)uncover her lewdness
In the sight of her lovers,
And no one will deliver her out of My hand.
11 I will also (AW)cease all her joy,
Her (AX)feasts, her (AY)new moons, her sabbaths,
And all her appointed times.
12 And I will (AZ)make desolate her vines and fig trees,
Of which she said, ‘These are my wages
Which my lovers have given me.’
And I will (BA)make them a forest,
And the (BB)beasts of the field will devour them.
13 So I will visit the (BC)days of the Baals upon her
When she used to [q](BD)offer offerings in smoke to them
And (BE)adorn herself with her [r]earrings and jewelry
And go after her lovers, so that she (BF)forgot Me,” declares Yahweh.
Yahweh’s Faithful Betrothal
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her
(BG)And bring her into the wilderness
And speak to her heart.
15 Then I will give her her (BH)vineyards from there
And (BI)the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will [s](BJ)sing there as in the days of her youth,
As in the (BK)day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh,
“That you will call Me [t](BL)Ishi
And will no longer call Me [u]Baali.
17 So (BM)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth
So that they will be remembered by their names no more.
18 And in that day I will cut a covenant for them
With the (BN)beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky,
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I will (BO)break the bow, the sword, and war from the land,
And I will make them (BP)lie down in security.
19 And I will (BQ)betroth you to Me forever;
Indeed, I will betroth you to Me in (BR)righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,
20 And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
Then you will (BS)know Yahweh.
21 “And it will be in that day, that (BT)I will answer,” declares Yahweh.
“I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth,
22 And the (BU)earth will answer the grain, the new wine, and the oil,
And they will answer [v]Jezreel.
23 And I will (BV)sow her for Myself in the land.
(BW)I will also have compassion on [w]her who had not obtained compassion,
And (BX)I will say to [x]those who were (BY)not My people,
‘You are My people!’
And [y]they will say, ‘You are my God!’”
Hosea Marries Again
3 Then Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a [z]woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even (BZ)as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin (CA)cakes.” 2 So I (CB)bargained for her for myself for fifteen [aa]shekels of silver and a [ab]homer and a [ac]half of barley. 3 Then I said to her, “You shall (CC)stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a [ad]man; so I will also be toward you.” 4 For the sons of Israel will remain for many days (CD)without king or prince, (CE)without sacrifice or sacred (CF)pillar, and without (CG)ephod or [ae](CH)household idols. 5 Afterward the sons of Israel will (CI)return and seek Yahweh their God and (CJ)David their king; and (CK)they will come [af]in dread to Yahweh and to His goodness in the last days.
Overcoming the World
5 (A)Everyone who believes that Jesus is the [a]Christ has been [b](B)born of God, and everyone who loves the [c]One who gives new birth (C)loves also the one who has been [d]born of Him. 2 (D)By this we know that (E)we love the children of God, when we love God and do His commandments. 3 For (F)this is the love of God, that we (G)keep His commandments; and (H)His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everything that has been [e](I)born of God (J)overcomes the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome the world—our faith.
5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who (K)believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is the One who came (L)by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not [f]with the water only, but [g]with the water and [h]with the blood. It is (M)the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are (N)three that bear witness: 8 [i]the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are [j]in agreement. 9 (O)If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of God is this, that (P)He has borne witness about His Son. 10 The one who believes in the Son of God (Q)has this witness in himself. The one who does not believe God has (R)made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has borne witness about His Son. 11 And the witness is this, that God gave us (S)eternal life, and (T)this life is in His Son. 12 (U)He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have that life.
That You May Know
13 (V)These things I have written to you who (W)believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have (X)eternal life. 14 And this is (Y)the confidence which we have [k]before Him, that, (Z)if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, (AA)we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.
16 If anyone sees his brother [l]committing a sin not leading to death, (AB)he shall ask and [m]God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. (AC)There is a sin leading to death; (AD)I do not say that he should make request for this. 17 (AE)All unrighteousness is sin, and (AF)there is a sin not leading to death.
18 (AG)We know that (AH)no one who has been [n]born of God sins; but He who was [o]begotten of God (AI)keeps him, and (AJ)the evil one does not (AK)touch him. 19 (AL)We know that (AM)we are of God, and that (AN)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And (AO)we know that (AP)the Son of God has come, and has (AQ)given us understanding so that we may know (AR)Him who is true; and we (AS)are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. (AT)This is the true God and (AU)eternal life.
Yahweh Was on Our Side
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
124 “(A)Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side,”
(B)Let Israel now say,
2 “Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side
When men rose up against us,
3 Then they would have (C)swallowed us alive,
When their (D)anger was kindled against us;
4 Then the (E)waters would have flowed over us,
The stream would have [a]swept over our soul;
5 Then the (F)raging waters would have [b]swept over our soul.”
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
6 By transgression an evil man is (B)ensnared,
But the righteous (C)sings with joy and is glad.
7 The (D)righteous knows the cause of the poor,
The wicked does not understand that knowledge.
8 Scoffers [a](E)set a city aflame,
But (F)wise men turn away anger.
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