Hosea 2:1

2:1 Then you will call your brother, “My People” (Ammi)! You will call your sister, “Pity” (Ruhamah)!

Hosea 2:17

2:17 For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips,

so that you will never again utter their names!”

Hosea 2:20-21

2:20 I will commit myself to you in faithfulness;

then you will acknowledge the Lord.”

Agricultural Fertility Restored to the Repentant Nation

2:21 “At that time, I will willingly respond,” declares the Lord.

“I will respond to the sky,

and the sky will respond to the ground;

Hosea 4:7

4:7 The more the priests increased in numbers,

the more they rebelled against me.

They have turned their glorious calling

into a shameful disgrace!

Hosea 4:18

The Shameful Sinners Will Be Brought to Shame

4:18 They consume their alcohol,

then engage in cult prostitution;

they dearly love their shameful behavior.

Hosea 5:2

5:2 Those who revolt are knee-deep in slaughter,

but I will discipline them all.

Hosea 6:10

6:10 I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel:

there Ephraim practices temple prostitution

and Judah defiles itself.

Hosea 12:13

12:13 The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet,

and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.