Discovery Box| (0.13) | Hos 1:2 |
| When the Lord first spoke 1 through 2 Hosea, he 3 said to him, 4 “Go marry 5 a prostitute 6 who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, 7 because the nation 8 continually commits spiritual prostitution 9 by turning away from |
| (0.13) | Hos 2:2 |
| Plead earnestly 1 with your 2 mother (for 3 she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that 4 she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, 5 and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior. 6 |
| (0.13) | Hos 2:3 |
| Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill 1 her with thirst. |
| (0.13) | Hos 2:9 |
| Therefore, I will take back 1 my grain during the harvest time 2 and my new wine when it ripens; 3 I will take away my wool and my flax which I had provided 4 in order to clothe her. 5 |
| (0.13) | Hos 2:13 |
| “I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; 1 she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but 2 she forgot me!” 3 says the Lord. |
| (0.13) | Hos 4:6 |
| You have destroyed 1 my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, 2 I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject 3 the law of your God, I will reject 4 your descendants. |
| (0.13) | Hos 6:5 |
| Therefore, I will certainly cut 1 you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; 2 I will certainly kill you 3 in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; 4 for 5 my judgment 6 will come forth like the light of the dawn. 7 |
| (0.13) | Hos 8:4 |
| They enthroned kings without my consent! 1 They appointed princes without my approval! 2 They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed! 3 |
| (0.13) | Hos 8:14 |
| Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels. |
| (0.13) | Hos 10:9 |
| O Israel, you have sinned since the time 1 of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah? |
| (0.13) | Hos 10:11 |
| Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yoke 1 on her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! 2 Let Jacob break up 3 the unplowed ground for himself! |
| (0.13) | Hos 11:9 |
| I cannot carry out 1 my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man – the Holy One among you – I will not come in wrath! |
| (0.13) | Hos 12:9 |
| “I am the Lord your God 1 who brought you 2 out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old. 3 |
| (0.13) | Hos 12:11 |
| Is there idolatry 1 in Gilead? 2 Certainly its inhabitants 3 will come to nothing! 4 Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field! |
| (0.13) | Hos 13:3 |
| Therefore they will disappear like 1 the morning mist, 2 like early morning dew that evaporates, 3 like chaff that is blown away 4 from a threshing floor, like smoke that disappears through an open window. |
| (0.13) | Hos 13:10 |
| Where 1 then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are 2 your rulers for whom you asked, saying, “Give me a king and princes”? |
| (0.13) | Joe 1:12 |
| The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes – the pomegranate, date, and apple 1 as well. In fact, 2 all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people 3 has dried up! |
| (0.13) | Joe 2:13 |
| Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love 1 – often relenting from calamitous punishment. 2 |
| (0.13) | Joe 2:14 |
| Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, 1 and leave blessing in his wake 2 – a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the Lord your God! 3 |
| (0.13) | Joe 2:25 |
| I will make up for the years 1 that the ‘arbeh-locust 2 consumed your crops 3 – the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust – my great army 4 that I sent against you. |
