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 1:6 |
| She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord 1 said to him, “Name her ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity 2 on the nation 3 of Israel. For 4 I will certainly not forgive 5 their guilt. 6 |
| (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 6:3 |
| So let us acknowledge him! 1 Let us seek 2 to acknowledge 3 the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.” |
| (0.13) | Hos 7:12 |
| I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying, I will bring them down like birds in the sky; I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together. |
| (0.13) | Hos 8:1 |
| Sound the alarm! 1 An eagle 2 looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me, 3 and have rebelled against my law. |
| (0.13) | Hos 8:7 |
| They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up. |
| (0.13) | Hos 8:13 |
| They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. 1 Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt. |
| (0.13) | Hos 9:6 |
| Look! 1 Even if 2 they flee from the destruction, Egypt will take hold 3 of them, and Memphis will bury them. The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure 4 – thorn bushes will occupy their homes. 5 |
| (0.13) | Hos 10:1 |
| Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. 1 As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars. |
| (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 10:13 |
| But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; 1 you have relied 2 on your many warriors. |
| (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 12:8 |
| Ephraim boasts, 1 “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! 2 In all that I have done to gain my wealth, 3 no one can accuse me of any offense 4 that is actually sinful.” 5 |
| (0.13) | Hos 13:8 |
| I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs – I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion – like a wild animal would tear them apart. |
| (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 1:13 |
| Get dressed 1 and lament, you priests! Wail, you who minister at the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God, because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of your God anymore. 2 |
| (0.13) | Joe 2:1 |
| Blow the trumpet 1 in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the Lord is about to come. Indeed, 2 it is near! 3 |
| (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 2:27 |
| You will be convinced that I am in the midst of Israel. I am the Lord your God; there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame. |
