Discovery Box| (1.00) | 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 |
| (1.00) | Hos 2:5 |
| For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, “I will seek out 1 my lovers; 2 they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine. 3 |
| (1.00) | Hos 2:8 |
| Yet 1 until now 2 she has refused to acknowledge 3 that I 4 was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who 5 lavished on her the silver and gold – which they 6 used in worshiping Baal! 7 |
| (1.00) | 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. |
| (1.00) | Hos 2:14 |
| However, in the future I will allure her; 1 I will lead 2 her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. |
| (1.00) | Hos 3:1 |
| The Lord said to me, “Go, show love to 1 your wife 2 again, even though she loves 3 another man 4 and continually commits adultery. 5 Likewise, the Lord loves 6 the Israelites 7 although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.” 8 |
| (1.00) | Hos 3:4 |
| For the Israelites 1 must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols. |
| (1.00) | Hos 4:1 |
| Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! 1 For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit 2 against the people of Israel. 3 For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God. 4 |
| (1.00) | Hos 4:10 |
| They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods. 1 |
| (1.00) | Hos 4:13 |
| They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice 1 under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery! |
| (1.00) | Hos 4:14 |
| I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: 1 “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!” |
| (1.00) | Hos 4:15 |
| Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal! Do not go up to Beth Aven! 1 Do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!” |
| (1.00) | Hos 4:19 |
| A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship. 1 |
| (1.00) | Hos 5:1 |
| Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! 1 Listen closely, 2 O king! 3 For judgment is about to overtake you! 4 For you were like a trap 5 to Mizpah, 6 like a net 7 spread out to catch Tabor. 8 |
| (1.00) | Hos 5:3 |
| I know Ephraim all too well; 1 the evil of 2 Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself. 3 |
| (1.00) | Hos 5:4 |
| Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; because a spirit of idolatry 1 controls their heart, 2 and they do not acknowledge the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Hos 5:11 |
| Ephraim will be oppressed, 1 crushed 2 under judgment, 3 because he was determined to pursue worthless idols. 4 |
| (1.00) | Hos 5:12 |
| I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot 1 to the house of Judah. |
| (1.00) | 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 |
| (1.00) | Hos 6:8 |
| Gilead is a city full of evildoers; 1 its streets are stained with bloody footprints! 2 |
