Hosea:1:2-2
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The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea .
And the LORD said to Hosea ,
Go ,
take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms :
for the land hath committed great whoredom ,
departing from the LORD .
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So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim ;
which conceived ,
and bare him a son .
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And the LORD said unto him ,
Call his name Jezreel ;
for yet a little while ,
and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu ,
and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel .
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And it shall come to pass at that day ,
that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel .
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And she conceived again ,
and bare a daughter .
And God said unto him ,
Call her name Loruhamah :
for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel ;
but I will utterly take them away .
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But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah ,
and will save them by the LORD their God ,
and will not save them by bow ,
nor by sword ,
nor by battle ,
by horses ,
nor by horsemen .
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Now when she had weaned Loruhamah ,
she conceived ,
and bare a son .
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Then said God ,
Call his name Loammi :
for ye are not my people ,
and I will not be your God .
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Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea ,
which cannot be measured nor numbered ;
and it shall come to pass ,
that in the place where it was said unto them ,
Ye are not my people ,
there it shall be said unto them ,
Ye are the sons of the living God .
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Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together ,
and appoint themselves one head ,
and they shall come up out of the land :
for great shall be the day of Jezreel .
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Israel is an empty vine ,
he bringeth forth fruit unto himself :
according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars ;
according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images .
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Their heart is divided ;
now shall they be found faulty :
he shall break down their altars ,
he shall spoil their images .
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For now they shall say ,
We have no king ,
because we feared not the LORD ;
what then should a king do to us ?
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They have spoken words ,
swearing falsely in making a covenant :
thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field .
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The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven :
for the people thereof shall mourn over it ,
and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it ,
for the glory thereof ,
because it is departed from it .
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It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb :
Ephraim shall receive shame ,
and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel .
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As for Samaria ,
her king is cut off as the foam upon the water .
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The high places also of Aven ,
the sin of Israel ,
shall be destroyed :
the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars ;
and they shall say to the mountains ,
Cover us ;
and to the hills ,
Fall on us .
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O Israel ,
thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah :
there they stood :
the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them .
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It is in my desire that I should chastise them ;
and the people shall be gathered against them ,
when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows .
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And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught ,
and loveth to tread out the corn ;
but I passed over upon her fair neck :
I will make Ephraim to ride ;
Judah shall plow ,
and Jacob shall break his clods .
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Sow to yourselves in righteousness ,
reap in mercy ;
break up your fallow ground :
for it is time to seek the LORD ,
till he come and rain righteousness upon you .
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Ye have plowed wickedness ,
ye have reaped iniquity ;
ye have eaten the fruit of lies :
because thou didst trust in thy way ,
in the multitude of thy mighty men .
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Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people ,
and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled ,
as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle :
the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children .
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So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness :
in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off .
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When Israel was a child ,
then I loved him ,
and called my son out of Egypt .
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As they called them ,
so they went from them :
they sacrificed unto Baalim ,
and burned incense to graven images .
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I taught Ephraim also to go ,
taking them by their arms ;
but they knew not that I healed them .
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I drew them with cords of a man ,
with bands of love :
and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws ,
and I laid meat unto them .
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He shall not return into the land of Egypt ,
but the Assyrian shall be his king ,
because they refused to return .
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And the sword shall abide on his cities ,
and shall consume his branches ,
and devour them ,
because of their own counsels .
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And my people are bent to backsliding from me :
though they called them to the most High ,
none at all would exalt him .
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How shall I give thee up ,
Ephraim ?
how shall I deliver thee ,
Israel ?
how shall I make thee as Admah ?
how shall I set thee as Zeboim ?
mine heart is turned within me ,
my repentings are kindled together .
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I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger ,
I will not return to destroy Ephraim :
for I am God ,
and not man ;
the Holy One in the midst of thee :
and I will not enter into the city .
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They shall walk after the LORD :
he shall roar like a lion :
when he shall roar ,
then the children shall tremble from the west .
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They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt ,
and as a dove out of the land of Assyria :
and I will place them in their houses ,
saith the LORD .
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Ephraim compasseth me about with lies ,
and the house of Israel with deceit :
but Judah yet ruleth with God ,
and is faithful with the saints .
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Ephraim feedeth on wind ,
and followeth after the east wind :
he daily increaseth lies and desolation ;
and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians ,
and oil is carried into Egypt .
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The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah ,
and will punish Jacob according to his ways ;
according to his doings will he recompense him .
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He took his brother by the heel in the womb ,
and by his strength he had power with God :
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Yea ,
he had power over the angel ,
and prevailed :
he wept ,
and made supplication unto him :
he found him in Bethel ,
and there he spake with us ;
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Even the LORD God of hosts ;
the LORD is his memorial .
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Therefore turn thou to thy God :
keep mercy and judgment ,
and wait on thy God continually .
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He is a merchant ,
the balances of deceit are in his hand :
he loveth to oppress .
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And Ephraim said ,
Yet I am become rich ,
I have found me out substance :
in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin .
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And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles ,
as in the days of the solemn feast .
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I have also spoken by the prophets ,
and I have multiplied visions ,
and used similitudes ,
by the ministry of the prophets .
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Is there iniquity in Gilead ?
surely they are vanity :
they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal ;
yea ,
their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields .
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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria ,
and Israel served for a wife ,
and for a wife he kept sheep .
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And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt ,
and by a prophet was he preserved .
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Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly :
therefore shall he leave his blood upon him ,
and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him .
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When Ephraim spake trembling ,
he exalted himself in Israel ;
but when he offended in Baal ,
he died .
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And now they sin more and more ,
and have made them molten images of their silver ,
and idols according to their own understanding ,
all of it the work of the craftsmen :
they say of them ,
Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves .
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Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud ,
and as the early dew that passeth away ,
as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor ,
and as the smoke out of the chimney .
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Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt ,
and thou shalt know no god but me :
for there is no saviour beside me .
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I did know thee in the wilderness ,
in the land of great drought .
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According to their pasture ,
so were they filled ;
they were filled ,
and their heart was exalted ;
therefore have they forgotten me .
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Therefore I will be unto them as a lion :
as a leopard by the way will I observe them :
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I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps ,
and will rend the caul of their heart ,
and there will I devour them like a lion :
the wild beast shall tear them .
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O Israel ,
thou hast destroyed thyself ;
but in me is thine help .
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I will be thy king :
where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities ?
and thy judges of whom thou saidst ,
Give me a king and princes ?
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I gave thee a king in mine anger ,
and took him away in my wrath .
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The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up ;
his sin is hid .
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The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him :
he is an unwise son ;
for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children .
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I will ransom them from the power of the grave ;
I will redeem them from death :
O death ,
I will be thy plagues ;
O grave ,
I will be thy destruction :
repentance shall be hid from mine eyes .
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Though he be fruitful among his brethren ,
an east wind shall come ,
the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness ,
and his spring shall become dry ,
and his fountain shall be dried up :
he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels .
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Samaria shall become desolate ;
for she hath rebelled against her God :
they shall fall by the sword :
their infants shall be dashed in pieces ,
and their women with child shall be ripped up .
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O Israel ,
return unto the LORD thy God ;
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity .
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Take with you words ,
and turn to the LORD :
say unto him ,
Take away all iniquity ,
and receive us graciously :
so will we render the calves of our lips .
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Asshur shall not save us ;
we will not ride upon horses :
neither will we say any more to the work of our hands ,
Ye are our gods :
for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy .
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I will heal their backsliding ,
I will love them freely :
for mine anger is turned away from him .
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I will be as the dew unto Israel :
he shall grow as the lily ,
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon .
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His branches shall spread ,
and his beauty shall be as the olive tree ,
and his smell as Lebanon .
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They that dwell under his shadow shall return ;
they shall revive as the corn ,
and grow as the vine :
the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon .
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Ephraim shall say ,
What have I to do any more with idols ?
I have heard him ,
and observed him :
I am like a green fir tree .
From me is thy fruit found .
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Who is wise ,
and he shall understand these things ?
prudent ,
and he shall know them ?
for the ways of the LORD are right ,
and the just shall walk in them :
but the transgressors shall fall therein .
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