📖 Hosea — Chapter 2 (KJV)
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Hosea 2:1 Say ye Runto your brethren, TAmmi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Hosea 2:2 RPlead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Hosea 2:3 Lest RI strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Hosea 2:4 And RI will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
Hosea 2:5 For Rtheir mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my Tdrink.
Hosea 2:6 Therefore, behold, RI will hedge up thy way with thorns, and Tmake a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Hosea 2:7 And Rshe shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Hosea 2:8 For Rshe did not know that I gave her corn, and Twine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, Twhich they prepared for Baal.
Hosea 2:9 Therefore Rwill I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will Trecover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Hosea 2:10 And Rnow will I discover her Tlewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
Hosea 2:11 I will also Rcause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Hosea 2:12 And I will Tdestroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, RThese are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
Hosea 2:13 And RI will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Hosea 2:14 RTherefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak Tcomfortably unto her.
Hosea 2:15 And RI will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me RTIshi; and shalt call me no more TBaali.
Hosea 2:17 For RI will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
Hosea 2:18 And Rin that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Hosea 2:19 RAnd I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea 2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: Rand thou shalt know the LORD.
Hosea 2:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, RI will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
Hosea 2:22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; Rand they shall hear Jezreel.
Hosea 2:23 And RI will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Hosea 2:1–8 — Misplaced love forgets the giver
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Israel’s unfaithfulness is pictured through a broken marriage. She credits other lovers with necessities and abundance, while the Lord declares that he supplied the grain, wine, oil, silver, and gold used for Baal.
Key Truth: Remember the giver of what sustains you.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Say ye unto your ____ , Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.” (Hosea 2:1)
Find it in Hosea 2:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Plead with your ____ , plead: for she is not my wife, neither am …” (Hosea 2:2)
Find it in Hosea 2:2 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her ____ and gold, which they prepared for Baal.” (Hosea 2:8)
Find it in Hosea 2:8 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Hosea 2:9–16 — Loss and a wilderness word of comfort
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Gifts, celebrations, and the rewards credited to lovers are withdrawn. The Lord then promises to speak comfortably in the wilderness and make the valley of Achor a door of hope in a renewed relationship.
Key Truth: Let exposed false trust lead you back to God.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Therefore will I ____ , and take away my corn in the time thereof, …” (Hosea 2:9)
Find it in Hosea 2:9 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And I will ____ upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense …” (Hosea 2:13)
Find it in Hosea 2:13 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “And it shall be at that day, ____ the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt …” (Hosea 2:16)
Find it in Hosea 2:16 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Hosea 2:17–23 — Faithful betrothal and restored mercy
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Baal’s names are removed and a covenant of safety is announced. Righteousness, judgment, kindness, mercy, and faithfulness describe the renewed bond, ending with mercy and the reciprocal declaration of belonging.
Key Truth: Answer restoring mercy with faithful devotion.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… will take away the names of Baalim out of her ____ , and they shall no more be remembered by their …” (Hosea 2:17)
Find it in Hosea 2:17 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “I will even ____ thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the …” (Hosea 2:20)
Find it in Hosea 2:20 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… her unto me in the earth; and I will have ____ upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will …” (Hosea 2:23)
Find it in Hosea 2:23 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
1 Peter 2:10 — Peter recalls people who once lacked mercy now receiving it.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What gift have you wrongly credited to something other than God’s care?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What mistaken understanding of provision underlies the accusation?
2. What does failure to reach the lovers lead her to say?
3. How is the valley of Achor described in the promise of restoration?
4. How does the covenant promise address insecurity?
5. What reciprocal response accompanies renewed recognition as God's people?
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