Hosea 2:8–17

⁸She does not recognize^e

that it is I who gave her the grain,^f

the new wine, and the fresh oil.

I lavished silver and gold on her,

which they used for Baal.

⁹Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time^g

and my new wine in its season;

I will take away my wool and linen,

which were to cover her nakedness.

¹⁰Now I will expose her shame^h

in the sight of her lovers,

and no one will rescue her from my power.

¹¹I will put an end to all her celebrations:ⁱ

her feasts,^j New Moons,^k and Sabbaths—

all her festivals.

¹²I will devastate her vines and fig trees.^l

She thinks that these are her wages

that her lovers have given her.

I will turn them into a thicket,^m

and the wild animals will eat them.ⁿ

¹³And I will punish her for the days of the Baals,^o

to which she burned incense.^p

She put on her rings and her jewelry^q

and followed her lovers,

but she forgot me.^r

This is the Lord’s declaration.

ISRAEL’S ADULTERY FORGIVEN

¹⁴Therefore, I am going to persuade her,

lead her to the wilderness,^s

and speak tenderly to her.^B

¹⁵There I will give her vineyards back to her^t

and make the Valley of Achor^Au

into a gateway of hope.

There she will respond as she did

in the days of her youth,^v

as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁶In that day—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

you will call me, “My husband,”^w

and no longer call me, “My Baal.”^B

¹⁷For I will remove the names of the Baals

from her mouth;

they will no longer be remembered by their names.