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Hosea 2:4–5

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4eUpon her children also I will have no mercy,

fbecause they are children of whoredom.

5For gtheir mother has played the whore;

she who conceived them has acted shamefully.

For hshe said, ‘I will go after my lovers,

who igive me my bread and my water,

my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

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Cross references

  1. ech. 1:6
  2. fch. 1:2
  3. g[ch. 1:2]
  4. h[ver. 12, 13]
  5. i[ver. 8, 9; Jer. 44:17]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will not show my love to her children,

because they are the children of adultery.

Their mother has been unfaithful

and has conceived them in disgrace.

She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,

who give me my food and my water,

my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will have no compassion on her children

because they are the children of promiscuity.

Yes, their mother is promiscuous;

she conceived them and acted shamefully.

For she thought, “I will follow my lovers,

the men who give me my food and water,

my wool and flax, my oil and drink.”

NLTNew Living Translation

And I will not love her children,

for they were conceived in prostitution.

Their mother is a shameless prostitute

and became pregnant in a shameful way.

She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers

and sell myself to them for food and water,

for clothing of wool and linen,

and for olive oil and drinks.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will not have pity on her children,

because they are children of whoredom.

Because their mother was unfaithful;

she who conceived them has acted shamefully,

for she said:

“I will go after my lovers,

the ones who give me my bread, my water,

my wool, and my flax,

my oil, and my drink.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And I will not have mercy upon her children;

For they be the children of whoredoms.

For their 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 drink.