Hosea

Hosea 2:1–2

¹“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’^a

and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’^b

²Rebuke your mother,

rebuke her,

for she is not My wife,

and I am not her husband.

Let her remove the adultery from her face

and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

Footnotes

a 2:1 Hebrew Ammi
b 2:1 Or Mercy is shown; Hebrew Ruhamah, which means she has received mercy

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Hosea 2:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Say	אִמְר֥וּ	’im·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
of your brothers	לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם	la·’ă·ḥê·ḵem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H251 brother
My people	עַמִּ֑י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
and of your sisters	וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם	wə·la·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H269 sister
My loved one	רֻחָֽמָה׃	ru·ḥā·māh	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7355 love

Hosea 2:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Rebuke	רִ֤יבוּ	rî·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7378 strive, contend
your mother	בְאִמְּכֶם֙	ḇə·’im·mə·ḵem	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H517 mother
rebuke her	רִ֔יבוּ	rî·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7378 strive, contend
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
she	הִיא֙	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
is not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
My wife	אִשְׁתִּ֔י	’iš·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H802 woman, wife, female
and I	וְאָנֹכִ֖י	wə·’ā·nō·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
am not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
her husband	אִישָׁ֑הּ	’î·šāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H376 man
Let her remove	וְתָסֵ֤ר	wə·ṯā·sêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular	H5493 turn aside
the adultery	זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙	zə·nū·ne·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H2183 adultery, idolatry
from her face	מִפָּנֶ֔יה	mip·på̄·nɛh	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; third person feminine singular	H6440 face, before
and the unfaithfulness	וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ	wə·na·’ă·p̄ū·p̄e·hā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5005 adultery
from between	מִבֵּ֥ין	mib·bên	Preposition-m	H996 interval, space between
her breasts	שָׁדֶֽיהָ׃	šā·ḏe·hā	Noun - masculine dual construct; third person feminine singular	H7699 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin

Cross-references

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Hosea 2:1 1 Peter 2:10 · Hosea 2:23 · Ezekiel 37:27 · Romans 11:30–31 · 1 Timothy 1:13

Hosea 2:2 Isaiah 50:1 · Jeremiah 3:13 · Ezekiel 23:45 · Ezekiel 16:25 · Jeremiah 3:1 · Hosea 2:5 · Jeremiah 19:3 · Jeremiah 3:6–9 · Hosea 1:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.