Hosea

Hosea 2:2–4

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.

3Otherwise, I will strip her naked

and expose her like the day of her birth.

I will make her like a desert

and turn her into a parched land,

and I will let her die of thirst.

4I will have no compassion on her children,

because they are the children of adultery.

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Hosea 2:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Rebukeרִ֤יבוּrî·ḇūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH7378 strive, contend
your motherבְאִמְּכֶם֙ḇə·’im·mə·ḵemPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine pluralH517 mother
rebuke herרִ֔יבוּrî·ḇūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH7378 strive, contend
forכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
sheהִיא֙hîPronoun - third person feminine singularH1931 he, she
is notלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
My wifeאִשְׁתִּ֔י’iš·tîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH802 woman, wife, female
and Iוְאָנֹכִ֖יwə·’ā·nō·ḵîConjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singularH595 I
am notלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
her husbandאִישָׁ֑הּ’î·šāhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH376 man
Let her removeוְתָסֵ֤רwə·ṯā·sêrConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singularH5493 turn aside
the adulteryזְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙zə·nū·ne·hāNoun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH2183 adultery, idolatry
from her faceמִפָּנֶ֔יהmip·på̄·nɛhPreposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; third person feminine singularH6440 face, before
and the unfaithfulnessוְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָwə·na·’ă·p̄ū·p̄e·hāConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH5005 adultery
from betweenמִבֵּ֥יןmib·bênPreposition-mH996 interval, space between
her breastsשָׁדֶֽיהָ׃šā·ḏe·hāNoun - masculine dual construct; third person feminine singularH7699 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin

Hosea 2:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Otherwiseפֶּן־pen-ConjunctionH6435 lest
I will strip herאַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה’ap̄·šî·ṭen·nāhVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singularH6584 strip off, make a dash, raid
nakedעֲרֻמָּ֔ה‘ă·rum·māhAdjective - feminine singularH6174 naked
and expose herוְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָwə·hiṣ·ṣaḡ·tî·hāConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singularH3322 set, place
like the dayכְּי֖וֹםkə·yō·wmPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH3117 day
of her birthהִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּhiw·wā·lə·ḏāhVerb - Nifal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singularH3205 bear, bring forth, beget
I will make herוְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָwə·śam·tî·hāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singularH7760 put, place, set
like a desertכַמִּדְבָּ֗רḵam·miḏ·bārPreposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singularH4057 mouth
and turn her intoוְשַׁתִּ֙הָ֙wə·šat·ti·hāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singularH7896 put, set
a parchedצִיָּ֔הṣî·yāhAdjective - feminine singularH6723 dryness, drought
landכְּאֶ֣רֶץkə·’e·reṣPreposition-k; Noun - feminine singular constructH776 earth, land
and I will let her dieוַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָwa·hă·mit·tî·hāConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singularH4191 die
of thirstבַּצָּמָֽא׃baṣ·ṣā·māPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH6772 thirst

Hosea 2:4

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I will have noלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
compassionאֲרַחֵ֑ם’ă·ra·ḥêmVerb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singularH7355 love
on her childrenבָּנֶ֖יהָbā·ne·hāNoun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH1121 son
becauseכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
theyהֵֽמָּה׃hêm·māhPronoun - third person masculine pluralH1992 they, them
are the childrenבְנֵ֥יḇə·nêNoun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
of adulteryזְנוּנִ֖יםzə·nū·nîmNoun - masculine pluralH2183 adultery, idolatry

Cross-references

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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

Hosea 2:3 Ezekiel 16:22 · Isaiah 32:13–14 · Amos 8:11–13 · Jeremiah 13:22 · Ezekiel 19:13 · Exodus 17:3 · Jeremiah 22:6

Hosea 2:4 Jeremiah 16:5 · Hosea 1:2 · Hosea 1:6 · Ezekiel 8:18 · Jeremiah 13:14 · Ezekiel 9:10 · James 2:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.