1 Yet the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, that cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," they shall be called "sons of the living God."
2 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will be reunited, they will appoint one leader to rule over them, and they will come up out of the land. For there will be a great victory in Jezreel.
3 You will call your brothers My-people, and your sisters My-loved-ones.
4 Denounce your mother, denounce - for she is not my wife, nor am I her husband. Let her rid her face of her ornaments and her breasts of her lewd idols;
5 or I will strip her naked as on the day of her birth; I will reduce her to an arid land, making of her a desert - I will let her die of thirst.
6 How could I love her children? They are children of adultery;
7 their mother has played the harlot they are children of debauchery. She said, "I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink."
8 With thorns, therefore, I will block her path, wall her and not let her find her way out.
9 Pursuing her lovers, she will not overtake them; looking for her lovers, she will not find them. Then she will say, "I will go back to my husband for I was better off then than now."
10 Yet she would not acknowledge that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine and the oil, and the silver and gold with which this people made their Baals.
11 So I will take back my grain when it ripens and my new wine when it is ready; I will take back my wool and my flax which I gave to cover her nudity.
12 Before her lovers I will lay bare her shame and no one can rescue her from my power.
13 I will bring an end to all her gladness, her monthly feasts, sabbaths and celebrations.
14 I will lay waste her vines, and her fig trees, for she said, "My lovers gave them to me." I will turn them into thickets to be ravaged by wild beasts.
15 I will punish her for the feast days when she brought burnt offerings to the Baals, decked herself with her gaudy jewels, ran after her lovers and forgot me, says Yahweh.
16 So I am going to allure her, lead her once more into the desert, where I can speak to her tenderly.
17 Then I will give back her vineyards, make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will answer me as in her youth, as when she came out of the land of Egypt.
18 On that day, Yahweh says, you will call me my husband, and never again: my Baal.
19 I will take the names of Baals from her lips and no longer will they be invoked.
20 That day on her behalf I will make a covenant with beasts of the field and birds of the air, with creatures creeping upon the ground. I will wipe out the sword and war in the land; I will make people rest safe and secure.
21 You will be my spouse forever, betrothed in justice and integrity; we will be united in love and tenderness.
22 I will espouse you in faithfulness and you will come to know Yahweh.
23 This is what Yahweh says of those days, "I will be at peace with the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
24 the earth will respond to the grain, wine and oil, which will come up to the expectation of Jezreel.
25 I will sow them for myself in the land; I will show my love to Unloved; I will say to Not-my-people, "You are my people"; and they will answer, "You are my God."
Versículos relacionados com Hosea, 2:
Chapter 2 of the Book of Hosea addresses the relationship between God and Israel, comparing it with a marriage in crisis. The prophet Hosea talks about the infidelity of Israel and the punishment that will come because of it. He then talks about Israel's repentance and the restoration of the relationship with God. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Hosea 2, in order of proximity to the chapter:
Isaiah 54:5: "For your Creator is your husband; the Lord of hosts is His name; and the Holy of Israel is thy Redeemer; which is called the God of all the earth." This verse talks about God's relationship with his people, comparing it with a marriage. This relates to the central theme of Hosea 2.
Jeremiah 3:1: "They say, If a man says goodbye to his wife, and she leaves him, and gathering himself to another man, will he make him more to her? Isn't it such a contaminated land? ; but still, come back to me, says the Lord. " This verse also talks about the theme of infidelity and restoration of the relationship with God.
Ezekiel 16:38: "And I will judge you as the adulters and those who pour blood, and give you to the blood of indignation and zeal." This verse talks about the punishment that comes as a result of infidelity. Hosea 2 also talks about the punishment that will come about Israel because of its infidelity.
Isaiah 54:7-8: "For a brief moment I left you, but with great compassion I will collect you; in a moment of indignation I hid my face for a moment; but with eternal kindness I will sympathize with you, says the Lord, Your Redeemer. " This verse talks about the restoration of God's relationship with his people, even after a period of punishment. This relates to the theme of Hosea 2 about Israel's repentance and the restoration of his relationship with God.
Isaiah 62:5: "For as the young man marries the virgin, so your children will marry you; and as the groom rejoices in the bride, thus rejoicing with you your God." This verse talks about God's love for his people and his joy in seeing them restored to him. This relates to the theme of Hosea 2 about the restoration of God's relationship with Israel.
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