Hosea 1:2; Hosea 1:3; Hosea 2:5; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 2:13; Hosea 2:14; Hosea 3:1; Hosea 5:6; Hosea 5:13; Hosea 5:14; Hosea 5:15; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:12; Hosea 11:10; Hosea 14:6; Hosea 14:9

Hosea 1:2

2 When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD.”

Hosea 1:3

3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

Hosea 2:5

5 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.’

Hosea 2:7

7 She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my husband as at first, for then I was better off than now.’

Hosea 2:13

13 I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

Hosea 2:14

14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 3:1

1 The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”

Hosea 5:6

6 When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

Hosea 5:13

13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores.

Hosea 5:14

14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.

Hosea 5:15

15 Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”

Hosea 6:1

1 “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.

Hosea 7:12

12 When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like the birds in the sky. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.

Hosea 11:10

10 They will follow the LORD; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

Hosea 14:6

6 his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:9

9 Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.