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2 “Contend with your mother (nation); contend, For she is not my wife and I am not her husband; And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face And her adultery from between her breasts 3 Or I will strip her naked And expose her as on the day she was born, And make her like a wilderness And make her like a parched land And slay her with thirst. 4 “Also, I will have no mercy on her children, Because they are the children of prostitution. 5 “For their mother has played the prostitute; She who conceived them has acted shamefully, For she said, ‘I will pursue my lovers Who give me my food and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my [refreshing] drinks.’ Hosea 2:2-5, Amplified Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation.
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