Hosea 2

vehayah mispar bene-yisra'el kekhol hayyam asher lo-yimmad velo yissafer vehayah bimqom asher-ye'amer lahem lo-ammi attem ye'amer lahem bene el-khay

The number of the people of Israel shall be like that of the sands of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted; and instead of being told, “You are Not-My-People,” they shall be called Children-of-the-Living-God.

veniqbetsu bene-yehudah uvene-yisra'el yakhdav vesamu lahem rosh ekhad ve'alu min-ha'arets ki gadol yom yizre'el

The people of Judah and the people of Israel shall assemble together and appoint one head over them; and they shall rise from the ground—for marvelous shall be the day of Jezreel!

imru la'akhekhem ammi vela'akhotekhem rukhamah

Oh, call your brothers “My People,” And your sisters “Lovingly Accepted!”

rivu ve'immekhem rivu ki-hi lo ishti ve'anokhi lo ishah vetaser zenuneha mippaneha vena'afufeha mibben shadeha

Remonstrate your mother, remonstrate her— For she is not My wife And I am not her husband— And let her put away her whoredom from her face And her adultery from between her breasts.

pen-afshitennah arummah vehitsagtiha keyom hivvaledah vesamtiha khammidbar veshattiha ke'erets tsiyyah vahamittiha batsama

Else will I strip her naked And leave her as on the day she was born: And I will make her like a wilderness, Render her like desert land, And let her die of thirst.

ve'et-baneha lo arakhem ki-vene zenunim hemmah

I will also disown her children; For they are now a whore’s brood,

ki zanetah immam hovishah horatam ki amerah elekhah akhare me'ahavay notene lakhmi umemay tsamri ufishti shamni veshiqquyay

In that their mother has played the whore, She that conceived them has acted shamelessly— Because she thought, “I will go after my lovers, Who supply my bread and my water, My wool and my linen, My oil and my drink.”

lakhen hinni-sakh et-darkekh bassirim vegadarti et-gederah unetivoteha lo timtsa

Assuredly, I will hedge up her roads with thorns And raise walls against her, And she shall not find her paths.

veriddefah et-me'ahaveha velo-tassig otam uviqshatam velo timtsa ve'amerah elekhah ve'ashuvah el-ishi harishon ki tov li az me'attah

Pursue her lovers as she will, She shall not overtake them; And seek them as she may, She shall never find them. Then she will say, “I will go and return To my first husband, For then I fared better than now.”

vehi lo yade'ah ki anokhi natatti lah haddagan vehattirosh vehayyitshar vekhesef hirbeti lah vezahav asu labba'al

And she did not consider this: It was I who bestowed on her The new grain and wine and oil; I who lavished silver on her And gold—which they used for Baal.

lakhen ashuv velaqakhti degani be'itto vetiroshi bemo'ado vehitsalti tsamri ufishti lekhassot et-ervatah

Assuredly, I will take back My new grain in its time And My new wine in its season, And I will snatch away My wool and My linen That serve to cover her nakedness.

ve'attah agalleh et-navlutah le'ene me'ahaveha ve'ish lo-yatsilennah miyyadi

Now will I uncover her shame In the very sight of her lovers, And none shall save her from Me.

vehishbatti kol-mesosah khaggah khodshah veshabbattah vekhol mo'adah

And I will end all her rejoicing: Her festivals, new moons, and sabbaths— All her festive seasons.

vahashimmoti gafnah ute'enatah asher amerah etnah hemmah li asher natenu-li me'ahavay vesamtim leya'ar va'akhalatam khayyat hassadeh

I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, Which she thinks are a fee She received from her lovers; I will turn them into brushwood, And beasts of the field shall devour them.

ufaqadti aleha et-yeme habbe'alim asher taqtir lahem vatta'ad nizmah vekhelyatah vattelekh akhare me'ahaveha ve'oti shakhekhah ne'um-Adonai

Thus will I punish her For the days of the Baalim, On which she brought them offerings; When, decked with earrings and jewels, She would go after her lovers, Forgetting Me —declares GOD.

lakhen hinneh anokhi mefatteha veholakhtiha hammidbar vedibbarti al-libbah

Assuredly, I will speak coaxingly to her And lead her through the wilderness And speak to her tenderly.

venatatti lah et-kerameha misham ve'et-emeq akhor lefetakh tiqvah ve'anetah shammah kime ne'ureha ukheyom alotah me'erets-mitsrayim

I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a plowland of hope. There she shall respond as in the days of her youth, When she came up from the land of Egypt.

vehayah vayyom-hahu ne'um-Adonai tiqre'i ishi velo-tiqre'i-li od bali

And in that day —declares GOD— You will call [Me] Ishi, And no more will you call Me Baali.

vahasiroti et-shemot habbe'alim mippiha velo-yizzakheru od bishmam

For I will remove the names of the Baalim from her mouth, And they shall nevermore be mentioned by name.

vekharatti lahem berit bayyom hahu im-khayyat hassadeh ve'im-of hashamayim veremes ha'adamah veqeshet vekherev umilkhamah eshbor min-ha'arets vehishkavtim lavetakh

In that day, I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground; I will also banish bow, sword, and war from the land. Thus I will let them lie down in safety.

ve'erastikh li le'olam ve'erastikh li betsedeq uvemishpat uvekhesed uverakhamim

And I will espouse you forever: I will espouse you with righteousness and justice, And with goodness and mercy,

ve'erastikh li be'emunah veyada'at et-Adonai

And I will espouse you with faithfulness; Then you shall be devoted to GOD.

vehayah bayyom hahu e'eneh ne'um-Adonai e'eneh et-hashamayim vehem ya'anu et-ha'arets

In that day, I will respond —declares GOD— I will respond to the sky, And it shall respond to the earth;

veha'arets ta'aneh et-haddagan ve'et-hattirosh ve'et-hayyitshar vehem ya'anu et-yizre'el

And the earth shall respond With new grain and wine and oil, And they shall respond to Jezreel.

uzeratiha li ba'arets verikhamti et-lo rukhamah ve'amarti lelo-ammi ammi-attah vehu yomar elohay

I will sow her in the land as My own; And take Lo-ruhamah back in favor; And I will say to Lo-ammi, “You are My people,” And he will respond, “[You are] my God.”