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HOSEA
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bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
- Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel:
- For the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land,
- Because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
- By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out,
- And blood toucheth blood.
- Therefore shall the land mourn,
- And every one that dwelleth therein shall languish,
- With the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
- Yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
- Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another:
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