1[1] Say to your brothers, “You are my people,”[2] and to your sisters, “You have received mercy.”[3] (Ho 1:6; Ho 1:9)2“Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts; (Isa 50:1; Eze 16:25; Ho 4:12)3lest I strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and make her like a parched land, and kill her with thirst. (Eze 16:4; Eze 16:39; Eze 19:13; Ho 2:9)4Upon her children also I will have no mercy, because they are children of whoredom. (Ho 1:2; Ho 1:6)5For their mother has played the whore; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’ (Jer 44:17; Ho 1:2; Ho 2:8; Ho 2:12)6Therefore I will hedge up her[4] way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths. (Job 3:23; Job 19:8; La 3:7; La 3:9)7She shall pursue her lovers but not overtake them, and she shall seek them but shall not find them. Then she shall say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for it was better for me then than now.’ (Isa 54:5; Lu 15:17)8And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. (De 7:13; Isa 1:3; Eze 16:17; Eze 16:19; Ho 2:20; Ho 13:2)9Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my wine in its season, and I will take away my wool and my flax, which were to cover her nakedness. (Ho 2:3; Joe 1:10)10Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall rescue her out of my hand. (La 1:8; Eze 16:37; Eze 23:29)11And I will put an end to all her mirth, her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed feasts. (Isa 1:13; Jer 7:34; Ho 9:5; Am 8:5; Am 8:10)12And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she said, ‘These are my wages, which my lovers have given me.’ I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall devour them. (Isa 5:5; Ho 2:5; Ho 13:8; Mic 1:7)13And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the Lord. (Isa 61:10; Eze 23:40; Ho 4:9; Ho 11:2; Ho 13:1)
The Lord’s Mercy on Israel
14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. (Isa 40:2; Eze 20:35)15And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor[5] a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. (Jer 2:2; Eze 16:22; Eze 16:60; Ho 9:10; Ho 11:1)16“And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ (Ho 2:18; Ho 2:21)17For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. (Ex 23:13; Zep 1:4; Zec 13:2)18And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish[6] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety. (Le 26:5; Job 5:23; Ps 46:9; Isa 2:4; Isa 9:5; Jer 23:6; Eze 34:25; Eze 39:9)19And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. (Jer 3:14; Eze 43:7; Ho 2:7; Ho 2:16; 2Co 11:2)20I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord. (Jer 31:34; Ho 2:19; Joh 17:3)21“And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth, (Ho 2:16; Zec 8:12)22and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel,[7] (Ho 1:4; Ho 1:11)23and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy,[8] and I will say to Not My People,[9] ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’” (Le 26:12; Jer 31:33; Eze 36:9; Ho 1:6; Ho 1:9; Ho 1:10; Ho 2:1; Zec 13:9; Ro 9:25; 1Pe 2:10)
Hosea 2
New International Version
from Biblica1[1] ‘Say of your brothers, “My people”, and of your sisters, “My loved one”.
Israel punished and restored
2‘Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.3Otherwise I will strip her naked and make her as bare as on the day she was born; I will make her like a desert, turn her into a parched land, and slay her with thirst.4I will not show my love to her children, because they are the children of adultery.5Their 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.”6Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.7She 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.”8She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold – which they used for Baal.9‘Therefore I will take away my corn when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover her naked body.10So now I will expose her lewdness before the eyes of her lovers; no-one will take her out of my hands.11I will stop all her celebrations: her yearly festivals, her New Moons, her Sabbath days – all her appointed festivals.12I will ruin her vines and her fig-trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.13I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewellery, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot,’ declares the Lord.14‘Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.15There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor[2] a door of hope. There she will respond[3] as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.16‘In that day,’ declares the Lord, ‘you will call me “my husband”; you will no longer call me “my master[4]”.17I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.18In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.19I will betroth you to me for ever; I will betroth you in[5] righteousness and justice, in[6] love and compassion.20I will betroth you in[7] faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord.21‘In that day I will respond,’ declares the Lord – ‘I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth;22and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.[8]23I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called “Not my loved one[9]”. I will say to those called “Not my people[10]”, “You are my people”; and they will say, “You are my God.” ’
Hosea 2
New International Reader’s Version
from Biblica1‘People of Israel, call your brothers “My people.” And call your sisters “My loved ones.”
Israel is punished and brought back to the Lord
2‘Tell your mother she is wrong. Tell her she is wrong. She isn’t acting like a wife to me anymore. She no longer treats me as her husband. Tell her to stop looking and acting like a prostitute. Tell her not to let her lovers lie on her breasts anymore.3If she doesn’t stop it, I will strip her naked. I’ll make her as bare as she was on the day she was born. I’ll make her like a desert. She will become like dry land. And I’ll let her die of thirst.4‘I won’t show my love to her children. They are the children of other men.5Their mother hasn’t been faithful to me. She who became pregnant with them has brought shame on herself. She said, “I will chase after my lovers. They give me my food and water. They provide me with wool and linen. They give me olive oil and wine.”6So I will block her path with bushes that have thorns. I’ll build a wall around her. Then she can’t go to her lovers.7She will still chase after her lovers. But she won’t catch them. She’ll look for them. But she won’t find them. Then she’ll say, “I’ll go back to my husband. That’s where I was at first. I was better off then than I am now.”8She wouldn’t admit that I was the one who gave her everything she had. I provided her with corn, olive oil and fresh wine. I gave her plenty of silver and gold. But she used it to make statues of Baal.9‘So I will take away my corn when it gets ripe. I’ll take my fresh wine when it’s ready. I’ll take back my wool and my linen. I gave them to her to cover her naked body.10So now I’ll uncover her body. All her lovers will see it. No one can stop me from punishing her.11I will put a stop to the special times she celebrates. I’ll bring an end to the feasts she celebrates each year. I’ll stop her New Moon feasts and her Sabbath days. I’ll bring all her appointed feasts to an end.12I will destroy her vines and her fig-trees. She said they were her pay from her lovers. I’ll make them like clumps of bushes and weeds. Wild animals will eat them up.13Israel burned incense to the gods that were named Baal. I will punish her for all the times she did that. She decorated herself with rings and jewellery. Then she went after her lovers. But she forgot all about me,’ declares the LORD.14‘So now I am going to draw her back to me. I will lead her into the desert. There I will speak tenderly to her.15I will give her back her vineyards. I will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope for her. Then she will love me, as she did when she was young. She will love me just as she did when she came up out of Egypt.16‘A new day is coming,’ announces the LORD. ‘Israel will call me “my husband.” She will no longer call me “my master.”17She will no longer speak about the gods that are named Baal. She will not pray to them for help anymore.18At that time I will make a covenant for the good of my people. I will make it with the wild animals and the birds in the sky. It will also be made with the creatures that move along the ground. I will remove bows and swords and other weapons of war from the land. Then my people can lie down in safety.19I will make Israel my own. She will belong to me for ever. I will do to her what is right and fair. I will love her tenderly.20I will be faithful to her. And she will recognise me as the LORD.21‘So at that time I will answer her,’ announces the LORD. ‘I will command the skies to send rain on the earth.22Then the earth will produce corn, olive oil and fresh wine. And Israel will be called Jezreel. That’s because I will answer her prayers.23I will plant her in the land for myself. I will show my love to the one I called Not My Loved One. I will say, “You are my people” to those who were called Not My People. And they will say, “You are my God.” ’
Hosea 2
King James Version
1Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.2Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.4And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them : then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.10And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.11I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.12And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.13And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.14Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.15And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.16And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.18And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.19And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.20I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.21And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;22And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Umwandlung der Unheilsbotschaft in eine Heilsbotschaft
1Einst werden die Söhne Israels so zahlreich sein / wie der Sand am Meer, / der nicht zu messen und nicht zu zählen ist.
Und dort, wo man zu ihnen sagt: / Ihr seid nicht mein Volk,
wird man zu ihnen sagen: / Söhne des lebendigen Gottes seid ihr. (Ge 22:17; Ge 32:13; Joh 1:12; Ro 9:26)2Die Söhne Judas werden sich gemeinsam mit den Söhnen Israels versammeln, / für sich ein einziges Oberhaupt bestimmen / und aus dem Land heraufziehen.
Ja, groß wird der Tag Jesreels sein. (Isa 11:12; Isa 49:22; Isa 50:4; Jer 3:18; Eze 37:16; Zec 10:6)3Sagt zu euren Brüdern: Ammi - mein Volk - / und zu euren Schwestern: Ruhama - Erbarmen -. (Ho 1:6)
Gottes Prozess gegen das untreue Israel
4Verklagt eure Mutter, verklagt sie! / Denn sie ist nicht meine Frau / und ich bin nicht ihr Mann.
Sie soll von ihrem Gesicht die Zeichen ihrer Unzucht beseitigen / und zwischen ihren Brüsten die Zeichen ihres Ehebruchs.5Sonst ziehe ich sie nackt aus / und stelle sie hin wie am Tag ihrer Geburt,
ich mache sie wie die Wüste / und lasse sie werden wie verdorrtes Land, / ich lasse sie sterben vor Durst. (Jer 6:8; Jer 9:11; Eze 16:22)6Auch mit ihren Kindern habe ich kein Erbarmen; / denn Kinder der Unzucht sind sie. (Ho 1:6)7Ja, ihre Mutter hat Unzucht getrieben; / die mit ihnen schwanger war, hat Schändliches getan.
Denn sie hat gesagt: Ich will meinen Liebhabern hinterhergehen. / Sie geben mir Brot und Wasser, / Wolle und Leinen, Öl und Getränke. (Jer 2:25; Jer 3:13; Ho 1:2)8Darum versperre ich dir den Weg / mit Dornengestrüpp
und verbaue ihn mit einer Mauer, / sodass sie ihre Pfade nicht mehr findet.9Dann wird sie ihren Liebhabern nachrennen, aber sie nicht einholen. / Sie wird sie suchen, aber nicht finden.
Dann wird sie sagen: Ich will gehen / und zu meinem ersten Mann zurückkehren; / denn damals ging es mir besser als jetzt.10Aber sie hat nicht erkannt, dass ich es war, / der ihr das Korn und den Most und das Öl gab,
der sie mit Silber überhäufte / und mit Gold, das man dann für den Baal verbrauchte.11Darum werde ich mir mein Korn zurückholen / zu seiner Zeit / und meinen Most zu seiner Jahreszeit;
ich werde ihr meine Wolle und mein Leinen entreißen, / die ihre Blöße verhüllen sollten.12Dann werde ich ihre Scham / vor den Augen ihrer Liebhaber aufdecken. / Niemand kann sie meiner Hand entreißen. (Eze 16:37; Joh 10:29)13Ich werde all ihrer Freude ein Ende machen: / ihrem Feiertag, ihrem Neumondfest, / ihrem Sabbat, all ihren festlichen Tagen. (Isa 1:13; Am 5:21; Am 8:10)14Und ich werde ihren Weinstock und ihren Feigenbaum verwüsten. / Das, wovon sie gesagt hat: Das ist mein Lohn, / den meine Liebhaber mir gegeben haben,
das alles werde ich zur Wildnis machen; / die Tiere des Feldes fressen es kahl. (Ps 80:13; Isa 5:5; Mic 1:7)15Ich werde sie heimsuchen wegen der Tage, / an denen sie den Baalen Räucheropfer dargebracht hat;
sie hat ihren Ring und ihren Schmuck angelegt / und ist ihren Liebhabern hinterhergegangen, / mich aber hat sie vergessen - Spruch des HERRN. (Eze 23:40; Ho 11:2)16Darum will ich selbst sie verlocken. / Ich werde sie in die Wüste gehen lassen / und ihr zu Herzen reden.17Von dort aus werde ich ihr ihre Weinberge wiedergeben. / Das Achor-Tal werde ich für sie zum Tor der Hoffnung machen.
Dort wird sie mir antworten / wie in den Tagen ihrer Jugend, / wie am Tag, als sie aus dem Land Ägypten heraufzog. (Isa 65:10; Jer 2:2; Eze 16:43)
Israels Zukunft
18An jenem Tag - Spruch des HERRN - / wirst du zu mir sagen: Mein Mann! / Und du wirst nicht mehr zu mir sagen: Mein Baal. (Isa 54:5)19Ich werde die Namen der Baale in ihrem Mund beseitigen, / sodass niemand mehr ihre Namen anruft. (Zec 13:2)20Ich schließe zu ihren Gunsten an jenem Tag einen Bund / mit den Tieren des Feldes
und den Vögeln des Himmels / und den Kriechtieren des Erdbodens.
Bogen, Schwert und Krieg werde ich zerbrechen / und aus dem Land verbannen / und sie in Sicherheit schlafen lassen.[1] (Isa 2:4; Isa 11:6; Eze 34:25)21Ich verlobe dich mir auf ewig; / ich verlobe dich mir
um den Brautpreis von Gerechtigkeit und Recht, / von Liebe und Erbarmen,22ich verlobe dich mir / um den Brautpreis der Treue: / Dann wirst du den HERRN erkennen. (Jer 31:34)23An jenem Tag - Spruch des HERRN - / will ich antworten:
Ich will dem Himmel antworten / und der Himmel wird der Erde antworten,24die Erde wird dem Korn, / dem Wein und dem Öl antworten / und diese werden Jesreel antworten.25Ich werde sie für mich im Land aussäen, / mich über Lo-Ruhama - Kein Erbarmen - erbarmen
und zu Lo-Ammi - Nicht-mein-Volk - werde ich sagen: / Du bist mein Volk! / und er wird sagen: Du bist mein Gott![2] (Ho 1:6; Ro 9:25; 1Pe 2:10)