von Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft1Einst aber wird die Zahl der Israeliten sein wie der Sand am Meer, den man weder messen noch zählen kann. Und es soll geschehen: An dem Ort, da zu ihnen gesagt ist: »Ihr seid nicht mein Volk«, wird zu ihnen gesagt werden: »Kinder des lebendigen Gottes!« (1Mo 22,17; Röm 9,26)2Dann werden die Judäer und die Israeliten zusammenkommen und sich ein gemeinsames Haupt geben und aus dem Lande heraufziehen; denn der Tag Jesreels wird ein großer Tag sein. (Jes 11,11; Jer 3,18; Hes 37,22)3Nennt eure Brüder: »Mein Volk«, und eure Schwestern: »Erbarmen«. (Hos 1,6; Hos 1,9)
Gott zieht das treulose Israel zur Rechenschaft
4Rechtet mit eurer Mutter, rechtet – sie ist ja nicht meine Frau und ich bin nicht ihr Mann! –, sie soll die Zeichen ihrer Hurerei von ihrem Angesicht wegtun und die Zeichen ihrer Ehebrecherei zwischen ihren Brüsten, (Hes 16,1; Hes 23,1; Hos 4,1; Hos 12,3)5damit ich sie nicht nackt ausziehe und hinstelle, wie sie war, als sie geboren wurde, und ich sie nicht mache wie die Wüste und sie zurichte wie dürres Land und sie nicht sterben lasse vor Durst!6Auch ihrer Kinder will ich mich nicht erbarmen; denn Hurenkinder sind sie.7Denn Hurerei trieb ihre Mutter, schändlich führte sich auf, die sie getragen hat, sprach sie doch: Ich will meinen Liebhabern nachlaufen, die mir Brot geben und Wasser, Wolle und Flachs, Öl und Trank. (Jer 44,17)8Darum siehe, ich versperre ihren Weg mit Dornen und ziehe eine Mauer, dass sie ihre Pfade nicht findet.9Wird sie dann ihren Liebhabern nachlaufen und sie nicht einholen, nach ihnen suchen und sie nicht finden, so wird sie sagen: Ich will wieder zurückkehren zu meinem ersten Mann; denn damals ging es mir besser als jetzt.10Aber sie weiß nicht, dass ich es war, der ihr Korn, Wein und Öl gab und sie überhäufte mit Silber und Gold; das haben sie für den Baal gebraucht. (5Mo 7,12)11Darum nehme ich mein Korn wieder zurück zu seiner Zeit und meinen Wein zu seiner Frist und entreiße ihr meine Wolle und meinen Flachs, womit sie ihre Blöße bedeckt.12Nun aber decke ich ihre Scham auf vor den Augen ihrer Liebhaber, und niemand wird sie aus meiner Hand erretten. (Jer 13,22)13Ich will ein Ende machen mit allen ihren Freuden, Festen, Neumonden, Sabbaten und mit allen ihren Feiertagen.14Ich will ihre Weinstöcke und Feigenbäume verwüsten, von denen sie sagte: »Das ist mein Lohn, den mir meine Liebhaber gegeben haben.« Ich will eine Wildnis aus ihnen machen, dass die Tiere des Feldes sie fressen.15Ich will an ihr heimsuchen die Tage der Baale, an denen sie Räucheropfer darbrachte und sich mit Stirnreifen und Halsbändern schmückte und ihren Liebhabern nachlief, mich aber vergaß, spricht der HERR.
Gottes Treue überwindet Israels Untreue
16Darum siehe, ich will sie locken und will sie in die Wüste führen und freundlich mit ihr reden. (Jes 40,2)17Dann will ich ihr dort ihre Weinberge geben und das Tal Achor zum Tor der Hoffnung machen. Und dort wird sie antworten wie zur Zeit ihrer Jugend, als sie aus Ägyptenland heraufzog. (Jos 7,24)18An jenem Tage geschieht’s, spricht der HERR, da wirst du mich nennen »Mein Mann« und nicht mehr »Mein Baal«. (Jes 54,5)19Dann will ich die Namen der Baale aus ihrem Munde wegtun, dass man ihrer Namen nicht mehr gedenken wird.20An jenem Tage will ich einen Bund für sie schließen mit den Tieren auf dem Felde, mit den Vögeln unter dem Himmel und mit dem Gewürm des Erdbodens und will Bogen, Schwert und Rüstung im Lande zerbrechen und will sie sicher wohnen lassen. (1Mo 9,9; Hes 34,25)21Ich will dich mir verloben auf ewig, ich will dich mir verloben in Gerechtigkeit und Recht, in Gnade und Barmherzigkeit. (Offb 19,7)22Ich will dich mir verloben in Treue, und du wirst den HERRN erkennen. (Jer 31,34)23An jenem Tage will ich antworten, spricht der HERR, ich antworte dem Himmel, und der Himmel antwortet der Erde,24und die Erde antwortet mit Korn, Wein und Öl, und diese antworten Jesreel[1]. (Hos 1,4; Hos 11,1)25Dann will ich mir Israel in das Land einsäen und mich erbarmen über Lo-Ruhama, und ich will sagen zu Lo-Ammi: »Du bist mein Volk«, und Israel wird sagen: »Du bist mein Gott«. (Hos 1,6; Hos 1,9; Röm 9,25; 1Petr 2,10)
1[1] Say to your brothers, “You are my people,”[2] and to your sisters, “You have received mercy.”[3] (Hos 1,6; Hos 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; (Jes 50,1; Hes 16,25; Hos 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. (Hes 16,4; Hes 16,39; Hes 19,13; Hos 9,1)4Upon her children also I will have no mercy, because they are children of whoredom. (Hos 1,2; Hos 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; Hos 1,2; Hos 2,8; Hos 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. (Hi 3,23; Hi 19,8; Kla 3,7; Kla 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.’ (Jes 54,5; Jes 54,6; Lk 15,17; Lk 15,18)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. (5Mo 7,13; Jes 1,3; Hes 16,17; Hes 16,18; Hes 16,19; Hos 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. (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. (Kla 1,8; Hes 16,37; Hes 23,29)11And I will put an end to all her mirth, her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed feasts. (Jes 1,13; Jes 1,14; Jer 7,34; Hos 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. (Jes 5,5; Hos 2,5; Hos 13,8; Mi 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. (Jes 61,10; Hes 23,40; Hos 4,9; Hos 11,2; Hos 13,1; Hos 13,2)
The Lord’s Mercy on Israel
14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. (Jes 40,2; Hes 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; Hes 16,22; Hes 16,60; Hos 9,10; Hos 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.’ (Hos 2,18)17For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. (2Mo 23,13; Zef 1,4; Sach 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. (3Mo 26,5; Hi 5,23; Ps 46,9; Jes 2,4; Jes 9,5; Jer 23,6; Hes 34,25; Hes 39,9; Hes 39,10)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; Jer 3,15; Hes 43,7; 2Kor 11,2)20I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD. (Jer 31,34; Hos 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, (Hos 2,16; Sach 8,12)22and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel,[7] (Hos 1,4; Hos 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.’” (3Mo 26,12; Jer 31,33; Hos 1,6; Hos 1,9; Hos 1,10; Hos 2,1; Sach 13,9; Röm 9,25; Röm 9,26; 1Petr 2,10)
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.
Hosea 2
New International Reader’s Version
von 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
New International Version
von 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.” ’