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Hosea 2:5

For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

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ASV

for 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.

KJV

For 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.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
זָֽנְתָה֙za.ne.Tahshe has prostituted herselfH2181 →
אִמָּ֔ם'i.Mammother theirH517 →
הֹבִ֖ישָׁהho.Vi.shahshe has acted shamefullyH954 →
הֽוֹרָתָ֑םho.ra.Tam[the] [one who] conceived themH2029 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
אָמְרָ֗ה'a.me.Rahshe saidH559 →
אֵלְכָ֞ה'e.le.KhahI will goH1980 →
אַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
מְאַהֲבַי֙me.'a.ha.Vailovers myH157 →
נֹתְנֵ֤יno.te.Nei[who] giveH5414 →
לַחְמִי֙lach.Mi<of> food myH3899 →
וּמֵימַ֔יu.mei.Maiand water myH4325 →
צַמְרִ֣יtzam.Riwool myH6785 →
וּפִשְׁתִּ֔יu.fish.Tiand flax myH6593 →
שַׁמְנִ֖יsham.Nioil myH8081 →
וְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃ve.shi.ku.Yaiand drinks myH8250 →

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Jeremiah 44:17–18Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.Hosea 2:8For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.Hosea 3:1Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”Isaiah 1:21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!Jeremiah 3:1–9“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.Hosea 2:12–13I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.Hosea 2:12I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.Leviticus 20:5then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”Hosea 2:2Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.Ezekiel 16:15–16But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.Ezra 9:6–7and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Daniel 9:5–8we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.Ezekiel 16:28–34Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.Jeremiah 11:13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

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