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Hosea 2:8-14 New Century Version (NCV)

8. But she does not know that I was the onewho gave her grain, new wine, and oil.I gave her much silver and gold,but she used it for Baal.

9. “So I will come back and take away my grain at harvest timeand my new wine when it is ready.I will take back my wool and linenthat covered her nakedness.

10. So I will show her nakedness to her lovers,and no one will save her from me.

11. I will put an end to all her celebrations:her yearly festivals, her New Moon festivals, and her Sabbaths.I will stop all of her special feasts.

12. I will destroy her vines and fig trees,which she said were her pay from her lovers.I will turn them into a forest,and wild animals will eat them.

13. I will punish her for all the timesshe burned incense to the Baals.She put on her rings and jewelryand went chasing after her lovers,but she forgot me!”says the Lord.

14. “So I am going to attract her;I will lead her into the desertand speak tenderly to her.

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