For the sons of that wicked Athaliah broke into the Lord’s temple and even used the sacred things of the Lord’s temple for the Baals.’
Hosea 2:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now I will expose her shame in the sight of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from my power. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And now will I uncover her lewdness and her shame in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall rescue her out of My hand. American Standard Version (1901) And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand. Common English Bible Now I will uncover her nakedness in plain view of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from me. Catholic Public Domain Version And now, I will reveal her foolishness by the eyes of her lovers, and no man will rescue her from my hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now I will lay open her folly in the eyes of her lovers: and no man shall deliver her out of my hand: |
For the sons of that wicked Athaliah broke into the Lord’s temple and even used the sacred things of the Lord’s temple for the Baals.’
Be assured that a wicked person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.
And when you ask yourself, ‘Why have these things happened to me? ’ it is because of your great guilt that your skirts have been stripped off, your body exposed.
I will pull your skirts up over your face so that your shame might be seen.
You took some of your clothing and made colourful high places for yourself, and you engaged in prostitution on them. These places should not have been built, and this should never have happened!
The food that I gave you #– #the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you #– #you set it before them as a pleasing aroma. That is what happened. This is the declaration of the Lord God.
They will treat you with hatred, take all you have worked for, and leave you stark naked, so that the shame of your debauchery will be exposed, both your depravity and promiscuity.
Israel is a lush vine; it yields fruit for itself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better they made the sacred pillars.
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her as she was on the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and like a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities.
Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among animals of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, and there is no one to rescue them.
So don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.