Hosea 2:7 References
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"She will apursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, 'bI will go back to my cfirst husband, For it was dbetter for me then than now!'
c Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 3:1, Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 23:4
Jeremiah 2
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"Go and aproclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the Lord, "I remember concerning you the bdevotion of your youth, The love of your betrothals, cYour following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown.
Jeremiah 3
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God says, "aIf a husband divorces his wife And she goes from him And belongs to another man, Will he still return to her? Will not that land be completely polluted? But you bare a harlot with many lovers; Yet you cturn to Me," declares the Lord.
Ezekiel 16
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"Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I aspread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also bswore to you and centered into a covenant with you so that you dbecame Mine," declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 23
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"Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.