I WILL GO AND RETURN TO MY FIRST HUSBAND

HOSEA 2:1-10

SAY YE UNTO YOUR BRETHREN, 

AMMI; 

AND TO YOUR SISTERS, 

RUHAMAH.
PLEAD 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; 

LEST 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.  

AND I WILL NOT HAVE MERCY 

UPON HER CHILDREN; 

FOR THEY BE THE CHILDREN 

OF WHOREDOMS. 

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. 

THEREFORE, BEHOLD, 

I WILL HEDGE UP THY WAY 

WITH THORNS, AND MAKE A WALL, 

THAT SHE SHALL NOT FIND 

HER PATHS. 

AND 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. 

FOR SHE DID NOT KNOW 

THAT I GAVE HER CORN, 

AND WINE, AND OIL, 

AND MULTIPLIED 

HER SILVER AND GOLD, 

WHICH THEY PREPARED FOR BAAL.

 THEREFORE 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. 

AND 

NOW WILL I DISCOVER HER 

LEWDNESS IN THE SIGHT 

OF HER LOVERS, 

AND NONE SHALL 

DELIVER HER OUT OF MINE HAND.

LOVE