Joel 3 TheLordJudges the Nations [a]"For behold,in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. AndI will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations ...

Joel 2 The Day of theLord Blow a trumpet inZion;sound an alarm onmy holy mountain!Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,forthe day of theLordis coming; it is near,2a day of darkness and gloom,a day of clouds and thick darkness!Like blackness there is spread upon the mountainsa great and powerful people;their like has never been before,nor will be ...

Joel 1 The word of theLordthat came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: An Invasion of Locusts 2Hear this,you elders;give ear,all inhabitants of the land!Has such a thing happened in your days,or in the days of your fathers?3Tell your children of it,and let your children tell their children,and their children to another generation. 4Whatthe cutting locus...

Hosea 13 TheLord's Relentless Judgment on Israel When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;he was exalted in Israel,but he incurred guiltthrough Baal and died.2And now they sin more and more,andmake for themselves metal images,idols skillfully made of their silver,all of them the work of craftsmen.It is said of them,"Those who offer human sacrificekiss ca...

Hosea 11 TheLord's Love for Israel When Israel was a child,I loved him,and out of Egypt Icalledmy son.2The more they were called,the more they went away;they kept sacrificing to the Baalsand burning offerings to idols. 3Yet it wasI who taught Ephraim to walk;I took them up by their arms,but they did not know thatI healed them.4I led them with cords...

Hosea 9 TheLordWill Punish Israel Rejoice not, O Israel!Exult not like the peoples;for you have played the whore, forsaking your God.You have loved a prostitute's wageson all threshing floors.2Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them,andthe new wine shall fail them.3They shall not remain inthe land of theLord,butEphraim shall return to Egypt,and...

Hosea 7 when I would heal Israel,the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,and the evil deeds ofSamaria,forthey deal falsely;the thief breaks in,and the bandits raid outside.2But they do not considerthatI remember all their evil.Nowtheir deeds surround them;they are before my face.3By their evilthey makethe king glad,and the princes by their treachery.4They ar...

Hosea 5 Punishment Coming for Israel and Judah Hear this, O priests!Pay attention, O house of Israel!Give ear, O house of the king!For the judgment is for you;foryou have been a snare at Mizpahand a net spread uponTabor.2Andthe revoltershave gone deep into slaughter,butI will discipline all of them. 3I know Ephraim,and Israel is not hidden from me;...

Hosea 3 Hosea Redeems His Wife And theLordsaid to me,"Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as theLordloves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins."2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and ahomer and a lethecha]"[a]of barley.3And I said to her, "You mustdwell as mi...

Hosea 1 The word of theLordthat came to Hosea, the son of Beeri,in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days ofJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. Hosea's Wife and Children 2When theLordfirst spoke through Hosea, theLordsaid to Hosea,"Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and havechildren of whoredom, forthe...