Hosea 2

“Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-hamah.” Naming Ammi and Say keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her…” Naming Plead keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“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…” Naming Lest keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.” The line’s distinctive content terms include children, mercy, whoredoms. Its relationship to verses 3 and 5 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.” The line’s distinctive content terms include cause, cease, days. Its relationship to verses 10 and 12 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her…” Naming Baalim keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD , that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in…” The line’s distinctive content terms include betroth, judgment, lovingkindness. Its relationship to verses 18 and 20 shows what work it does in this passage.

“I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD .” The line’s distinctive content terms include betroth, faithfulness, know. Its relationship to verses 19 and 21 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD , I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.