Hosea 2:7
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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.She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
In other translations
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.She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
Hebrew words
וְרִדְּפָהveridefahand she will pursueH7291אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מְאַהֲבֶיהָme'ahaveihalovers herH157וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תַשִּׂיגtasigshe will overtakeH5381אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853וּבִקְשָׁתַםuvikshatamand she will seek themH1245וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808תִמְצָאtimtza'she will find [them]H4672וְאָמְרָהve'amerahand she will sayH559אֵלְכָה'elekhahI will goH1980וְאָשׁוּבָהve'ashuvahand I will returnH7725אֶל־'el-toH413אִישִׁי'ishihusband myH376הָרִאשׁוֹןharishon<the> formerH7223כִּיkiforH3588טוֹבtovit was goodH2895לִיlifor meאָז'azthenH227מֵעָתָּה׃me'atahmore than nowH6258
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- Jeremiah 2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
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