“Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do, for you have acted promiscuously, leaving your God.  You have loved the wages of a prostitute on every grain-threshing floor…”

Hosea 9:1 (HCSB)

“Come, let us return to the Lord.  For He has torn us, and He will heal us; He has wounded us, and He will bind up our wounds…”

Hosea 6:1 (HCSB)

“Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty!  Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven, and do not swear an oath: As the Lord lives!”

Hosea 4:15 (HCSB)

“Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth, no faithful love, and no knowledge of God in the land!”

Hosea 4:1 (HCSB)

“Therefore, I am going to persuade her, lead her to the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her vineyards back to her and make the Valley of Achore into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.”

Hosea 2:14-15 (HCSB)

“The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.  When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, He said this to him: Go and marry a promiscuous wife and have children of promiscuity, for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity by abandoning the Lord.”

Hosea 1:1-2 (HCSB)