Quotes About Love

Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ëI will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBehold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.

“Say of your brothers, ëMy people,í and of your sisters, ëMy loved one.í

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ëI will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.í

And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.

I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ëmy Husband,í and no longer call Me ëmy Master.í

So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.

And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.