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Lexicon :: Strong's H2232 - zāraʿ

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זָרַע
Transliteration
zāraʿ
Pronunciation
zaw-rah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 582

Strong’s Definitions

זָרַע zâraʻ, zaw-rah'; a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify:—bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x

The KJV translates Strong's H2232 in the following manner: sow (47x), yielding (3x), sower (2x), bearing (1x), conceive (1x), seed (1x), set (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x
The KJV translates Strong's H2232 in the following manner: sow (47x), yielding (3x), sower (2x), bearing (1x), conceive (1x), seed (1x), set (1x).

  1. to sow, scatter seed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to sow

      2. producing, yielding seed

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be sown

      2. to become pregnant, be made pregnant

    3. (Pual) to be sown

    4. (Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָרַע zâraʻ, zaw-rah'; a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify:—bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
STRONGS H2232: Abbreviations
† I. זָרַע verb sow, scatter seed (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian zirû TPPrism vi. 15; Arabic زَرَعَ; Aramaic IfRz, H2234 זְרַע; Ethiopic ዘርአ፡ ዘርዐ፡ but in Sabean דֿרא DHMZMG 1883, 15 and in proper name, Id. in MV10, pp. 242, 983) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular זָרַע Judges 6:3; 1st person singular וְזָרַעְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 31:27; suffix וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ consecutive Hosea 2:25 [Hosea 2:23]; 3rd person plural זָֽרְעוּ Jeremiah 12:13; 2nd person masculine plural זְרַעַתֶּם Haggai 1:6; וּזְרַעְתֶּם consecutive Genesis 47:23 + 2 times; Imperfect יִזְרָ֑ע Ecclesiastes 11:4; וַיִּזְרַע Genesis 26:12; suffix וַיִּזְרָעֶהָ Judges 9:45; 1st person singular אֶזְדְעָה Judg 31:8; suffix וְאֶזְרָעֵם Zechariah 10:9, etc.; Imperative masculine singular זְרַע Ecclesiastes 11:6; masculine plural זִרְעוּ Hosea 10:12 + 2 times; Infinitive לִזְרֹעַ Isaiah 28:24; Participle active זֹרֵעַ Isaiah 55:10 + 3 times; זזֹרֵעַ Proverbs 22:8; Jeremiah 50:16, etc.; Passive participle זָרֻעַ Psalm 97:11 (but on text see below); feminine זְרוּעָה Jeremiah 2:2; —
1. literally sow:
a. absolute sow (seed), do one's sowing Judges 6:3; Genesis 26:12 (J), Isaiah 28:24 (after ploughing חרשׁ); זִרְעוּ וקצרו ונטעו כרמים Isaiah 37:30 = 2 Kings 19:29; || קצר also Micah 6:15; Leviticus 25:11 (H), Ecclesiastes 11:4; || אסף Leviticus 25:20 (H); opposed to אכל Job 31:8; זֹרְעֵי עלכֿלמֿים Isaiah 32:20 (on construct compare Ges§ 130, 1); with אתהֿשּׁנה הַשׁמינִת Leviticus 25:22; followed by הַרְבֵּה Haggai 1:6 (opposed to הָבֵא מְעָ֑ט).
b. with accusative of land אדמה Exodus 23:10 (J E; || אסף), Genesis 47:23 (J); field (שׂדה) Leviticus 25:3 (|| אסף), compare Leviticus 25:4; Psalm 107:37; as passive participle אֶרֶץ לֹא זְרוּעָה Jeremiah 2:2 (|| מִדְבָּר).
c. with accusative of seed אֶתזַֿרְעֲךָ ז׳ Deuteronomy 11:10, compare Deuteronomy 22:9; Jeremiah 35:7; Leviticus 26:16 (H) Ecclesiastes 11:6; followed by חִטִּים Jeremiah 12:13 (|| קצר); compare also בִּכּוּרֵי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ אשׁר תזרע בַּשָּׂדֶה Exodus 23:16 (JE).
d. followed by 2 accusative לֹא תזרע כַּרְמְךָ כִּלְאַ֑יִם Deuteronomy 22:9; compare שָׂדְךָ לֹא תִזְרַע כִּלְאַיִם Leviticus 19:19 (H); זַרְעֲךָ אשׁרתֿזדע אתהֿאדמה Isaiah 30:23; also of destroyed city וַיִּזְרָעֶהָ מֶ֑לַח Judges 9:45.
e. participle active as substantive זוֺרֵעַ Jeremiah 50:16 (|| תֹּפֵשׂ מַגָּל בְּעֵת קָציר); לַֹזּרֵעַ Isaiah 55:10 (|| לָאֹכֵל).
2. of shrub and tree producing, yielding seed, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 1:29 (twice in verse) (P), compare Hiph. 3. figurative:
a. of Yahweh's sowing (planting) Israel in the land וזרעתיה לי בָארץ Hosea 2:25 (We וזרעתיהו, object being Jezreel); on the other hand וְאֶזְרָעֵם בָּעַמִּים Zechariah 10:9.
b. with 2 accusative, of Yahweh's fructifying Israel and Judah יהודה זֶרַע אדם וזרע וזרעתי אתבֿית ישׂראל ואתבֿ׳ בהמה Jeremiah 31:27.
c. of moral action, זִרְעוּ לָכֶם לִצְדָקָה Hosea 10:12 (|| קצר); צדקה ז׳ Proverbs 11:18; אַלתִּֿזְרְעוּ אֶלקֹֿצִים Jeremiah 4:3 sow not in among thorns (said of a few righteous deeds amid much wickedness); especially of evil-doing רוּחַ יזרעו וְסוּפָתָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ Hosea 8:7; זֹרְעֵי עָמָל Job 4:8 (|| קצר); זוֺרֵעַ עַוְלָה יקצוראָֿוֶן Proverbs 22:8.
d. of Israel's practising idolatry זְמֹרַת זָר תִּזְרָעֶ֑נּוּ Isaiah 17:10 (2 accusative)
e. הזרעים בדמעה בְּרִנָּה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ Psalm 126:5 metaphor of distress followed by joy.
f. אוֺר זָרֻעַ לַצַּדִּיק Psalm 97:11 read probably זָרַח, Vrss Ol Hu Bae Che and others.
Niph. be sown, fructified, Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְנִזְרְעָה consecutive Numbers 5:28; 2nd person masculine plural וְנִזְרַעְתֶּם consecutive Ezekiel 36:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִזָּרַע Nahum 1:14; יִזָּרֵ֑עַ Deuteronomy 21:4; Leviticus 11:37; 3rd person feminine singular תִּזָּרַע Deuteronomy 29:22; —
1. be sown:
a. subject אֶרֶץ, ולא תַּצְמִחַ לֹא תִזּ׳ Deuteronomy 29:22, compare (of נַחַל אֵיתָן) לא יֵעָבֵּד בּוֺ ולא יִזּ׳ Deuteronomy 21:4; in address to הָרֵי ישׂראל, וְנֶעֱבַּדְתֶּם וְנִזְרַעְתֶּם Ezekiel 36:9.
b. subject זֶרַע, זֶרַע זֵרוּעַ אשׁר יִזָּרֵעַ Leviticus 11:37 (P); figurative מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֺד לֹא יִזּ׳ Nahum 1:14 no more of thy name be sown, in judgment against Nineveh.
2. be fructified, made pregnant וְנִזְרְעָה זָרַ֑ע Numbers 5:28 (P; of woman).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person plural זֹרָ֑עוּ Isaiah 40:24 of princes and judges under figure of trees (|| נִטָּ֑עוּ, שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תַּזְרִיעַ Leviticus 12:2; Participle מַזְרִיעַ Genesis 1:11, 12; —
1. produce seed, of herb, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 1:11, 12; apparently denominative from זֶרַע; compare Qal 2.
2. of a woman, = bear a child זָכָר וְיָֽלְדָה תַּזְרִיע Leviticus 12:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:12; 1:29; 26:12; 26:12; 47:23; 47:23

Exodus

23:10; 23:16

Leviticus

11:37; 11:37; 12:2; 12:2; 19:19; 25:3; 25:4; 25:11; 25:20; 25:22; 26:16

Numbers

5:28; 5:28

Deuteronomy

11:10; 21:4; 21:4; 22:9; 22:9; 29:22; 29:22

Judges

6:3; 6:3; 9:45; 9:45

2 Kings

19:29

Job

4:8; 31:8

Psalms

97:11; 97:11; 107:37; 126:5

Proverbs

11:18; 22:8; 22:8

Ecclesiastes

11:4; 11:4; 11:6; 11:6

Isaiah

17:10; 28:24; 28:24; 30:23; 32:20; 37:30; 40:24; 55:10; 55:10

Jeremiah

2:2; 2:2; 4:3; 12:13; 12:13; 31:27; 31:27; 35:7; 50:16; 50:16

Ezekiel

36:9; 36:9

Hosea

2:23; 8:7; 10:12; 10:12

Micah

6:15

Nahum

1:14; 1:14

Haggai

1:6; 1:6

Zechariah

10:9; 10:9

H2232

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Strong's Number H2232 matches the Hebrew זָרַע (zāraʿ),
which occurs 56 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 1:11–Hos 10:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:11 - Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:12 - The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12 - When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the LORD blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:23 - Then Joseph said to the people, “Look, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. I will provide you with seed so you can plant the fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:10 - “Plant and harvest your crops for six years,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:16 - “Second, celebrate the Festival of Harvest,[fn] when you bring me the first crops of your harvest.
“Finally, celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest[fn] at the end of the harvest season, when you have harvested all the crops from your fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - If the carcass falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - “You must obey all my decrees.
“Do not mate two different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two different kinds of thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3 - For six years you may plant your fields and prune your vineyards and harvest your crops,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:4 - but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the LORD’s Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11 - This fiftieth year will be a jubilee for you. During that year you must not plant your fields or store away any of the crops that grow on their own, and don’t gather the grapes from your unpruned vines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:20 - But you might ask, ‘What will we eat during the seventh year, since we are not allowed to plant or harvest crops that year?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:22 - When you plant your fields in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the large crop of the sixth year. In fact, you will still be eating from that large crop when the new crop is harvested in the ninth year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, then she will be unharmed and will still be able to have children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10 - For the land you are about to enter and take over is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and made irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the young cow’s neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:9 - “You must not plant any other crop between the rows of your vineyard. If you do, you are forbidden to use either the grapes from the vineyard or the other crop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - The battle went on all day before Abimelech finally captured the city. He killed the people, leveled the city, and scattered salt all over the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:29 - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true:
“This year you will eat only what grows up by itself,
and next year you will eat what springs up from that.
But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them;
you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - My experience shows that those who plant trouble
and cultivate evil will harvest the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:8 - then let someone else eat the crops I have planted.
Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:11 - Light shines on the godly,
and joy on those whose hearts are right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:37 - They sow their fields, plant their vineyards,
and harvest their bumper crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:5 - Those who plant in tears
will harvest with shouts of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:18 - Evil people get rich for the moment,
but the reward of the godly will last.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster,
and their reign of terror will come to an end.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:4 - Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 - Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you.
You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you.
So you may plant the finest grapevines
and import the most expensive seedlings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:24 - Does a farmer always plow and never sow?
Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - Then the LORD will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:20 - the LORD will greatly bless his people.
Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up.
Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:30 - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true:
“This year you will eat only what grows up by itself,
and next year you will eat what springs up from that.
But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them;
you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24 - They hardly get started, barely taking root,
when he blows on them and they wither.
The wind carries them off like chaff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - “The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - “Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the LORD says:
“I remember how eager you were to please me
as a young bride long ago,
how you loved me and followed me
even through the barren wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:
“Plow up the hard ground of your hearts!
Do not waste your good seed among thorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - My people have planted wheat
but are harvesting thorns.
They have worn themselves out,
but it has done them no good.
They will harvest a crop of shame
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:27 - “The day is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will greatly increase the human population and the number of animals here in Israel and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:7 - And do not build houses or plant crops or vineyards, but always live in tents. If you follow these commands, you will live long, good lives in the land.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Take from Babylon all those who plant crops;
send all the harvesters away.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
everyone will run away and rush back to their own lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9 - See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:23 - At that time I will plant a crop of Israelites
and raise them for myself.
I will show love
to those I called ‘Not loved.’[fn]
And to those I called ‘Not my people,’[fn]
I will say, ‘Now you are my people.’
And they will reply, ‘You are our God!’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - “They have planted the wind
and will harvest the whirlwind.
The stalks of grain wither
and produce nothing to eat.
And even if there is any grain,
foreigners will eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 - I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness,
and you will harvest a crop of love.
Plow up the hard ground of your hearts,
for now is the time to seek the LORD,
that he may come
and shower righteousness upon you.’

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