Joel 2

23 Be glad, O children of Zion,

and rejoice in the Lord your God,

for He has given you the autumn rains

for your vindication.

He sends you showers,

both autumn and spring rains, as before.

24 The threshing floors will be full of grain,

and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

25 I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—

the swarming locust, the young locust,

the destroying locust, and the devouring locust —

My great army that I sent against you.

26 You will have plenty to eat,

until you are satisfied.

Hosea 1

2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the Lord.” 3 So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

Ezekiel 23

1 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother, 3 and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed. 4The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.