*Hos 2:1a Verses 2:1-23 are numbered 2:3-25 in Hebrew text.

*Hos 2:1b In print editions of the NLT, 2:1 is set as its own paragraph at the end of chapter one.

*Hos 2:15 Hebrew valley of Achor.

*Hos 2:16 Hebrew ‘my baal.’

*Hos 2:23a Hebrew Lo-ruhamah; see 1:6.

*Hos 2:23b Hebrew Lo-ammi; see 1:9.