Hosea 2:16-22
English Standard Version
16 “And (A)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ 17 For (B)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. 18 And (C)I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And (D)I will abolish[a] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in (E)safety. 19 And I will betroth you to me (F)forever. (G)I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20 (H)I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And (I)you shall know the Lord.
21 “And (J)in that day (K)I will answer, declares the Lord,
I will answer the heavens,
and they shall answer the earth,
22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and they shall answer (L)Jezreel,[b]
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:18 Hebrew break
- Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God will sow
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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