Hosea 2:6-23

New International Version

⁶Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.^(A)
⁷She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.^(B)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband^(C) as at first,^(D)
    for then I was better off^(E) than now.’
⁸She has not acknowledged^(F) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,^(G)
who lavished on her the silver and gold^(H)—
    which they used for Baal.^(I)

⁹“Therefore I will take away my grain^(J) when it ripens,
    and my new wine^(K) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
    intended to cover her naked body.
¹⁰So now I will expose^(L) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;^(M)
    no one will take her out of my hands.^(N)
¹¹I will stop^(O) all her celebrations:^(P)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.^(Q)
¹²I will ruin her vines^(R) and her fig trees,^(S)
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;^(T)
I will make them a thicket,^(U)
    and wild animals will devour them.^(V)
¹³I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense^(W) to the Baals;^(X)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,^(Y)
    and went after her lovers,^(Z)
    but me she forgot,^(AA)”
declares the Lord.^(AB)

¹⁴“Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness^(AC)
    and speak tenderly to her.
¹⁵There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor^[a]^(AD) a door of hope.
There she will respond^[b]^(AE) as in the days of her youth,^(AF)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.^(AG)

¹⁶“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;^(AH)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.^[c]’
¹⁷I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;^(AI)
    no longer will their names be invoked.^(AJ)
¹⁸In that day I will make a covenant for them
    with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the creatures that move along the ground.^(AK)
Bow and sword and battle
    I will abolish^(AL) from the land,
    so that all may lie down in safety.^(AM)
¹⁹I will betroth^(AN) you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in^[d] righteousness and justice,^(AO)
    in^[e] love and compassion.^(AP)
²⁰I will betroth you in^[f] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge^(AQ) the Lord.^(AR)

²¹“In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord—
“I will respond^(AS) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
²²and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,^(AT)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.^[g]^(AU)
²³I will plant^(AV) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.^[h]^(AW)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,^[i]’ ‘You are my people’;^(AX)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.^(AY)’”