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Hosea 2:14-23 (New International Version)

 

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Hosea 2:14-23 (New International Version)

 14 "Therefore I am now going to allure her;
       I will lead her into the desert
       and speak tenderly to her.

 15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
       and will make the Valley of Achor [a] a door of hope.
       There she will sing [b] as in the days of her youth,
       as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

 16 "In that day," declares the LORD,
       "you will call me 'my husband';
       you will no longer call me 'my master. [c] '

 17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;
       no longer will their names be invoked.

 18 In that day I will make a covenant for them
       with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air
       and the creatures that move along the ground.
       Bow and sword and battle
       I will abolish from the land,
       so that all may lie down in safety.

 19 I will betroth you to me forever;
       I will betroth you in [d] righteousness and justice,
       in [e] love and compassion.

 20 I will betroth you in faithfulness,
       and you will acknowledge the LORD.

 21 "In that day I will respond,"
       declares the LORD—
       "I will respond to the skies,
       and they will respond to the earth;

 22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
       the new wine and oil,
       and they will respond to Jezreel. [f]

 23 I will plant her for myself in the land;
       I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one. [g] '
       I will say to those called 'Not my people, [h] ' 'You are my people';
       and they will say, 'You are my God.' "

Footnotes:
  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble .
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or respond
  3. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal
  4. Hosea 2:19 Or with ; also in verse 20
  5. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  6. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants .
  7. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah
  8. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi
New International Version (NIV)

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