Hosea 2:18-23

Common English Bible

¹⁸On that day, I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the creeping creatures of the fertile ground. I will do away with the bow, the sword, and war from the land; I will make you lie down in safety.

¹⁹I will take you for my wife forever;
    I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice,
        in devoted love, and in mercy.
²⁰I will take you for my wife in faithfulness;
        and you will know the Lord.

²¹On that day I will answer, says the Lord.
        I will answer the heavens
        and they will answer the earth.
²²The earth will answer the corn, the new wine, and the fresh oil,
        and they will answer Jezreel;
²³I will sow him for myself in the land;
        and I will have compassion on No Compassion,
        and I will say to Not My People, “You are my people”;
        and he will say, “You are my God.”