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

21 On that day I will answer, says 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 Jezreel;[a]
23     and I will sow him[b] for myself in the land.
And I will have pity on Lo-ruhamah,[c]
    and I will say to Lo-ammi,[d] “You are my people”;
    and he shall say, “You are my God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:22 That is God sows
  2. Hosea 2:23 Cn: Heb her
  3. Hosea 2:23 That is Not pitied
  4. Hosea 2:23 That is Not my people

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