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

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  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or sing

15 And there I will give her her vineyards
    and make the Valley of Achor[a] a door of hope.
And there she shall answer (A)as in the days of her youth,
    as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.

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  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble; compare Joshua 7:26

15 Then I will give her her (A)vineyards from there,
And (B)the [a]Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will [b](C)respond there as in the days of her youth,
As in the (D)day when she went up from the land of Egypt.

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  1. Hosea 2:15 Lit Valley of Trouble
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or give answer

15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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15 From there I will give back her vineyards to her,
and turn the ‘Valley of Trouble’[a] into an ‘Opportunity[b] for Hope.’
There she will sing as she did when she was young,[c]
when[d] she came up from the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:15 tn Heb “Valley of Achor,” so named because of the unfortunate incident recorded in Josh 7:1-26 (the name is explained in v. 26; the Hebrew term Achor means “disaster” or “trouble” [cf. TEV, CEV “Trouble Valley”]).
  2. Hosea 2:15 tn Heb “door” or “doorway”; cf. NLT “gateway.” Unlike the days of Joshua, when Achan’s sin jeopardized Israel’s mission and cast a dark shadow over the nation, Israel’s future return to the land will be marked by renewed hope.
  3. Hosea 2:15 tn Heb “as in the days of her youth” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
  4. Hosea 2:15 tn Heb “as in the day when” (so KJV, NASB).