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15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and I will make the Valley of ·Trouble [L Achor; C see Josh. 7:1–26] a door of hope.
There she will ·respond [or sing] as ·when she was young [L in the days of her youth],
    as when she came out of Egypt.”

16 The Lord says, “In the future she[a] will call me ‘my husband’;
    no longer will she[b] call me ‘my baal [C “baal” can mean “husband,” “master,” or “Baal” (the Canaanite god); in this wordplay, Israel has replaced one husband (the Lord) with another (Baal)].’
17 I will ·never let her say [remove from her lips] the names of Baal again;
    people won’t ·use [utter; invoke; or remember] their names anymore.

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  1. Hosea 2:16 she Greek, Aramaic and Latin copies read “she.” Hebrew copies read “you.”
  2. Hosea 2:16 she Greek, Aramaic and Latin copies read “she.” Hebrew copies read “you.”

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)

16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;(E)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.[c]
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(F)
    no longer will their names be invoked.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or sing
  3. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal