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21 “And it will be in that day, that (A)I will answer,” declares Yahweh.
“I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth,
22 And the (B)earth will answer the grain, the new wine, and the oil,
And they will answer [a]Jezreel.
23 And I will (C)sow her for Myself in the land.
(D)I will also have compassion on [b]her who had not obtained compassion,
And (E)I will say to [c]those who were (F)not My people,
‘You are My people!’
And [d]they will say, ‘You are my God!’”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:22 Lit God sows
  2. Hosea 2:23 Heb Lo-ruhamah
  3. Hosea 2:23 Heb Lo-ammi
  4. Hosea 2:23 Lit he

21 “In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord
“I will respond(A) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,(B)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[a](C)
23 I will plant(D) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[b](E)
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[c]’ ‘You are my people’;(F)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.(G)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
  2. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
  3. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)