Hosea 2:14-23
English Standard Version
The Lord's Mercy on Israel
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and (A)bring her into the wilderness,
and (B)speak tenderly to her.
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 (C)as in the days of her youth,
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
16 “And (D)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ 17 For (E)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. 18 And (F)I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And (G)I will abolish[b] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in (H)safety. 19 And I will betroth you to me (I)forever. (J)I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20 (K)I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And (L)you shall know the Lord.
21 “And (M)in that day (N)I will answer, declares 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 (O)Jezreel,[c]
23 and (P)I will sow her for myself in the land.
And (Q)I (R)will have mercy on No Mercy,[d]
and (S)I will say to Not My People,[e] (T)‘You are my people’;
and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble; compare Joshua 7:26
- Hosea 2:18 Hebrew break
- Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God will sow
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi
Hosea 11:9-11
English Standard Version
9 I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
(A)for I am God and not a man,
(B)the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[a]
10 (C)They shall go after the Lord;
(D)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling (E)from the west;
11 they shall come trembling like birds (F)from Egypt,
and (G)like doves (H)from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:9 Or into the city
Hosea 13:13
English Standard Version
13 (A)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(B)at the opening of the womb.
Hosea 13:14
English Standard Version
14 (A)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
(B)I shall redeem them from Death.[a]
(C)O (D)Death, where are your plagues?
(E)O (F)Sheol, where is your sting?
(G)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
Hosea 14:8
English Standard Version
8 O (A)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[a]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
(B)from me comes your fruit.
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him
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