Hosea 2:16

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¹⁶“And ^(A)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’

Hosea 2:18-20

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¹⁸And ^(A)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 ^(B)I will abolish^[a] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in ^(C)safety. ¹⁹And I will betroth you to me ^(D)forever. ^(E)I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. ²⁰^(F)I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And ^(G)you shall know the Lord.

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Hosea 2:18 Hebrew break

Isaiah 25:6-9

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⁶^(A)On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
    a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
    ^(B)of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
⁷And he will swallow up ^(C)on this mountain
    the covering that is cast over all peoples,
    ^(D)the veil that is spread over all nations.
⁸    ^(E)He will swallow up death forever;
and ^(F)the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
    and ^(G)the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
    ^(H)for the Lord has spoken.
⁹It will be said on that day,
    “Behold, this is our God; ^(I)we have waited for him, that he might save us.
    This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
    ^(J)let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”