Hosea 2:16-20
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 In that day, declares the Lord, this is what will take place:
You will call me “my husband.”
You will no longer call me “my master.”[a]
17 For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth.
She will no longer call them by their names.[b]
18 In that day I will make a covenant for the Israelites with the wild animals, with the birds of the sky and the things that creep on the ground.
I will break the bow and the sword.
I will abolish war from the land.
I will allow the people to lie down safely.[c]
19 I will pledge you to myself in marriage forever.
I will pledge you to myself in marriage—
with righteousness, justice, mercy, and compassion.
20 In faithfulness I will pledge you to myself in marriage,
and you will know the Lord.
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:16 Hebrew my baal
- Hosea 2:17 Or call on their names
- Hosea 2:18 Or securely
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