Hosea 2:18-23

English Standard Version

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.

²¹“And ^(H)in that day ^(I)I will answer, declares the Lord,
    I will answer the heavens,
    and they shall answer the earth,
²²and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and they shall answer ^(J)Jezreel,^[b]
²³    and ^(K)I will sow her for myself in the land.
And ^(L)I ^(M)will have mercy on No Mercy,^[c]
    and ^(N)I will say to Not My People,^[d] ^(O)‘You are my people’;
    and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”