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.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble; compare Joshua 7:26

14 Therefore, Look! I am going to allure her
    and bring her into the desert,
        and I will speak tenderly to her.[a]
15 From there I will give her
    her vineyards,
        and the Valley of Achor as a doorway of hope.
And there she will respond,
    as in the days of her youth,
    just as in the day of her coming out of
        the land of Egypt.
16 And on that day[b]
    a declaration of Yahweh—
        you will call me, “My husband;”[c]
        you will no longer call me, “My Baal.”[d]
17 I will remove the names
    of the Baals from her mouth,
        and they will no longer be mentioned by their name.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:14 Literally “I will speak to her heart”
  2. Hosea 2:16 Literally, “And it will happen on that day”
  3. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew “Ishi”
  4. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew “Baali”