Restoration of Israel

14 “Therefore, behold, I am going to persuade her,
(A)Bring her into the wilderness,
And speak [a]kindly to her.
15 Then I will give her her (B)vineyards from there,
And (C)the [b]Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will [c](D)respond there as in the days of her youth,
As in the (E)day when she went up from the land of Egypt.
16 And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord,
“That you will call Me [d](F)my husband
And no longer call Me my [e]Baal.
17 For (G)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will no longer be [f]mentioned by their names.

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 2:14 Lit upon her heart
  2. Hosea 2:15 Lit Valley of Trouble
  3. Hosea 2:15 Or give answer
  4. Hosea 2:16 Heb Ishi
  5. Hosea 2:16 Also meaning husband in Heb, besides a name for false gods
  6. Hosea 2:17 Or remembered

Israel’s Adultery Forgiven

14 Therefore, I am going to persuade her,
lead her to the wilderness,(A)
and speak tenderly to her.[a]
15 There I will give her vineyards back to her(B)
and make the Valley of Achor[b](C)
into a gateway of hope.
There she will respond as she did
in the days of her youth,(D)
as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.
16 In that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you will call Me, “My husband,”(E)
and no longer call Me, “My Baal.”[c]
17 For I will remove the names of the Baals
from her mouth;
they will no longer be remembered by their names.

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 2:14 Lit speak to her heart
  2. Hosea 2:15 = Trouble
  3. Hosea 2:16 Or My master