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Hosea 2:16-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Hosea 2:16-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 On that day, says the Lord, you will call me “my husband,” and no longer will you call me “my Baal.”[a] 17 For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more.(A) 18 I will make for you[b] a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground, and I will abolish[c] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you[d] lie down in safety.(B) 19 And I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.(C) 20 I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord.(D)
21 On that day I will answer, says the Lord,
I will answer the heavens,
and they shall answer the earth,
22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and they shall answer Jezreel,[e](E)
23 and I will sow him[f] for myself in the land.
And I will have pity on Lo-ruhamah,[g]
and I will say to Lo-ammi,[h] “You are my people,”
and he shall say, “You are my God.”(F)
Hosea 2:16-23
New International Version
Hosea 2:16-23
New International Version
16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“you will call me ‘my husband’;(A)
you will no longer call me ‘my master.[a]’
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(B)
no longer will their names be invoked.(C)
18 In that day I will make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the creatures that move along the ground.(D)
Bow and sword and battle
I will abolish(E) from the land,
so that all may lie down in safety.(F)
19 I will betroth(G) you to me forever;
I will betroth you in[b] righteousness and justice,(H)
in[c] love and compassion.(I)
20 I will betroth you in[d] faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge(J) the Lord.(K)
21 “In that day I will respond,”
declares the Lord—
“I will respond(L) to the skies,
and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
the new wine and the olive oil,(M)
and they will respond to Jezreel.[e](N)
23 I will plant(O) her for myself in the land;
I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[f](P)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[g]’ ‘You are my people’;(Q)
and they will say, ‘You are my God.(R)’”
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal
- Hosea 2:19 Or with
- Hosea 2:19 Or with
- Hosea 2:20 Or with
- Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)
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