18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
    in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

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And I will be to her (A)a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

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18 And (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. 19 And 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,
22 and 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.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:18 Hebrew break
  2. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God will sow
  3. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
  4. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi

The Lord's Covenant of Peace

25 (A)“I will make with them a covenant of peace and (B)banish wild beasts from the land, (C)so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill (D)a blessing, and (E)I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be (F)showers of blessing.

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16 In those days Judah will be saved, (A)and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: (B)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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No lion shall be there,
    nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
    but the redeemed shall walk there.
10 (A)And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
(B)everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain gladness and joy,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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20 Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
    (A)Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    an untroubled habitation, an (B)immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
    nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 But there the Lord in majesty will be for us
    a place of (C)broad rivers and streams,
(D)where no galley with oars can go,
    nor majestic ship can pass.
22 For the Lord is our (E)judge; the Lord is our (F)lawgiver;
    the Lord is our (G)king; he will save us.

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17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
    and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
    instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
    (A)and your taskmasters righteousness.
18 (B)Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    devastation or destruction within your borders;
(C)you shall call your walls Salvation,
    and your gates Praise.

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16 So (A)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. (B)God is love, and (C)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

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So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

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(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and (D)Israel will (E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (A)for he who touches you touches (B)the apple of his eye:

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory

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