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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”

God’s Mercy on His People

14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Will bring her into the wilderness,
And speak [a]comfort to her.
15 I will give her her vineyards from there,
And (A)the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;
She shall sing there,
As in (B)the days of her youth,
(C)As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

16 “And it shall be, in that day,”
Says the Lord,
That you will call Me [b]‘My Husband,’
And no longer call Me [c]‘My Master,’
17 For (D)I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their name no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:14 Lit. to her heart
  2. Hosea 2:16 Heb. Ishi
  3. Hosea 2:16 Heb. Baali