Hosea 2:14-23 NIV

Hosea 2:14-23

“Therefore I am now going to allure her;

I will lead her into the wilderness

and speak tenderly to her.

There I will give her back her vineyards,

and will make the Valley of Achor2:15 Achor means trouble. a door of hope.

There she will respond2:15 Or sing as in the days of her youth,

as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“you will call me ‘my husband’;

you will no longer call me ‘my master.2:16 Hebrew baal’

I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;

no longer will their names be invoked.

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.

Bow and sword and battle

I will abolish from the land,

so that all may lie down in safety.

I will betroth you to me forever;

I will betroth you in2:19 Or with; also in verse 20 righteousness and justice,

in2:19 Or with love and compassion.

I will betroth you in faithfulness,

and you will acknowledge the Lord.

“In that day I will respond,”

declares the Lord—

“I will respond to the skies,

and they will respond to the earth;

and the earth will respond to the grain,

the new wine and the olive oil,

and they will respond to Jezreel.2:22 Jezreel means God plants.

I will plant her for myself in the land;

I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)’

I will say to those called ‘Not my people,2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)’ ‘You are my people’;

and they will say, ‘You are my God.’ ”

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