12“I will destroy her vines and fig trees,
         Of which she said, ‘These are my wages
         Which my lovers have given me.’
         And I will make them a forest,
         And the beasts of the field will devour them.

13“I will punish her for the days of the Baals
         When she used to offer sacrifices to them
         And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry,
         And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the LORD.

Restoration of Israel

14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
         Bring her into the wilderness
         And speak kindly to her.

15“Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
         And the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
         And she will sing there as in the days of her youth,
         As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

16“It will come about in that day,” declares the LORD,
         “That you will call Me Ishi
         And will no longer call Me Baali.

17“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
         So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.

18“In that day I will also make a covenant for them
         With the beasts of the field,
         The birds of the sky
         And the creeping things of the ground.
         And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land,
         And will make them lie down in safety.

19“I will betroth you to Me forever;
         Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,
         In lovingkindness and in compassion,

20And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
         Then you will know the LORD.

21“It will come about in that day that I will respond,” declares the LORD.
         “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,

22And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil,
         And they will respond to Jezreel.

23“I will sow her for Myself in the land.
         I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion,
         And I will say to those who were not My people,
         ‘You are My people!’
         And they will say, ‘You are my God!’”

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