Hosea 2:16-23 ▼

16 And it has come to pass in that day,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “You call Me: My husband, || And do not call Me anymore: My lord.

17 And I have turned aside the names of the lords from her mouth, || And they are not remembered anymore by their name.

18 And I have made a covenant for them in that day, || With the beast of the field, || And with the bird of the heavens, || And the creeping thing of the ground, || And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, || And have caused them to lie down confidently.

19 And I have betrothed you to Me for all time, || And betrothed you to Me in righteousness, || And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

20 And betrothed you to Me in faithfulness, || And you have known YHWH.

21 And it has come to pass in that day, I answer,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.

22 And the earth answers the grain, || And the new wine, and the oil, || And they answer Jezreel.

23 And I have sowed her to Me in the land, || And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, || And I have said to Lo-Ammi, You [are] My people, || And he says, My God!”