Hosea 2:16-23 ▼

16 “And it will come about on that day,” declares the LORD, “That you will call Me my husband And no longer call Me my Baal.

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

18 “On that day I will also make a covenant for them With the animals of the field, The birds of the sky, And the crawling things of the ground. And I will eliminate the bow, the sword, and war from the land, And will let 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 favor and in compassion,

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

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

22 And 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!’”