Hosea 2:14–23

ISRAEL’S ADULTERY FORGIVEN

¹⁴Therefore, I am going to persuade her,

lead her to the wilderness,^s

and speak tenderly to her.^B

¹⁵There I will give her vineyards back to her^t

and make the Valley of Achor^Au

into a gateway of hope.

There she will respond as she did

in the days of her youth,^v

as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁶In that day—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

you will call me, “My husband,”^w

and no longer call me, “My Baal.”^B

¹⁷For I will remove the names of the Baals

from her mouth;

they will no longer be remembered by their names.

¹⁸On that day I will make a covenant for them

with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,

and the creatures that crawl on the ground.^x

I will shatter bow, sword,

and weapons of war in the land^Cy

and will enable the people to rest securely.^z

¹⁹I will take you to be my wife forever.^aa

I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,

justice, love, and compassion.^ab

²⁰I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness,

and you will know the Lord.^ac

²¹On that day I will respond^ad—

this is the Lord’s declaration.

I will respond to the sky,

and it will respond to the earth.

²²The earth will respond to the grain,^ae

the new wine, and the fresh oil,

and they will respond to Jezreel.

²³I will sow her^D in the land for myself,^af

and I will have compassion^ag

on Lo-ruhamah;

I will say to Lo-ammi:^ah

You are my people,^ai

and he will say, “You are my God.”