Hosea 2:14–23

The Lord Continues to Love Israel

¹⁴“That is why I’m going to win her back. 

I will lead her into the desert. 

I will speak tenderly to her. 

¹⁵I will give her vineyards there. 

I will make the valley of Achor ^[Disaster^[ a door of hope. 

Then she will respond as she did when she was young, 

as she did when she came out of Egypt. 

¹⁶“On that day she will call me her husband,” declares the Lord. 

“She will no longer call me her master.^b

¹⁷I won’t allow her to say the names of other gods called Baal. 

She will never again call out their names. 

¹⁸“On that day I will make an arrangement with the wild animals, 

the birds, and the animals that crawl on the ground. 

I will destroy all the bows, swords, and weapons of war, 

so people can live safely. 

¹⁹“Israel, I will make you my wife forever. 

I will be honest and faithful to you. 

I will show you my love and compassion. 

²⁰I will be true to you, my wife. 

Then you will know the Lord. 

²¹“On that day I will answer your ⸤prayers⸥,” declares the Lord. 

“I will speak to the sky, 

it will speak to the earth, 

²²and the earth will produce grain, new wine, and olive oil. 

You will produce many crops, Jezreel. 

²³I will plant my people in the land. 

Those who are not loved I will call my loved ones. 

Those who are not my people I will call my people. 

Then they will say, ‘You are our God!’ ”