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Hosea 2:18

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New Covenant Relationship with Repentant Israel

2:18“At that time61 I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals,

the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground.

I will abolish62 the warrior’s bow and sword

—that is, every weapon of warfare63—from the land,

and I will allow them to live securely.”64

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Hosea 2:18: And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.

Footnotes

  1. 61 Heb “And in that day” (so , ).
  2. 62 Heb “I will break”; “I will destroy”; “I will smash”; “I will remove.”
  3. 63 Heb “bow and sword and warfare.” The first two terms in the triad וְקֶשֶׁת וְחֶרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה (véqeshet vékherev umilkhamah, literally, “bow and sword and warfare”) are examples of synecdoche of specific (bow and sword) for general (weapons of war, so ). However, they might be examples of metonymy (bow and sword) of association (warfare).
  4. 64 Heb “and I will cause them to lie down in safety.” The causative nuance (“will make them”) is retained in several English versions (e.g., , , , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In that day I will make a covenant for them

with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky

and the creatures that move along the ground.

Bow and sword and battle

I will abolish from the land,

so that all may lie down in safety.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On 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.

I will shatter bow, sword,

and weapons of war in the land

and will enable the people to rest securely.

NLTNew Living Translation

On that day I will make a covenant

with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky

and the animals that scurry along the ground

so they will not harm you.

I will remove all weapons of war from the land,

all swords and bows,

so you can live unafraid

in peace and safety.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I will make a covenant for them on that day,

with the animals of the field,

with the birds of the heaven, and

with the creeping things of the ground;

the bow, the sword, and the war I will abolish from the land, and I will let them lie down in safety.

KJV 1900King James Version

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field,

And with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground:

And I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth,

And will make them to lie down safely.