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Hosea 2:19

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2:19I will commit myself to you65 forever;

I will commit myself to you in66 righteousness and justice,

in steadfast love and tender compassion.

Read in Logos
Hosea 2:19: And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.

Footnotes

  1. 65 Heb “I will betroth you to me” (so ) here and in the following lines. Cf. “I will take you for my wife forever.”
  2. 66 The preposition בְּ (bet), which is repeated throughout 2:19–20 [21–22], denotes price paid ( 90 בְּ III.3; e.g., Ezek 3:14). The text contains an allusion to the payment of bridal gifts. The Lord will impute the moral character to Israel that will be necessary for a successful covenant relationship (contra 4:1).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will betroth you to me forever;

I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,

in love and compassion.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will take you to be my wife forever.

I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,

justice, love, and compassion.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will make you my wife forever,

showing you righteousness and justice,

unfailing love and compassion.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will take you as my wife forever;

I will take you as a wife for myself in righteousness and in justice,

in steadfast love and in mercy.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever;

Yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment,

And in lovingkindness, and in mercies.