Hosea 2:14–23

¹⁴“So now I am going to draw her back to me.

I will lead her into the desert.

There I will speak tenderly to her.

¹⁵I will give her back her vineyards.

I will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope for her.

Then she will love me, as she did when she was young.

She will love me just as she did

when she came up out of Egypt.

¹⁶“A new day is coming,” announces the Lord.

“Israel will call me My Husband.

She will no longer call me My Master.

¹⁷She will no longer speak about the gods

that are named after Baal.

She will not pray to them for help anymore.

¹⁸At that time I will make a covenant

for the good of my people.

I will make it with the wild animals

and the birds of the air.

It will also be made with the creatures

that move on the ground.

I will remove bows and swords

and other weapons of war from the land.

Then my people can lie down in safety.

¹⁹I will make Israel my own.

She will belong to me forever.

I will do to her what is right and fair.

I will love her tenderly.

²⁰I will be faithful to her.

And she will recognize me as the Lord.

²¹“So at that time I will answer her,”

announces the Lord.

“I will command the skies

to send rain on the earth.

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

And Israel will be called Jezreel.

That is because I will answer her prayers.

²³I will plant her in the land for myself.

I will show my love to the one I called Not My Loved One.

I will say, ‘You are my people’

to those who were called Not My People.

And they will say, ‘You are my God.’ ”