Hosea 2:14–23

God’s Mercy on His People

¹⁴“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,

Will bring her into the wilderness,

And speak ⁷comfort to her.

¹⁵I will give her her vineyards from there,

And ⁿthe Valley of Achor as a door of hope;

She shall sing there,

As in ^othe days of her youth,

^pAs in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

¹⁶“And it shall be, in that day,”

Says the Lord,

“That you will call Me ⁸‘My Husband,’

And no longer call Me ⁹‘My Master,’

¹⁷For ^qI will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,

And they shall be remembered by their name no more.

¹⁸In that day I will make a ^rcovenant for them

With the beasts of the field,

With the birds of the air,

And with the creeping things of the ground.

Bow and sword of battle ^sI will shatter from the earth,

To make them ^tlie down safely.

¹⁹“I will betroth you to Me forever;

Yes, I will betroth you to Me

In righteousness and justice,

In lovingkindness and mercy;

²⁰I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,

And ^uyou shall know the Lord.

²¹“It shall come to pass in that day

That ^vI will answer,” says the Lord;

“I will answer the heavens,

And they shall answer the earth.

²²The earth shall answer

With grain,

With new wine,

And with oil;

They shall answer ¹Jezreel.

²³Then ^wI will sow her for Myself in the earth,

^xAnd I will have mercy on her who had ²not obtained mercy;

Then ^yI will say to those who were ³not My people,

‘You are ⁴My people!’

And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”