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Hosea 2:18–22

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18I will make for youk a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground, and I will abolishl the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make youm lie down in safety.* 19And I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.* 20I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord.*

21On that day I will answer, says the Lord,

I will answer the heavens,

and they shall answer the earth,

22and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,

and they shall answer Jezreel,n*

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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. kHeb them
  2. lHeb break
  3. mHeb them
  4. nThat is, God sows

Cross references

  1. *Job 5:23; Ps 46:9; Isa 11:6–9; Ezek 34:25
  2. *Isa 1:27; 62:4, 5; Jer 3:14
  3. *Hos 6:6; 13:4
  4. *Jer 31:12; Joel 2:19

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. 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. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.

“And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord,

I will answer the heavens,

and they shall answer the earth,

and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,

and they shall answer Jezreel,

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.

I will betroth you to me forever;

I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,

in love and compassion.

I will betroth you in faithfulness,

and you will acknowledge the Lord.

“In that day I will respond,”

declares the Lord—

“I will respond to the skies,

and they will respond to the earth;

and the earth will respond to the grain,

the new wine and the olive oil,

and they will respond to Jezreel.

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.

I will take you to be my wife forever.

I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,

justice, love, and compassion.

I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness,

and you will know the Lord.

On that day I will respond—

this is the Lord’s declaration.

I will respond to the sky,

and it will respond to the earth.

The earth will respond to the grain,

the new wine, and the fresh oil,

and they will respond to Jezreel.

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.

I will make you my wife forever,

showing you righteousness and justice,

unfailing love and compassion.

I will be faithful to you and make you mine,

and you will finally know me as the Lord.

“In that day, I will answer,”

says the Lord.

“I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds.

And the sky will answer the earth with rain.

Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries

of the grain, the grapevines, and the olive trees.

And they in turn will answer,

‘Jezreel’—‘God plants!’

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.

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.

I will take you as my wife in faithfulness,

and you will know Yahweh.

On that day I will answer, declares Yahweh,

I will answer the heavens,

and they will answer the earth.

And the earth will answer

the grain, the wine, and the oil,

and they will answer Jezreel.

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.

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.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness:

And thou shalt know the Lord.

And it shall come to pass in that day,

I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens,

And they shall hear the earth;

And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil;

And they shall hear Jezreel.