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Hosea, Chapter 2,  verses 14-23

14 Restoration of Israel
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Bring her into the wilderness
And speakj Lit upon her heartkindly to her.
 15 “Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
And the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she willk Or give answersing there as in the days of her youth,
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
 16 “It will come about in that day,” declares the LORD,
“That you will call Mel I.e. my husbandIshi
And will no longer call Mem I.e. my master, or my BaalBaali.
 17 “For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will ben Or rememberedmentioned by their names no more.
 18 “In that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I willo Lit breakabolish the bow, the sword and war from the land,
And will make them lie down in safety.
 19 “I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,
 20 And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
Then you will know the LORD.
 21 “It will come about in that day that I will respond,” declares the LORD.
“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,
 22 And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil,
And they will respond top I.e. God sowsJezreel.
 23 “I will sow her for Myself in the land.
I will also have compassion onq Heb Lo-ruhamahher who had not obtained compassion,
And I will say tor Heb Lo-ammithose who were not My people,
‘You are My people!’
Ands Lit hethey will say, ‘You are my God!’”
Read more:Hosea, Chapter 3

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