“Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, [a]you were at the time for love; so I (A)spread My [b]garment over you and covered your nakedness. I also (B)swore an oath to you and (C)entered into a covenant with you so that you (D)became Mine,” declares the Lord God.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:8 Lit your time was
  2. Ezekiel 16:8 Lit hem (of a garment)

“‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment(A) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant(B) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.(C)

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15 Then I will give her her (A)vineyards from there,
And (B)the [a]Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will [b](C)respond there as in the days of her youth,
As in the (D)day when she went up from the land of Egypt.

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  1. Hosea 2:15 Lit Valley of Trouble
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or give answer

15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor[a](A) a door of hope.
There she will respond[b](B) as in the days of her youth,(C)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.(D)

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  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or sing