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15 There I will give her vineyards. I will give her Achor Valley as a doorway of hope. Then she will answer as she did when she came out of the land of Egypt.” 16 This is what the Lord says.

“At that time you will call me ‘My husband.’ You will not call me ‘My Baal.’[a] 17 I will take the names of those false gods out of her mouth. Then people will not use those names again.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:16 My Baal This is a wordplay. Baal was a Canaanite god, but the name also means “lord or husband.”

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