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Agricultural Fertility Restored to the Repentant Nation

21 “At that time,[a] I will willingly respond,”[b] declares the Lord.
“I will respond to the sky,
and the sky[c] will respond to the ground;

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:21 tn Heb “And in that day”; cf. NAB, NRSV “On that day.”
  2. Hosea 2:21 tn The verb עָנָה, (ʿanah) which is used throughout 2:23-24, is related to the root I עָנָה (ʿanah), “to answer, listen attentively, react willingly” (BDB 772 s.v. 1.b; HALOT 852 s.v. ענה 3.b).
  3. Hosea 2:21 tn Heb “and they.” In the Hebrew text the plural pronoun is used because it refers back to the term translated “sky,” which is a dual form in Hebrew. Many English versions (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV) use the plural term “heavens” here, which agrees with a plural pronoun (cf. also NIV, NCV “skies”).