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23     I won’t just restore the agricultural abundance;
        I’ll sow into My beloved land and plant the people in the land and make them My own.
    To the one who has not been shown mercy,[a]
        I’ll rename her Mercy.
    I’ll tell Not My People,[b] “You are now My People!”
        and he’ll respond, “You’re my God!”[c]

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  1. 2:23 Hebrew, Lo-ruhamah
  2. 2:23 Hebrew, Lo-ammi
  3. 2:23 Romans 9:25

23 I will plant(A) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[a](B)
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[b]’ ‘You are my people’;(C)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.(D)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
  2. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)