Hosea 2:15-17

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵^(A) I will return your vineyards,
and then Trouble Valley^[a]
will become Hopeful Valley.
You will say “Yes” to me
as you did in your youth,
when leaving Egypt.

¹⁶I promise from that day on, you will call me your husband instead of your master.^[b] ¹⁷I will no longer even let you mention the names of those pagan gods that you called “Master.”

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Footnotes

2.15 Trouble Valley: Or “Achor Valley.” The exact location of the valley is unknown, but in Hebrew “Achor” sounds like “Achan,” who brought trouble on Israel by disobeying the Lord (see Joshua 7.24-26).
2.16 husband … master: In Hebrew the word “master” is the same as the name of the god Baal. But the Lord promises that his people will have a deep personal relationship with him (like a devoted wife and husband) rather than merely a legal tie (like a wife and her “master”).