Hosea 2:16-18

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶I promise from that day on, you will call me your husband instead of your master.^[a] ¹⁷I will no longer even let you mention the names of those pagan gods that you called “Master.” ¹⁸And I will agree to let you live in peace—you will no longer be attacked by wild animals and birds or by weapons of war.

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Footnotes

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”).