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Hosea 2:16-18
International Standard Version
Hosea 2:16-18
International Standard Version
The Restoration of Israel
16 “It will come about at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“that you will address me as ‘My husband,’
and you will no longer call me ‘My master’.[a]
17 I will remove the names of the Baals[b] from her vocabulary[c]—
they will not be remembered by their names anymore.
18 I will make a covenant with them at that time,
a covenant[d] with the wild animals of the field,
with the birds of the air,
and with the creatures of the ground.
I will banish[e] the battle bow, the sword, and war from the earth.
I will cause my people[f] to lie down where it is safe.
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:16 Heb. baali, a word play alluding to the Canaanite deity of a similar name
- Hosea 2:17 I.e. Canaanite deities
- Hosea 2:17 Lit. mouth
- Hosea 2:18 The Heb. lacks a covenant
- Hosea 2:18 Lit. break
- Hosea 2:18 Lit. cause them
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