22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[a]
23 I will plant her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called “Not my loved one”.[b]
I will say to those called “Not my people”,[c] “You are my people”;
    and they will say, “You are my God.”’

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
  2. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
  3. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)