Hosea 2:16-23

English Standard Version

¹⁶“And ^(A)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ ¹⁷For ^(B)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. ¹⁸And ^(C)I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And ^(D)I will abolish^[a] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in ^(E)safety. ¹⁹And I will betroth you to me ^(F)forever. ^(G)I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. ²⁰^(H)I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And ^(I)you shall know the Lord.

²¹“And ^(J)in that day ^(K)I will answer, declares the Lord,
    I will answer the heavens,
    and they shall answer the earth,
²²and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and they shall answer ^(L)Jezreel,^[b]
²³    and ^(M)I will sow her for myself in the land.
And ^(N)I ^(O)will have mercy on No Mercy,^[c]
    and ^(P)I will say to Not My People,^[d] ^(Q)‘You are my people’;
    and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”