Hosea 2:19
And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
20I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 85:10\85:9\Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land.
Isaiah 45:23By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.
Isaiah 54:8In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.
Isaiah 62:3And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.
Jeremiah 4:2And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
Jeremiah 32:38And they will be my people, and I will be their God:
Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:15-23
Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 764.) 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 16 And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord , that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. 17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her… Read the whole commentary →