Hosea 2:19
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; and I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Jehovah.
Cross References
Psalms 85:10Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other:
Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isaiah 54:8In the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer.
Isaiah 62:3And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Jeremiah 4:2and thou shalt in truth, in justice, and in righteousness swear, [As] Jehovah liveth! and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Jeremiah 32:38And they shall 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 →