Hosea 2:21
And it has come to pass in that day, I answer,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.
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20And betrothed you to Me in faithfulness, || And you have known YHWH.
22And the earth answers the grain, || And the new wine, and the oil, || And they answer Jezreel.
Cross References
Isaiah 62:4It is not said of you anymore, “Forsaken!” And of your land it is not said anymore, “Desolate,” || For to you is cried, “My delight [is] in her,” || And to your land, “Married,” || For YHWH has delighted in you, || And your land is married.
Isaiah 65:24And it has come to pass, || They do not yet call, and I answer, || They are yet speaking, and I hear.
Zechariah 8:12Because of the sowing of peace, || The vine gives her fruit, || And the earth gives her increase, || And the heavens give their dew, || And I have caused the remnant of this people || To inherit all these.
Matthew 6:33but seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these will be added to you.
1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
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 →