Hosea 2:21

And I will betroth thee to myself forever; yea, I will betroth thee to myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy, and in tender compassions;

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

In Context

20And I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause thee to dwell safely.

22and I will betroth thee to myself in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

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Cross References

Isaiah 62:4And thou shalt no more be called Forsaken; and thy land shall no more be called Desert: for thou shalt be called My Pleasure, and thy land Inhabited: for the Lord has taken pleasure in thee, and thy land shall be inhabited.

Isaiah 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hearken to them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it?

Zechariah 8:12But I will show peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people.

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 →

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