Hosea 2:16

At that time, declares the Lord, you will call me your husband, and will no more call me your master.

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In The King James Version

And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

In Context

15I will give her from there her vineyards, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the days when she came up from the land of Egypt.

17I will remove the name of the Baals from her mouth, their names never again uttered.

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Cross References

Hosea 2:7She will pursue her lovers, but will not overtake them. She will seek them, but not find them. In time she will say, “I will go back to my first husband, I was better off then than now.”

2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God. For I promised you in marriage as a pure bride, to one husband – the Christ.

Revelation 19:7Let us rejoice and exalt; and we will pay him honor, for the hour for the Marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready.

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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