Hosea 2:19
And I will betroth you to myself for ever; yes, I will betroth you to myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy, and in tender compassions;
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
20and I will betroth you to myself in faithfulness: and you shall know the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 85:10For you are great, and do wonders: you are the only and the great God. 1
Isaiah 45:23By myself + 45:23 Rom 14:11 I swear, righteousness shall surely proceed out of my mouth; my words shall not be frustrated; that to me every knee shall bend, and every tongue shall swear by God,
Isaiah 54:8In a little wrath I turned away my face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you.
Isaiah 62:3And you shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
Jeremiah 4:2The Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and righteousness, then shall nations bless by him, and by him they shall praise God in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 32:38He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate before the great sword.
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 →