Hosea 2:17

For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth; 1 their names will not be remembered anymore.” 1

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In The King James Version

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

In Context

16“It will be in that day—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 that you will call me, 'My husband,' 1 and you will no longer call me, 'My Baal.' 1

18“On that day I will make a covenant for them 1 with the beasts in the fields, 1 with the birds in the sky, 1 and with the crawling things on the ground. 1 I will drive away the bow, the sword, and the battle from the land, 1 and I will make you lie down in safety. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:13Pay attention to everything that I have said to you. Do not mention the names of other gods, nor let their names be heard from your mouth.

Joshua 23:7so you may not mix with these nations that remain among you or mention the names of their gods, swear by them, worship them, or bow down to them.

Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem. Say, 'Yahweh says this: 1 I have called to mind on your behalf the covenant faithfulness in your youthfulness, your love at the time when we were engaged, 1 when you went after me in the wilderness, the land that was not sown. 1

Zechariah 13:2On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—I will cut off the names of the idols from the land and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

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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