Hosea 2:18

“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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And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

In Context

17For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth; 1 their names will not be remembered anymore.” 1

19I will promise to be your husband forever. 1 I will promise to be your husband in righteousness, justice, covenant faithfulness, and mercy. 1

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Cross References

Job 5:23For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, 1 and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. 1

Psalms 46:9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; 1 he breaks the bow and cuts the spear into pieces; 1 he burns up the shields. 1

Isaiah 2:4He will judge between the nations and will render decisions for many peoples; 1 they will hammer their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; 1 nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any longer. 1

Isaiah 2:17The pride of man will be brought low, and the haughtiness of men will fall; 1 Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day. 1

Isaiah 26:1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: 1 We have a strong city; God has made salvation its walls and ramparts. 1

Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; 1 but dust will be the serpent's food. 1 They will no longer hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.

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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