Hosea 2:19

I 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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And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

In Context

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

20I will pledge myself to you in faithfulness, 1 and you will know Yahweh. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 85:10Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness have met together; 1 righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 1

Isaiah 45:23By myself I swear, 1 speaking my just decree, and it will not turn back: 1 'To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear. 1

Isaiah 54:8In a flood of anger I hid my face from you momentarily; 1 but with everlasting covenant faithfulness I will have mercy on you— 1 says Yahweh, the one who rescues you. 1

Isaiah 62:3You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a turban of kingship in the hand of your God. 1

Jeremiah 4:2You must be truthful, just, and righteous when you swear, 'As Yahweh lives.' 1 Then the nations will bless themselves in him, and in him they will glory.” 1

Jeremiah 32:38Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

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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