Hosea 2:23
And I will sowe her vnto me in the earth, and I will haue mercie vpon her, that was not pitied, and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people. And they shall say, Thou art my God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
22And the earth shall heare the corne, and the wine, and the oyle, and they shall heare Izreel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17Thou hast set vp the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his ordinances, and his commandements, and his lawes, and to hearken vnto his voyce.
Psalms 68:31Then shall the princes come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall hast to stretche her hands vnto God.
Psalms 118:28Thou art my God, and I will praise thee, euen my God: therefore I will exalt thee.
Isaiah 44:5One shall say, I am the Lordes: another shalbe called by the name of Iaakob: and another shall subscribe with his hand vnto the Lord, and name himselfe by the name of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:27Beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will sowe the house of Israel, and the house of Iudah with the seede of man and with the seede of beast.
Ezekiel 36:29I will also deliuer you from all your filthinesse, and I will call for corne, and will increase it, and lay no famine vpon you.
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 →