Hosea 2:14-20

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴ Therefore, I am going to persuade her,
lead her to the wilderness,^(A)
and speak tenderly to her.^[a]
15 There I will give her vineyards back to her^(B)
and make the Valley of Achor^[b](C)
into a gateway of hope.
There she will respond as she did
in the days of her youth,^(D)
as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.
¹⁶ In that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you will call me “my husband”^(E)
and no longer call me “my Baal.”^[c]
17 For I will remove the names of the Baals
from her mouth;
they will no longer be remembered by their names.
¹⁸ On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.^(F)
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land^[d](G)
and will enable the people to rest securely.^(H)
19 I will take you to be my wife forever.^(I)
I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,
justice, love, and compassion.^(J)
20 I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness,
and you will know the Lord.^(K)