Hosea 2:14-23

14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, And bring her into the wilderness, And speak tenderly to her.

15 I will give her vineyards from there, And the valley of `Akhor for a door of hope; And she will respond there, As in the days of her youth, And as in the day when she came up out of the land of Mitzrayim.

16 It will be in that day," says the LORD, "That you will call me 'my husband,' And no longer call me 'my master.'

17 For I will take away the names of the Ba`alim out of her mouth, And they will no more be mentioned by their name.

18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, And with the birds of the sky, And with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, And will make them lie down safely.

19 I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in lovingkindness, and in compassion.

20 I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; And you shall know the LORD.

21 It will happen in that day, I will respond," says the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the eretz;

22 And the eretz will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; And they will respond to Yizre`el.

23 I will sow her to me in the eretz; And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people;' And they will say, 'My God!'"

Hosea 2:14-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 2

This chapter is an explanation of the former, proceeding upon the same argument in more express words. The godly Israelites are here called upon to lay before the body of the people their idolatry, ingratitude, obstinacy, and ignorance of the God of their mercies; and to exhort them to repentance, lest they should be stripped of all their good things, and be brought into great distress and difficulties; all their joy and comfort cease, and be exposed to shame and contempt, Ho 2:1-13, yet, notwithstanding, many gracious promises are made unto them, of their having the alluring and comfortable word of the Gospel; of a door of hope; of salvation being opened to them; of faith in the Lord, and affection to him as their husband; of the removal of all idolatry from them; of safety from all enemies; of their open espousal to Christ; of his hearing of their prayers, and giving them plenty of all good things; and of their multiplication, conversion, and covenant relation to God, Ho 2:14-23.