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14 "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her.
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14 "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her.
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15 There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
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15 There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
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16 "In that day," declares the LORD, "you will call me 'my husband'; you will no longer call me 'my master. '
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16 "In that day," declares the LORD, "you will call me 'my husband'; you will no longer call me 'my master. '
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17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.
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17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.
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18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.
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18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.
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19 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.
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19 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.
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20 I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the LORD.
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20 I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the LORD.
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21 "In that day I will respond," declares the LORD-- "I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth;
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21 "In that day I will respond," declares the LORD-- "I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth;
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22 and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
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22 and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
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23 I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one.' I will say to those called 'Not my people, ' 'You are my people'; and they will say, 'You are my God.' "
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23 I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one.' I will say to those called 'Not my people, ' 'You are my people'; and they will say, 'You are my God.' "
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
