The Lord's Mercy on Israel

Hosea 2

14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and e bring her into the wilderness,
and f speak tenderly to her.
 15 And there I will give her her vineyards
and make the Valley of Achor 1 a door of hope.
And there she shall answer g as in the days of her youth,
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.

16 "And h in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me 'My Husband,' and no longer will you call me 'My Baal.' 17 For i I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. 18 And j I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And k I will abolish 2 the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in l safety. 19 And I will betroth you to me m forever. n I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20 n I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And o you shall know the Lord.

21 "And p in that day q I will answer, declares the Lord,
I will answer the heavens,
and they shall answer the earth,
 22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and they shall answer r Jezreel, 3
23 and s I will sow her for myself in the land.
And t I u will have mercy on No Mercy, 4
and v I will say to Not My People, 5 w 'You are my people';
and he shall say, 'You are my God.'"

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:35
    And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:2
    Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord 's hand double for all her sins.
  3. Cross References
    Hosea 9:10
    Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your fathers. But they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to the thing of shame, and became detestable like the thing they loved.
    Hosea 11:1
    When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
    Jeremiah 2:2
    Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord, "I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
    Ezekiel 16:22
    And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.
    Ezekiel 16:60
    Yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.
  4. Cross References
    Hosea 2:18
    And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.
    Hosea 2:21
    And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth.
  5. Cross References
    Zephaniah 1:4
    I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests.
    Zechariah 13:2
    And on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.
    Exodus 23:13
    Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:25
    I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
    Job 5:23
    For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 46:9
    He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
    Isaiah 2:4
    He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
    Isaiah 9:5
    For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
    Ezekiel 39:9 - 10
    Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, clubs and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:5
    Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely.
    Jeremiah 23:6
    In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The Lord is our righteousness.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 43:7
    And he said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies of their kings at their high places.
  10. Cross References
    Hosea 2:7
    She shall pursue her lovers but not overtake them, and she shall seek them but shall not find them. Then she shall say, 'I will go and return to my first husband, for it was better for me then than now.
    Hosea 2:16
    "And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me 'My Husband,' and no longer will you call me 'My Baal.'
    Jeremiah 3:14 - 15
    Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord ; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
    2 Corinthians 11:2
    For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  11. Cross References
    Hosea 2:19
    And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:34
    And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
    John 17:3
    And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
  13. Cross References
    Hosea 2:16
    "And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me 'My Husband,' and no longer will you call me 'My Baal.'
  14. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:12
    For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
  15. Cross References
    Hosea 1:4
    And the Lord said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
    Hosea 1:11
    And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
  16. Cross References
    Hosea 1:10
    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God.
    Ezekiel 36:9 - 11
    For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
  17. Cross References
    Romans 9:25 - 26
    As indeed he says in Hosea, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'
  18. Cross References
    Hosea 1:6
    She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, "Call her name No Mercy, for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all.
  19. Cross References
    Hosea 1:9
    And the Lord said, "Call his name Not My People, for you are not my people, and I am not your God.
    1 Peter 2:10
    Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
  20. Cross References
    Hosea 2:1
    Say to your brothers, "You are my people," and to your sisters, "You have received mercy.
    Zechariah 13:9
    And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'
    Leviticus 26:12
    And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
    Jeremiah 31:33
    But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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