Hosea 2:19

Israel's Adultery Forgiven

¹⁸ And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in peace. ¹⁹ And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies. ²⁰ I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.

In Me

Righteousness and Justice

Steadfast Love

Israel

Jeremiah 3:14-15

Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

Psalm 85:10

Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.

Isaiah 1:27

Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

Isaiah 45:23-25

By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

Isaiah 54:5

For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.

Isaiah 54:8-10

In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.

Isaiah 54:14

All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.

Isaiah 62:3-5

And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.

Jeremiah 31:31-36

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:

Jeremiah 32:38-41

And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

Ezekiel 37:25-28

And they will be living in the land which I gave to Jacob, my servant, in which your fathers were living; and they will go on living there, they and their children and their children's children, for ever: and David, my servant, will be their ruler for ever.

Ezekiel 39:29

And my face will no longer be covered from them: for I have sent the out-flowing of my spirit on the children of Israel, says the Lord.

Joel 3:20

But Judah will be peopled for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

Romans 3:25-26

Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

Ephesians 1:7-8

In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

Ephesians 5:23-27

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

Revelation 19:7-9

Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.

Revelation 21:9-10

And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels in which were the seven last punishments, came and said to me, Come here, and see the bride, the Lamb's wife.