Hosea 2:14-23 - Israel's Adultery Forgiven
14 "Therefore, look! I will now allure her. I will make her go out to the wilderness, and will speak to her heart. 15 There I will restore her vineyards to her, and the Valley of Achor will become a doorway to hope. There she will respond as she did in her youth, when she came up from Egypt." 16 "It will come about at that time," declares the LORD, "that you will address me as "My husband,' and you will no longer call me "My master'. 17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her vocabulary they will not be remembered by their names anymore. 18 I will make a covenant with them at that time, a covenant with the wild animals of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creatures of the ground. I will banish the battle bow, the sword, and war from the earth. I will cause my people to lie down where it is safe. 19 I will make you my wife forever I will make you my wife in a way that is righteous, in a manner that is just, by a love that is gracious, and by a motive that is mercy. 20 I will make you my wife because of my faithfulness, and you will know the LORD. 21 "It will come about at that time that I will respond," declares the LORD, "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth. 22 The earth will respond with grain, new wine, and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. 23 I will plant my people in the land for myself. I will show mercy on her who has received no mercy I will say to those who are not my people, "You are my people!' and they will say, "You are my God.'"