Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Hosea 2
¹⁷ For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
¹⁸ In that day I will make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, With the birds of the air, And with the creeping things of the ground. Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth, To make them lie down safely.
¹⁹ "I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy;
²⁰ I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord.
²¹ "It shall come to pass in that day That I will answer," says the Lord; "I will answer the heavens, And they shall answer the earth.
²² The earth shall answer With grain, With new wine, And with oil; They shall answer Jezreel.
²³ Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; ’You are My people!’ And they shall say, ’You are my God!’ "
Hosea 3
¹ Then the Lord said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans."
² So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley.
³ And I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man--so, too, will I be toward you."
⁴ For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.