Hosea 2:9-23

New International Version

⁹“Therefore I will take away my grain^(A) when it ripens,
    and my new wine^(B) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
    intended to cover her naked body.
¹⁰So now I will expose^(C) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;^(D)
    no one will take her out of my hands.^(E)
¹¹I will stop^(F) all her celebrations:^(G)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.^(H)
¹²I will ruin her vines^(I) and her fig trees,^(J)
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;^(K)
I will make them a thicket,^(L)
    and wild animals will devour them.^(M)
¹³I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense^(N) to the Baals;^(O)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,^(P)
    and went after her lovers,^(Q)
    but me she forgot,^(R)”
declares the Lord.^(S)

¹⁴“Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness^(T)
    and speak tenderly to her.
¹⁵There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor^[a]^(U) a door of hope.
There she will respond^[b]^(V) as in the days of her youth,^(W)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.^(X)

¹⁶“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;^(Y)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.^[c]’
¹⁷I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;^(Z)
    no longer will their names be invoked.^(AA)
¹⁸In that day I will make a covenant for them
    with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the creatures that move along the ground.^(AB)
Bow and sword and battle
    I will abolish^(AC) from the land,
    so that all may lie down in safety.^(AD)
¹⁹I will betroth^(AE) you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in^[d] righteousness and justice,^(AF)
    in^[e] love and compassion.^(AG)
²⁰I will betroth you in^[f] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge^(AH) the Lord.^(AI)

²¹“In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord—
“I will respond^(AJ) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
²²and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,^(AK)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.^[g]^(AL)
²³I will plant^(AM) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.^[h]^(AN)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,^[i]’ ‘You are my people’;^(AO)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.^(AP)’”