Israel

Hosea 2:14-23

Hosea · ~750 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60%
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.”
King James Version · the opening — all 10 verses are below
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God wooing Israel back through the wilderness experience, and the restoration of covenant relationship.

Read the whole passage — all 10 verses (KJV)

2:14Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

2:15And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

2:16And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

2:17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

2:18And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

2:19And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

2:20I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

2:21And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

2:22And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

2:23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

Fulfillment References

Romans 9:25 Ephesians 5:25-27

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalGod woos unfaithful Israel back: 'I will allure her... and speak comfortably unto her... I will betroth thee unto me for ever... in righteousness... and in mercies.' And the covenant refrain returns: 'I will say... Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God' (v. 23). The Husband who betroths His people forever is the Lord Jesus, the Bridegroom (Eph. 5:25-27); Paul cites v. 23 of God's mercy on Jew and Gentile (Rom. 9:25).
JewishGod's tender restoration of His wayward bride Israel — a renewed wilderness courtship, an everlasting betrothal, and the reversal of 'not my people' to 'my people.'
CatholicThe everlasting betrothal of God to His people, fulfilled in Christ the Bridegroom and the Church the bride; the marriage covenant of grace.
ProtestantGod's redeeming love that betroths His people forever, fulfilled in Christ; Paul applies 'thou art my people' to the called (Rom. 9:25).
AcademicHosea's marriage metaphor for the covenant; the betrothal language and the reversal of the children's names structure the oracle.
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