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14 But watch! I am going to court her.
    I will bring her into the wilderness.
    I will speak tenderly to her.
15 There I will give her vineyards back to her.
    The Valley of Achor[a] will be a door of hope.
    She will respond there as in the days of her youth,
    as in the day she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 In that day, declares the Lord, this is what will take place:
    You will call me “my husband.”
    You will no longer call me “my master.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:15 Valley of Achor means Valley of Trouble. It refers to the location of the incident caused by Achan in Joshua 7.
  2. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew my baal

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

16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;(F)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or sing
  3. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal