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That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil, Bow and sword of battle I will shatter
And multiplied her silver and gold— from the earth,
Which they prepared for Baal. To make them lie down safely.
9 “Therefore I will return and take away 19 “I will betroth you to Me forever;
My grain in its time Yes, I will betroth you to Me
And My new wine in its season, In righteousness and justice,
And will take back My wool and My In lovingkindness and mercy;
linen, 20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
Given to cover her nakedness. And you shall know the LORD.
Now I will uncover her lewdness
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in the sight of her lovers,
And no one shall deliver her from
My hand. 2:19,20 I will betroth you. Repeated 3 times,
11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, the term emphasizes the intensity of God’s
Her feast days, restoring love for the nation. In that day, Israel
Her New Moons, will no longer be thought of as a prostitute.
Her Sabbaths— Israel brings nothing to the marriage; God
All her appointed feasts. makes all the promises and provides all the
dowry.These verses are recited by every ortho-
“And I will destroy her vines and dox Jew as he places the phylacteries on his
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her fig trees, hand and forehead (Deut. 11:18).The regener-
Of which she has said, ation/conversion of the nation is much like
‘These are my wages that my lovers that of an individual (2 Cor.5:16–19).
have given me.’
So I will make them a forest,
And the beasts of the field shall eat them. 21 “It shall come to pass in that day
I will punish her That I will answer,” says the LORD;
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For the days of the Baals to which she “I will answer the heavens,
burned incense. And they shall answer the earth.
She decked herself with her earrings 22 The earth shall answer
and jewelry, With grain,
And went after her lovers; With new wine,
But Me she forgot,” says the LORD. And with oil;
They shall answer Jezreel.
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
23 Then I will sow her for Myself in the
Will bring her into the wilderness, earth,
And speak comfort to her.
I will give her her vineyards from there,
15 And I will have mercy on her who had
And the Valley of Achor as a door not obtained mercy;
of hope; Then I will say to those who were not
My people,
She shall sing there, ‘You are My people!’
As in the days of her youth, And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
As in the day when she came up from
the land of Egypt. Psalm 138:4–6
16 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise
“And it shall be, in that day,”
Says the LORD, You, O LORD,
“That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’ When they hear the words of Your
And no longer call Me ‘My Master,’ mouth.
5 Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the
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For I will take from her mouth the LORD,
names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their 6 For great is the glory of the LORD.
Though the LORD is on high,
name no more. Yet He regards the lowly;
18 In that day I will make a covenant for But the proud He knows from afar.
them
With the beasts of the field, Proverbs 29:17
With the birds of the air, 17 Correct your son, and he will give
And with the creeping things of the you rest;
ground. Yes, he will give delight to your soul.
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