Hosea 2:20
faithfulness—to My new covenant of grace with thee (I Thessalonians 5:24; Hebrews 10:23).
18 In that day I will make a acovenant 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 bI will shatter from the earth,
To make them clie down safely.
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 bI will shatter from the earth,
To make them clie 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;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me
In righteousness and justice,
In lovingkindness and mercy;
21 “It shall come to pass in that day
That aI will answer,” says the Lord;
“I will answer the heavens,
And they shall answer the earth.
That aI will answer,” says the Lord;
“I will answer the heavens,
And they shall answer the earth.
23 Then aI will sow her for Myself in the earth,
bAnd I will have mercy on her who had1 not obtained mercy;
Then cI will say to those who were not My people,
‘You are1 My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
bAnd I will have mercy on her who had1 not obtained mercy;
Then cI will say to those who were not My people,
‘You are1 My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Hosea 2:19-20
"Betroth" is thrice repeated, implying the intense love of God to His people; and perhaps, also, the three Persons of the Triune God, severally engaging to make good the betrothal. The marriage covenant will be as it were renewed from the beginning, on a different footing; not for a time only, as before, through the apostasy of the people, but "forever" through the grace of God writing the law on their hearts by the Spirit of Messiah (Jeremiah 31:31-37).
righteousness . . . judgment—in rectitude and truth.
loving-kindness, etc.—Hereby God assures Israel, who might doubt the possibility of their restoration to His favor; low, sunk, and unworthy as thou art. I will restore thee from a regard to My own "loving-kindness," not thy merits.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 2:20:
Song of Solomon 1:2
Isaiah 1:21
Jeremiah 3:14
Ezekiel 16:8
Ezekiel 16:62
Joel 3:17
Ephesians 5:29
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