Catholic Public Domain Version

Hosea 2:14-21 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

14. "Because of this, behold, I will attract her, and I will lead her into the wilderness, and I will speak to her heart.

15. And I will give to her, from the same place, her vinedressers, and the valley of Achor as a passage of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the days of her ascension from the land of Egypt.

16. And it will be in that day," says the Lord, "that she will call me, 'My Husband,' and she will no longer call me, 'My Baal.'

17. And I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and she will no longer remember their name.

18. And in that day, I will strike a deal with them, with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creatures of the earth. And I will crush the bow and the sword, and I will wipe away war from the earth. And I will let them sleep securely.

19. And I will betroth you to me forever, and I will betroth you to me in justice and judgment, and in mercy and compassion.

20. And I will wed you to me in faith, and you will know that I am the Lord.

21. And this will happen in that day: I will listen closely," says the Lord. "I will hear the heavens, and they will hear the earth.