Wednesday, 10/13/2021
God Will Restore Creation (Hosea 2:14-20)
Hosea 2:14 (ESV) ~ “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
Hosea 2:15 (ESV) ~ And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea 2:16 (ESV) ~ “And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’
Hosea 2:17 (ESV) ~ For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.
Hosea 2:18 (ESV) ~ And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.
Hosea 2:19 (ESV) ~ And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
Hosea 2:20 (ESV) ~ I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.