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The Book of Hosea, Chapter 2, Verse 20

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19
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
King James Version
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
American Standard Version
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.
New English Translation
I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the LORD.”
World English Bible
I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.
21
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
22
And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
23
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to [them which were] not my people, Thou [art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.
1
Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
2
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
3
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for [another] man: so [will] I also [be] for thee.
4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim:
5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
1
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.