Hosea 2:23
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17 For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and never again will she say their names.
18 And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in peace.
19 And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.
20 I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.
21 And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;
22 And the earth will give its answer to the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will give an answer to Jezreel;
23 And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.