Hosea 2:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’”
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“In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me--My husband, And dost not call Me any more--My lord.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 2:16 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
- Judges 19:3her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
- Ruth 2:13“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
- Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
- Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Jeremiah 3:14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
- Ezekiel 20:35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
- Hosea 2:7She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
- John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Revelation 19:7Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
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