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What does Hosea 2:20 mean?

"I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh."

— Hosea 2:20 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

17

For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.

18

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.

19

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

20

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.

21

It will happen in that day, I will respond,” says Yahweh, “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;

22

and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel.

23

I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘My God!’”

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