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18 On that day—oracle of the Lord
You shall call me “My husband,”
    and you shall never again call me “My baal.”[a]
19 I will remove from her mouth the names of the Baals;
    they shall no longer be mentioned by their name.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:18–19 Baal: the word means “lord, master.” It was commonly used by women of their husbands, but it is to be shunned as a title for the Lord because of its association with the fertility gods, the Baals. Many Israelites saw little if any difference between the worship of the Lord and the worship of the Baals, thereby dishonoring the true source of the land’s fertility.