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22 The earth will ·produce [L answer/respond with] grain, new wine, and oil;
    ·much will grow because my people are called [L and they will answer/respond to] Jezreel [C “God plants”; 1:4, 11].
23 I will plant ·my people [L her for myself] in the land,
    and I will show pity to the one I had called ‘·not shown pity [L Lo-Ruhamah; 1:6–7].’
I will say, ‘You are my people’
    to those I had called ‘·not my people [L Lo-Ammi; 1:9].’
And they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’”

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22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,(A)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[a](B)
23 I will plant(C) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.[b](D)
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,[c]’ ‘You are my people’;(E)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.(F)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
  2. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
  3. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)