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16 On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My husband,” and no longer will you call me, “My Lord.” 17 I will take away the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they will not be mentioned by name anymore. 18 On that day, I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the creeping creatures of the fertile ground. I will do away with the bow, the sword, and war from the land; I will make you lie down in safety.

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16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;(A)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.[a]
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(B)
    no longer will their names be invoked.(C)
18 In that day I will make a covenant for them
    with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the creatures that move along the ground.(D)
Bow and sword and battle
    I will abolish(E) from the land,
    so that all may lie down in safety.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal