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20 I will take you as my wife[a] in faithfulness,
    and you will know Yahweh.
21 On that day I will answer, declares Yahweh,[b]
    I will answer the heavens,
        and they will answer the earth.
22 And the earth will answer
    the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and they will answer Jezreel.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:20 Literally “I will take you as a wife to me”
  2. Hosea 2:21 Literally “a declaration of Yahweh
  3. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means “God sows”

20 I will betroth you in[a] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge(A) the Lord.(B)

21 “In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord
“I will respond(C) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,(D)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:20 Or with
  2. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.