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20 I will be true to you as my promised bride,
    and you will know the Lord.

21 “At that time I will speak to you,” says the Lord.
    “I will speak to the skies,
    and they will give rain to the earth.
22 The earth will produce grain, new wine, and oil;
    much will grow because my people are called Jezreel.[a]

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  1. 2:22 Jezreel This name in Hebrew means “God plants.”

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