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21-22 At that time I will answer the prayers of my people Israel.[a]
    I will make rain fall on the earth,
    and the earth will produce grain and grapes and olives.
23 (A)I will establish my people in the land and make them prosper.
I will show love to those who were called “Unloved,”
    and to those who were called “Not-My-People”
    I will say, “You are my people,”
    and they will answer, “You are our God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:21 The Hebrew text here refers to Israel as Jezreel (see 1.4, 11).

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)