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"Therefore, behold, I am going to persuade her, ^(C1)Bring her into the wilderness, And speak ^(F1)kindly to her.

-"Then I will give her her ^(C1)vineyards from there, And ^(C2)the ^(F1)Valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will ^(F2)(C3)respond there as in the days of her youth, As in the ^(C4)day when she went up from the land of Egypt.

-"And it will come about on that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me ^(F1)(C1)my husband And no longer call Me my ^(F2)Baal.

-"For ^(C1)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will no longer be ^(F1)mentioned by their names.

-"On that day I will also make a covenant for them With the ^(C1)animals of the field, The birds of the sky, And the crawling things of the ground. And I will ^(F1)(C2)eliminate the bow, the sword, and war from the land, And will let them ^(C3)lie down in safety.

-"I will ^(C1)betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in ^(C2)righteousness and in justice, In favor and in compassion,

And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will ^(C1)know the LORD.

"And it will come about on that day that ^(C1)I will respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,

And the ^(C1)earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine, and to the oil, And they will respond to ^(F1)Jezreel.

-"I will ^(C1)sow her for Myself in the land. ^(C2)I will also have compassion on ^(F1)her who had not obtained compassion, And ^(C3)I will say to ^(F2)those who were ^(C4)not My people, 'You are My people!' And ^(F3)they will say, 'You are my God!'"

Then the LORD said to me, "Go again, love ^(F1)a woman who is loved by her ^(F2)husband, yet is committing adultery, ^(C1)as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love ^(F3)raisin ^(C2)cakes."