Hosea 2:16

Amplified Bible

"It shall come about in that day," says the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi (my husband) And will no longer call Me Baali (my Baal).

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In that day—

Hebrew Names Version
It will be in that day," says the LORD, "That you will call me 'my husband,' And no longer call me 'my master.'

King James Version
And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord , that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

English Standard Version
"And in that day, declares the Lord , you will call me ‘My Husband,' and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.'

New American Standard Bible
"And it will come about on that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me my husband And no longer call Me my Baal.

New Century Version
The Lord says, "In the future she will call me ‘my husband'; no longer will she call me ‘my baal.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And at that day, sayeth the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be in that day," declares Yahweh,"That you will call Me IshiAnd will no longer call Me Baali.

Berean Standard Bible
In that day," declares the LORD, "you will call Me 'my husband,' and no longer call Me 'my Master.'

Contemporary English Version
I promise that from that day on, you will call me your husband instead of your master.

Complete Jewish Bible
"But now I am going to woo her — I will bring her out to the desert and I will speak to her heart.

Darby Translation
And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [that] thou shalt call me, My husband, and shalt call me no more, Baali;

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord says. "At that time you will call me ‘My husband.' You will not call me ‘My Baal.'

George Lamsa Translation
And it shall be on that day, says the LORD, that you shall call me, my husband, and shall call me no more Baali.

Good News Translation
Then once again she will call me her husband—she will no longer call me her Baal.

Lexham English Bible
And on that day— a declaration of Yahweh— you will call me, "My husband;" you will no longer call me, "My Baal."

Literal Translation
And at that day, says Jehovah, you shall call Me, My husband; and you shall no more call Me, My Baal.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then (saieth the LORDE) she shal saye vnto me: O my hou?bande, & shal call me nomore Baal:

American Standard Version
And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.

Bible in Basic English
And in that day, says the Lord, you will say to me, Ishi; and you will never again give me the name of Baali;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her.

King James Version (1611)
And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call mee Ishi; and shalt call mee no more Baali.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And at that day (saith the Lord) thou shalt call me, O my husbande, and shalt call me no more Baal.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.

English Revised Version
And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

World English Bible
It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "That you will call me 'my husband,' And no longer call me 'my master.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it schal be in that dai, seith the Lord, sche schal clepe me Myn hosebonde, and sche schal no more clepe me Baalym;

Update Bible Version
And it shall be at that day, says Yahweh, that you shall call: Ishi; and shall call me no more: Baali.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

New English Translation
"At that time," declares the Lord , "you will call, ‘My husband'; you will never again call me, ‘My master.'

New King James Version
"And it shall be, in that day,"Says the Lord,"That you will call Me 'My Husband,' [fn] And no longer call Me 'My Master,' [fn]

New Living Translation
When that day comes," says the Lord , "you will call me ‘my husband' instead of ‘my master.'

New Life Bible
In that day" says the Lord, "you will call Me, ‘My Husband.' And you will no longer call Me, ‘My Baal.'

New Revised Standard
On that day, says the Lord , you will call me, "My husband," and no longer will you call me, "My Baal."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth Yahweh, that she will call me Ishi, and will not call me any more, Baali.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord: That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Banli.

Revised Standard Version
"And in that day, says the LORD, you will call me, 'My husband,' and no longer will you call me, 'My Ba'al.'

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me -- My husband, And dost not call Me any more -- My lord.

THE MESSAGE
"At that time"—this is God 's Message still— "you'll address me, ‘Dear husband!' Never again will you address me, ‘My slave-master!' I'll wash your mouth out with soap, get rid of all the dirty false-god names, not so much as a whisper of those names again. At the same time I'll make a peace treaty between you and wild animals and birds and reptiles, And get rid of all weapons of war. Think of it! Safe from beasts and bullies! And then I'll marry you for good—forever! I'll marry you true and proper, in love and tenderness. Yes, I'll marry you and neither leave you nor let you go. You'll know me, God , for who I really am.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴"Therefore, behold, I will allure Israel And bring her into the wilderness, And I will speak tenderly to her [to reconcile her to Me]. ¹⁵"Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And make the Valley of Achor a door of hope and expectation [anticipating the time when I will restore My favor on her]. And she will sing there and respond as in the days of her youth As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. ¹⁶"It shall come about in that day," says the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi (my husband) And will no longer call Me Baali (my Baal).¹⁷"For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will no longer be mentioned or remembered by their names. ¹⁸"And in that day I will make a covenant for Israel With the animals of the open country And with the birds of the heavens And with the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow and the sword and [banish] war from the land And will make them lie down in safety. ¹⁹"And I will betroth you (Israel) to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and loyalty, and in compassion. ²⁰"I will betroth you to Me in stability and in faithfulness. Then you will know (recognize, appreciate) the LORD [and respond with loving faithfulness]. ²¹"It will come about in that day that I will respond," says the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens [which ask for rain to pour on the earth], and they will respond to the earth [which begs for the rain], ²²And the earth shall respond to the grain and the new wine and the oil [which beg it to bring them forth], And they will respond to Jezreel [My Israel, who will now be restored]. ²³"I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people,' And they will say, 'You are my God!'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ishi: that is, My husband, Hosea 2:7, Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 3:14, John 3:29, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:25-27, Revelation 19:7

Baali: that is, My lord

Reciprocal: Psalms 16:4 - take Isaiah 2:11 - in that day Micah 5:13 - graven

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (inhabitants).

Genesis 2:2
And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 2:9
And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.

1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, "Has the LORD as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obedience to the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams.

1 Timothy 4:4
For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present world, instruct them not to be conceited and arrogant, nor to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord,.... The Gospel day, the times of the Gospel dispensation, the latter part of them; at the time of the conversion of the Jews, and the bringing in of the fulness of the Gentiles; at the time when God will allure and persuade them to seek the Messiah, and they shall turn to him; when he shall speak comfortably to them, and give them a door of hope, and all spiritual blessings, and cause them to sing as when they came out of Egypt:

that thou shalt call me Ishi; or, "my husband" x; returning to Christ their first husband, and being received by him, shall have faith and interest in him, and full assurance of it; and shall not only be allowed to call him their husband, but in the strength of faith, and with great freedom of soul, shall call him so, and say as the church did, "my beloved is mine, and I am his", Song of Solomon 20:16: or, "my man" y; the man the Lord, the man Jehovah's fellow, Immanuel God with us, God in human nature; and so more manifestly points at Christ, who, most properly speaking, stands in the relation of a husband to his people: or, "my strength", as some interpret it; the husband being the strength, protection, and defence of the wife, the weaker vessel; so Christ is the strength of his saints, in whom they have righteousness and strength, and through whose strength they can do all things:

and shalt call me no more Baali; which signifies my husband too, and is used of God and Christ; he is called Baal, and the church is called Beulah, because married together, Isaiah 45:5 but it signifies a lordly and imperious husband; and the other word, "Ishi", a loving one: so Jarchi observes that the sense is, that they should serve the Lord from love, and not fear; "Ishi" being a word expressive of marriage and love, and "Baali" of lordship and fear: hence some have thought this to be the reason why the one should be used, and the other not, under the Gospel dispensation; because saints now have not the spirit of bondage to fear, but the spirit of adoption, whereby they call God their Father, and Christ their husband: though rather the reason is, because the word "Baal", as R. Marinns observes, is of doubtful signification, an ambiguous word, used for the idol Baal, as well as signifies lord and husband; and therefore to be laid aside, lest, when they mentioned it, it should be thought they spoke of Baal, and not of the Lord; or should be led to think of that idol, and remember him.

x אישי "maritus meus", Vatablus, Pagninus, Montanus, "marite mi", Schmidt. y "Vir meus", V. L. "mi vir", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Liveleus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And it shall be ... thou shall call Me Ishi - (my Husband) and shalt call Me no more Baali (my Baal, Lord). “Baal,” originally Lord, was a title sometimes given to the husband. “The lord of the woman,” “her lord,” “the heart of her lord,” stand for “the husband,” “her husband” (Exodus 21:22; 2 Samuel 11:26; Proverbs 31:11, ...). God says, “so wholly do I hate the name of idols, that on account of the likeness of the word Baal, “my Lord,” I will not be so called even in a right meaning, lest, while she utter the one, she should think on the other, and calling Me her Husband, think on the idol.” Yet, withal, God says that He will put into her mouth the tenderer name of love, אישׁ 'ı̂ysh, literally, “my man.” In Christ, the returning soul, which would give herself wholly to God, however far she had wandered, should not call God so much her Lord, as her Husband. : “Every soul, although laden with sins, meshed in vices, snarcd by a captive in exile, imprisoned in the body, sticking fast in the mud, fixed in the mire, affixed to its earthly members, nailed down by cares, distracted by turmoils, narrowed by fears, prostrated by grief, wandering in errors, tossed by anxieties, restless through suspicions, in fine, a captive “in the land of the enemy, defiled with the dead, accounted with them who go down in the grave” (Baruch 3:10, 11), although she be thus condemned, in state thus desperate, yet she may perceive that in herself, from where she may not only respire to hope of pardon and of mercy, but from where she may dare to aspire to the nuptials of the Word, tremble not to enter into alliance with God, be not abashed to take on her the sweet yoke of love with the Lord of Angels. For what may she not safely dare with Him, with whose image she seeth herself stamped, and glorious with His likeness?

To this end God Himself, the Author of our being, willed that the ensign of our divine nobleness of birth should ever be maintained in the soul, that she may ever have that in herself from the Word, whereby she may ever be admonished, either to stand with the Word, or to return to Him, if she have been moved. Moved, not as though removing in space, or walking on foot, but moved (as a spiritual substance is moved) with its affections, yea, its defections, it goes away from itself, as it were, to a worse state, making itself unlike itself and degenerate from itself, through pravity of life and morals; which unlikeness, however, is the fault, not the destruction, of nature. Contrariwise, the return of the soul is its conversion to the Word, to be re-formed by Him, conformed to Him. Wherein? In love. For He saith, “be ye followers of me, as dear children, and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us.” Such conformity marries the soul to the Word, when she, having a likeness to Him by nature, also maketh herself like to Him in will, loving as she is loved. Wherefore, if she loveth perfectly, she is married. What sweeter than this conformity? What more desirable than this love? For by it, not content with human guidance, thou approachest, by thyself, O soul, confidentially to the Word; to the Word thou constantly cleavest; of the Word thou familiarly inquirest, and consultest as to all things, as capacious in understanding as emboldened in longing. This is contract of marriage, truly spiritual and holy. Contract! I have said too little. It is embrace. For embrace it is, when to will the same and nill the same, maketh of twain, one spirit.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 16. Thou shalt call me Ishi — That is, my man, or my husband; a title of love and affection; and not BAALI, my master, a title exciting fear and apprehension; which, howsoever good in itself, was now rendered improper to be applied to Jehovah, having been prostituted to false gods. This intimated that they should scrupulously avoid idolatry; and they had such a full proof of the inefficacy of their idolatrous worship that, after their captivity, they never more served idols.