God’s Mercy to Israel
Hosea 2:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’Hebrew my IshiHebrew my Baal
- KJV
- And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.Ishi: that is, My husbandBaali: that is, My lord
- WEB
- It will be in that day,” says Yahweh, “that you will call me ‘my husband,’ and no longer call me ‘my master.’
- ASV
- And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.
- LSV
- And it has come to pass in that day,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “You call Me: My husband, || And do not call Me anymore: My lord.
- YLT
- 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.
- DBY
- And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [that] thou shalt call me, My husband, and shalt call me no more, Baali;
- DRC
- And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord, That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.
- GNV
- And at that day, sayeth the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.
- JPS2:18
- And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call Me Ishi, and shalt call Me no more Baali.
- LXXE2:18
- 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.
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Original-language editions
- WLC2:18
- וְהָיָ֤ה בַיּוֹם־הַהוּא֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה תִּקְרְאִ֖י אִישִׁ֑י וְלֹֽא־תִקְרְאִי־לִ֥י ע֖וֹד בַּעְלִֽי׃KJV:Hos.2.16
- LXX-Br2:18
- Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκεῖνῃ, λέγει Κύριος, καλέσει με ὁ ἀνήρ μου, καὶ οὐ καλέσει με ἔτι Βααλείμ.
Who and where
👤 God◆ Prophecies of Hosea
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
BaaliIshiSolomon, Song ofBaalCondescension of GodBaal (1)ManMarriageEphesians, Epistle to theCalf, Golden
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Hosea 2:7She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
- Jeremiah 3:14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
- Revelation 19:7Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
- John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Ephesians 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church,…
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 2:18 in some Bibles
- 2:16 in most Bibles