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And I will betroth youוְאֵרַשְׂתִּיךְto meלִיforever;לְעוֹלָםand I will betroth youוְאֵרַשְׂתִּיךְto meלִיin righteousnessבְּצֶדֶקand in justice,וּבְמִשְׁפָּטand in loyal loveוּבְחֶסֶדand in compassion.וּבְרַחֲמִים
Hosea 2:19
Study it in the app“And I will betroth you to me forever; and I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, and in loyal love and in compassion.”
God tells his people: I will betroth you to me forever, in faithfulnessFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 2:19, word by word
- And I will betroth youאֵרַשְׂתִּיerasti
betroth
Betroth: a firm agreement made before the wedding.
Where else “erasti” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- in righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears- and in justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- and in loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chesed” appears- and in compassionרַחֲמִיםrachamim
compassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachamim” appears
The context
18And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and bow and sword and war I will break from the land, and I will make them lie down in safety.
19 · This verse (above)
20And I will betroth you to me in faithfulness, and you will know YHWH.