Hosea 2:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

In that day – this is the  Lord’s declaration – you will call me ‘my husband’ and no longer call me ‘my Baal’.

Cross References

Isaiah 54:5

Indeed, your husband is your Maker   – his name is the Lord  of Armies – and the Holy One of Israel  is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.

Hosea 2:7

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them. Then she will think, ‘I will go back to my former husband, for then it was better for me than now.’

Jeremiah 3:14

‘ “Return, you faithless children   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #for I am your master,  , and I will take you,  one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

Revelation 19:7

Let us be glad, rejoice, and give him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has prepared herself.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous  for you with a godly jealousy,  because I have promised you in marriage to one husband #– #to present a pure  virgin to Christ.

John 3:29

He who has the bride  is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly  at the groom’s voice. So this joy  of mine is complete.

Genesis 34:3

He became infatuated with Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

Judges 19:3

Then her husband got up and followed her to speak kindly to her  and bring her back. He had his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him to her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

Ruth 2:13

‘My lord,’ she said, ‘I have found favour with you, for you have comforted and encouraged your servant, although I am not like one of your female servants.’

Isaiah 40:2

‘Speak tenderly to   Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of hard service is over, her iniquity  has been pardoned, and she has received from the  Lord’s hand double for all her sins.’

Ezekiel 20:35

I will lead you into the wilderness of the peoples  and enter into judgement with you there face to face.