Hosea 2:15

Good News Translation

I will give back to her the vineyards she had and make Trouble Valley a door of hope. She will respond to me there as she did when she was young, when she came from Egypt.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:31

It was not enough for him to sin like King Jeroboam; he went further and married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon, and worshiped Baal.

Psalm 106:12

Then his people believed his promises and sang praises to him.

Psalm 129:1

Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you ever since you were young.

Isaiah 65:10

They will worship me and will lead their sheep and cattle to pasture in the Plain of Sharon in the west and in Trouble Valley in the east.

Isaiah 65:21

People will build houses and get to live in them—they will not be used by someone else. They will plant vineyards and enjoy the wine—it will not be drunk by others. Like trees, my people will live long lives. They will fully enjoy the things that they have worked for.

Jeremiah 2:1

The Lord told me

Jeremiah 2:2

to proclaim this message to everyone in Jerusalem. “I remember how faithful you were when you were young, how you loved me when we were first married; you followed me through the desert, through a land that had not been planted.

Jeremiah 29:11

I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.

Jeremiah 3:4

“And now you say to me, ‘You are my father, and you have loved me ever since I was a child.

Jeremiah 32:15

The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, has said that houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”

Lamentations 3:21

Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing:

Ezekiel 16:22

During your disgusting life as a prostitute you never once remembered your childhood—when you were naked, squirming in your own blood.”

Ezekiel 16:60

But I will honor the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will make a covenant with you that will last forever.

Ezekiel 16:8

“As I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a marriage covenant with you, and you became mine.” This is what the Sovereign Lord says.

Ezekiel 28:25

The Sovereign Lord said, “I will bring back the people of Israel from the nations where I scattered them, and all the nations will know that I am holy. The people of Israel will live in their own land, the land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Ezekiel 28:26

They will live there in safety. They will build houses and plant vineyards. I will punish all their neighbors who treated them with scorn, and Israel will be secure. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”

Hosea 11:1

The Lord says, “When Israel was a child, I loved him and called him out of Egypt as my son.

Hosea 12:13

The Lord sent a prophet to rescue the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt and to take care of them.

Hosea 12:9

But I, the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, I will make you live in tents again, as you did when I came to you in the desert.

Hosea 13:4

The Lord says, “I am the Lord your God, who led you out of Egypt. You have no God but me. I alone am your savior.

Hosea 2:12

I will destroy her grapevines and her fig trees, which she said her lovers gave her for serving them. I will turn her vineyards and orchards into a wilderness; wild animals will destroy them.

Amos 9:14

I will bring my people back to their land. They will rebuild their ruined cities and live there; they will plant vineyards and drink the wine; they will plant gardens and eat what they grow.

Zechariah 9:12

Return, you exiles who now have hope; return to your place of safety. Now I tell you that I will repay you twice over with blessing for all you have suffered.

Numbers 21:17

At that time the people of Israel sang this song: “Wells, produce your water; And we will greet it with a song—

John 10:9

I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.

Acts 14:27

When they arrived in Antioch, they gathered the people of the church together and told them about all that God had done with them and how he had opened the way for the Gentiles to believe.

Joshua 7:26

They put a huge pile of stones over him, which is there to this day. That is why that place is still called Trouble Valley. Then the Lord was no longer furious.

Judges 8:34

and no longer served the Lord their God, who had saved them from all their enemies around them.