Hosea 2:16

New Century Version

The Lord says, “In the future she will call me ‘my husband;’ no longer will she call me ‘my baal.’

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

Shechem fell in love with Dinah, and he spoke kindly to her.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to the people of Jerusalem and tell them that their time of service is finished, that they have paid for their sins, that the Lord has punished Jerusalem twice for every sin they did.”

Isaiah 54:5

The God who made you is like your husband. His name is the Lord All-Powerful. The Holy One of Israel is the one who saves you. He is called the God of all the earth.

Jeremiah 3:14

“Come back to me, you unfaithful children,” says the Lord, “because I am your master. I will take one person from every city and two from every family group, and I will bring you to Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 20:35

I will bring you among the nations as I brought your ancestors into the desert with Moses. There I will judge you face to face.

Hosea 2:7

She will run after her lovers, but she won’t catch them. She will look for them, but she won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband, because life was better then for me than it is now.’

John 3:29

The bride belongs only to the bridegroom. But the friend who helps the bridegroom stands by and listens to him. He is thrilled that he gets to hear the bridegroom’s voice. In the same way, I am really happy.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous over you with a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ, as your only husband. I want to give you as his pure bride.

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be happy and give God glory, because the wedding of the Lamb has come, and the Lamb’s bride has made herself ready.

Judges 19:3

Then her husband went to ask her to come back to him, taking with him his servant and two donkeys. When the Levite came to her father’s house, she invited him to come in, and her father was happy to see him.

Ruth 2:13

Then Ruth said, “I hope I can continue to please you, sir. You have said kind and encouraging words to me, your servant, though I am not one of your servants.”