Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not enough, he married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then proceeded to serve Baal and bow in worship to him.
Hosea 2:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised There I will give her vineyards back to her and make the Valley of Achor , into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor [troubling] to be for her a door of hope and expectation. And she shall sing there and respond as in the days of her youth and as at the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt. [Exod. 15:2; Josh. 7:24-26.] American Standard Version (1901) And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. Common English Bible From there I will give her vineyards, and make the Achor Valley a door of hope. There she will respond to me as in the days of her youth, like the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will give to her, from the same place, her vinedressers, and the valley of Achor as a passage of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the days of her ascension from the land of Egypt. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will give her vinedressers out of the same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening of hope: and she shall sing there according to the days of her youth, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt. |
Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not enough, he married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then proceeded to serve Baal and bow in worship to him.
Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
People will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
‘Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says: I remember the loyalty of your youth, your love as a bride – how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
For I know the plans I have for you’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Haven’t you recently called to me, ‘My Father! You were my friend in my youth.
For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
In all your detestable practices and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were stark naked and thrashing around in your blood.
But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a permanent covenant with you.
‘ “Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of my garment over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged myself to you, entered into a covenant with you #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God #– #and you became mine.
‘ “This is what the Lord God says: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are scattered, I will demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.
They will live there securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute judgements against all their neighbours who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.” ’
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
The Lord brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, and Israel was tended by a prophet.
I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival days.
I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and no Saviour exists besides me.
I will devastate her vines and fig trees. She thinks that these are her wages that her lovers have given her. I will turn them into a thicket, and the wild animals will eat them.
I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. , They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce.
Return to a stronghold, you prisoners who have hope; today I declare that I will restore double to you.
I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.
After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
and raised over him a large pile of rocks that remains still today. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor still today.
The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God who had rescued them from the hand of the enemies around them.