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Hosea 2:20-22
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20 I will betroth you to me in faithfulness and love, and you will really know me then as you never have before.

21-22 “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will answer the pleading of the sky for clouds, to pour down water on the earth in answer to its cry for rain. Then the earth can answer the parched cry of the grain, the grapes, and the olive trees for moisture and for dew—and the whole grand chorus shall sing together that ‘God sows!’[a] He has given all!

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  1. Hosea 2:21 “God sows,” literally, “Jezreel.”
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Hosea 2:20-22
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20 I will betroth you in[a] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge(A) the Lord.(B)

21 “In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord—
“I will respond(C) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,(D)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[b](E)

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  1. Hosea 2:20 Or with
  2. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
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