Hosea 2:16
What does Hosea 2:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 2:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And in that day, says the Lord, you will say to me, Ishi; and you will never again give me the name of Baali;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me--My husband, And dost not call Me any more--My lord.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord: That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [that] thou shalt call me, My husband, and shalt call me no more, Baali;
Context
v.15And 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.
v.16This passage
v.17For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 54:5
For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
- Hosea 2:7
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
- Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
- John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
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