Devine Scripture

Hosea 2:18

Hosea chapter 2 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

Context

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.

v.18This passage

v.19And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 34:25

    And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

  • Psalms 91:1

    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

  • Isaiah 26:1

    In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.

  • Job 5:23

    For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

  • Ezekiel 39:9

    And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;

  • Isaiah 2:4

    And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.