Hosea 2:18-20

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¹⁸ I will make for you^[a] a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground, and I will abolish^[b] the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you^[c] lie down in safety.^{(A) 19} And I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.^{(B) 20} I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord.^(C)