Hosea 2:19

God promises to betroth Israel to Himself forever in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion. The broken marriage is replaced by an unbreakable covenant of grace.

Cross-references · 23

• 2 Cor 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
• Rev 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Isa 54:14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
• Isa 54:8–10In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
• Ezek 37:25–28And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
• Rev 19:7–9Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
• Rom 7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
• John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
• Ps 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
• Jer 3:14–15Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
• Eph 5:23–27For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
• Isa 1:27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
• Ezek 39:29Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
• Isa 62:3–5Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
• Joel 3:20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
• Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Rev 21:9–10And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
• Isa 45:23–25I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
• Eph 1:7–8In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
• Jer 4:2And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
• Jer 32:38–41And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
• Jer 31:31–36Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
• Rom 3:25–26Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

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