Hosea 2;14-23
“In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master.’ I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked. In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.
I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord.
“In that day I will respond,” declares the Lord—“I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth; and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
Jezreel: God plants
I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.’ I will say to those called ‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people’; and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
In the infinitely tender language of love, God speaks of a better future, a new covenant protecting his people from all danger, a people betrothed and faithful to him.
Why?
In that day, the relationship between the Lord and Israelites changed from master to husband. For God's love endure forever.
Betroth you is the Lord let his people belong to Him.
Respond from the Lord, then to the skies, to the earth, to the grain to Jezreel. It is the Lord who gives us food and very good achievement.
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恢復神與人的關係：神從責備轉為安慰人。曠野指的是不會受到干擾的地方，原來人想要的，尋求的，神都再給他。亞割谷：原代表被罪打敗的地方，現在成為有盼望的地方。
從新立約：親密關係要長久，要立約。再聘，再舉行一次婚禮，聘是要付代價，用仁義、公平、慈愛、憐憫為代價。
互相告白：天地萬物再次為人效力，為跟隨主的人預備。當神對我們說：你是我的民，人對神說你是我的神。人與神彼此擁有對方。
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How?
Remember it is the Lord who gives us all I need, even my strength and wisdom and effort are the grace of the Lord.
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