Hosea 2:19
ContextNETBible | I will commit myself to you 1 forever; I will commit myself to you in 2 righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and tender compassion. |
XREF | Ps 85:10; Isa 45:23-25; Isa 54:5; Isa 54:8-10; Isa 54:14; Isa 62:3-5; Jer 3:14,15; Jer 4:2; Jer 31:31-36; Jer 32:38-41; Eze 37:25-28; Eze 39:29; Joe 3:20; Joh 3:29; Ro 3:25-26; Ro 7:4; 2Co 11:2; Eph 1:7,8; Eph 5:23-27; Eph 5:25-27; Re 19:7-9; Re 21:2,9,10 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “I will betroth you to me” (so NIV) here and in the following lines. Cf. NRSV “I will take you for my wife forever.” 2 tn The preposition בְּ (bet), which is repeated throughout 2:19-20 [21-22], denotes price paid (BDB 90 s.v. בְּ III.3; e.g., Ezek 3:14). The text contains an allusion to the payment of bridal gifts. The |