Hosea 2:14-15,19-20 NRSVue
14Therefore, I will now allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. 15From there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she shall respond as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
19And 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. 20I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you shall know the
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