God's Betrothal to Israel

Hosea 2:19-23

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.

And it hath come to pass in that day, I answer--an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.

And the earth doth answer the corn, And the new wine, and the oil, And they answer Jezreel.

And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou art , and it saith, My God!'