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Hosea 2:21
21“On that day I will answer your ⌞prayers⌟,” declares the Lord. “I will speak to the sky, it will speak to the earth,
Hosea 2:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
- New International Version (NIV)“In that day I will respond,” declares the Lord— “I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth;
- English Standard Version (ESV)"And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“It shall come to pass in that day That I will answer,” says the Lord; “I will answer the heavens, And they shall answer the earth.
Context of Hosea 2:21
19“Israel, I will make you my wife forever. I will be honest and faithful to you. I will show you my love and compassion. 20I will be true to you, my wife. Then you will know the Lord. “On that day I will answer your ⌞prayers⌟,” declares the Lord. “I will speak to the sky, it will speak to the earth, 22and the earth will produce grain, new wine, and olive oil. You will produce many crops, Jezreel. 23I will plant my people in the land. Those who are not loved I will call my loved ones. Those who are not my people I will call my people. Then they will say, ‘You are our God!’ ”
Read all of Hosea 2Hosea 2:21 word by word
וְהָיָ֣ה׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא אֶֽעֱנֶה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אֶעֱנֶ֖ה אֶת־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְהֵ֖ם יַעֲנ֥וּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 2:21
- Isaiah 65:24Before they call, I will answer. While they’re still speaking, I will hear.
- Zechariah 8:12Seeds will thrive in peacetime. Vines will produce their grapes. The land will yield its crops. The sky will produce its dew. I will give the few remaining people all these things as an inheritance.
- Zechariah 13:9I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
- Matthew 6:33But first, be concerned about his kingdom and what has his approval. Then all these things will be provided for you.
- Romans 8:32God didn’t spare his own Son but handed him over ⌞to death⌟ for all of us. So he will also give us everything along with him.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21So don’t brag about people. Everything belongs to you.
Commentaries on Hosea 2:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21I will hear, saith the Lord - The sentence is repeated, to show how fully the thing was determined by the Almighty, and how implicitly they might depend on the Divine promise. I will hear the heavens - The visible heavens, the atmosphere, where vapours are collected. The clouds, when they wish to deposit their fertilizing showers upon the earth. They shall hear the earth - When it seems to supplicate for rain.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 After these judgments the Lord would deal with Israel more gently. By the promise of rest in Christ we are invited to take his yoke upon us; and the work of conversion may be forwarded by comforts as well as by convictions. But usually the Lord drives us to despair of earthly joy, and help from ourselves, that, being shut from every other door, we may knock at Mercy's gate. From that time Israel would be more truly attached to the Lord; no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Unfaithful Israel believed her food and clothing came from her lovers, the Baals (Hosea 2:5). However, they will learn that the Lord alone provides all fertility and blessings. He will respond to the sky, the clouds, and the earth, starting the true cycle of fertility for the land. When people recognize the Lord as the only source of life, the name Jezreel will regain its true meaning: God plants!Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. in that day--of grace to Israel. heavens ... hear the earth--personification. However many be the intermediate instruments, God is the Great First Cause of all nature's phenomena. God had threatened (Ho 2:9) He would take back His corn, His wine, &c. Here, on the contrary, God promises to hearken to the skies, as it were, supplicating Him to fill them with rain to pour on the earth; and that the skies again would hearken to the earth begging for a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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