12. I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,of which she has said, “These are my rewards that my lovers have given me.”I will make them a forest,and the beasts of the field will eat them.
13. I will punish her for the days of the Baals,when she burned incense to themand adorned herself with her earrings and her jewelry,and pursued her lovers,but forgot Me,declares the Lord.
14. Therefore, I will allure her,and bring her into the wilderness,and speak tenderly to her.
15. From there, I will give her vineyards to her,and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope.She will respond there as in the days of her youth,and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
16. On that day, declares the Lord,you will call Me, “My husband,”and will no longer call Me, “My Baal.”
17. I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,and they will no longer be remembered by their name.
18. On that day, I will make a covenant for themwith the beasts of the field, with the fowls of heaven,and with the creeping things of the ground.I will break the bow and the sword and the battlefrom the earth,and will make them to lie down safely.
19. I will take you for My wife forever.I will take you for My wife in righteousness and in justice,in mercy and in compassion.
20. I will take you for My wife in faithfulness,and you will know the Lord.