Hosea 2:17 (DRB)

Passage

And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shall no more remember their name.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:15 And I will give her vinedressers out of the same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening of hope: and she shall sing there according to the days of her youth, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:16 And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord: That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.

Hosea 2:17 And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shall no more remember their name.

Hosea 2:18 And in that day I will make a covenant with them, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air, and with the creeping things of the earth: and I will destroy the bow, and the sword, and war out of the land: and I will make them sleep secure.

Hosea 2:19 And I will espouse thee to me for ever: and I will espouse thee to me in justice, and judgment, and in mercy, and in commiserations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "take", "away", "names", "baalim", "mouth", "shall", and "remember". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "take" and "away", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And it shall be in that day..." into verse 18's "And in that day I will make...", so "take" and "away" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "take" and "away" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.