Hosea 2:16 (GNV)

Passage

And at that day, sayeth the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:14 Therefore beholde, I will allure her, and bring her into the wildernesse, and speake friendly vnto her.

Hosea 2:15 And I will giue her her vineyardes from thence, and the valley of Achor for the doore of hope, and shee shall sing there as in the daies of her youth, and as in the daies when shee came vp out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:16 And at that day, sayeth the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.

Hosea 2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall be no more remembred by their names.

Hosea 2:18 And in that day wil I make a couenant for them, with the wilde beasts, and with the foules of the heauen, and with that that creepeth vpon the earth: and I will breake the bowe, and the sworde and the battell out of the earth, and will make them to sleepe safely.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sayeth", "lord", "thou", "shalt", "call", and "ishi". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sayeth" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And I will giue her her vineyardes..." into verse 17's "For I will take away the names...", so "sayeth" and "lord" 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 "sayeth" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.