Hosea 2:20 (KJV)

Passage

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

Hosea 2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

Hosea 2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

Hosea 2:21 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;

Hosea 2:22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "even", "betroth", "thee", "faithfulness", "thou", "shalt", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "even", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "And I will betroth thee unto me..." into verse 21's "And it shall come to pass in...", so "faith" and "even" 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 "faith" and "even" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.