Hosea 2:20 (LSB)

Passage

And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know Yahweh.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:18 And in that day I will cut a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky, And the creeping things of the ground. And I will break the bow, the sword, and war from the land, And I will make them lie down in security.

Hosea 2:19 And I will betroth you to Me forever; Indeed, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion,

Hosea 2:20 And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know Yahweh.

Hosea 2:21 “And it will be in that day, that I will answer,” declares Yahweh. “I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth,

Hosea 2:22 And the earth will answer the grain, the new wine, and the oil, And they will answer Jezreel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "betroth", "faithfulness", and "yahweh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "betroth", 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 you to Me..." into verse 21's "And it will be in that day...", so "faith" and "betroth" 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 "betroth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.