Hosea 2:23 (LSB)

Passage

And I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’”

Nearby Context

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.

Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "myself", "land", "compassion", "obtained", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "myself" and "land", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "And the earth will answer the grain...", giving immediate footing for "myself" and "land". In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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