Hos 2:18-23, Zec 2:5, 8, Heb 4:9, 1Jo 4:16 | ESV | STEP | And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field , the birds of the heavens , and the creeping things of the ground . And I will abolish the bow , the sword , and war from the land , and I will make you lie down in safety .

g[See ver. 19 above]

h Jer. 31:34; John 17:3

i ver. 16

j[Zech. 8:12]

k[ch. 1:4, 11]

m[ch. 1:10]; See Ezek. 36:9-11

nCited Rom. 9:25, 26

o ch. 1:6

q ch. 1:9; 1 Pet. 2:10

s ver. 1; Zech. 13:9; See Lev. 26:12; Jer. 31:33

t Isa. 4:5; [ch. 9:8; Ps. 125:2]

v Jer. 12:14

wSee Deut. 32:10

x John 6:69

ySee ver. 8

z ver. 12; ch. 3:24

Hosea 2:18-23

18 And ^aI will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And ^bI will abolish ^{▼▼Hebrew break} the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in ^dsafety. 19 And I will betroth you to me ^eforever. ^fI will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20 ^gI will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And ^hyou shall know the Lord.

21 “And ⁱin that day ^jI will answer, declares the Lord,
I will answer the heavens,
and they shall answer the earth,
22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and they shall answer ^kJezreel, ^{▼▼ Jezreel means God will sow}
23 and ^mI will sow her for myself in the land.
And ⁿI ^owill have mercy on No Mercy, ^{▼▼Hebrew Lo-ruhama}
and ^qI will say to Not My People, ^{▼▼Hebrew Lo-ammi} ^s‘You are my people’;
and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”

Zechariah 2:5

5 And I will be to her ^ta wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

Zechariah 2:8

8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me ^{▼▼Or he sent me after glory} to the nations who plundered you, ^vfor he who touches you touches ^wthe apple of his eye:

Hebrews 4:9

9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

1 John 4:16

16 So ^xwe have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. ^yGod is love, and ^zwhoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.