Native Bible

Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Nitampanda katika nchi kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe; nami nitaonyesha pendo langu kwake yule ambaye nilimwita, ‘Si mpenzi wangu.*’ Nitawaambia wale walioitwa, ‘Sio watu wangu,’* ‘Ninyi ni watu wangu’; nao watasema, ‘Wewe ndiwe Mungu wangu.’ ”

Hosea 2:23 in English

Hosea 2:23 · Berean Standard Bible

And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’* I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’* ‘You are My people,’* and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

Context

21“Katika siku ile nitajibu,” asema Bwana, “nitajibu kwa anga, nazo anga zitajibu kwa nchi; 22nayo nchi itajibu kwa nafaka, divai mpya na mafuta, navyo vitajibu kwa Yezreeli. 23Nitampanda katika nchi kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe; nami nitaonyesha pendo langu kwake yule ambaye nilimwita, ‘Si mpenzi wangu.*’ Nitawaambia wale walioitwa, ‘Sio watu wangu,’* ‘Ninyi ni watu wangu’; nao watasema, ‘Wewe ndiwe Mungu wangu.’ ”

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