EthniClay
"Expressions of God's Grace"
Modelling Clay Figurines
Artwork & Photography by Grace Wiebe - © Grace Wiebe, EthniClay™, 2004
WOOING US IN THE DESERT see FIGURINE, NOTE CARD
Hosea 2 (especially vs. 14, 15ff) - NIV14 "Therefore I am now going
to allure her;
I will lead her into the desert
and speak tenderly to her.
15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor [1] a door of hope.
There she will sing [2] as in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
16 "In that day," declares the LORD ,
"you will call me 'my husband';
you will no longer call me 'my master. [3] '
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;
no longer will their names be invoked.
18 In that day I will make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air
and the creatures that move along the ground.
Bow and sword and battle
I will abolish from the land,
so that all may lie down in safety.
19 I will betroth you to me forever;
I will betroth you in [4] righteousness and justice,
in [5] love and compassion.
20 I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the LORD .
21 "In that day I will respond,"
declares the LORD -
"I will respond to the skies,
and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
the new wine and oil,
and they will respond to Jezreel. [6]
23 I will plant her for myself in the land;
I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one. [7] '
I will say to those called 'Not my people, [8] ' 'You are my people';
and they will say, 'You are my God.' "
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