Hosea 2:18 Meaning and Explanation
“And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The Lord promises a covenant of peace, reconciling His people with creation and ending war.
What Does Hosea 2:18 Mean?
The renewal widens to embrace all creation. God makes a covenant on Israel's behalf with the beasts, birds, and creeping things, and abolishes the weapons of war -- bow, sword, and battle. The result is that His people may 'lie down safely,' at rest and unafraid.
When a people is right with God, peace ripples outward into the whole created order. This vision looks forward to the deep harmony Scripture promises, where creation itself is healed and violence is no more. It points beyond Hosea's day to the kingdom of the Prince of Peace, in which the redeemed at last lie down in safety, every threat disarmed by the God who reconciles all things.
Hosea 2:18 in the Original Language
berit (בְּרִית), 'covenant' -- a binding bond of relationship, here extended to embrace all creation in peace.
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What does Hosea 2:18 mean?
The Lord promises a covenant of peace, reconciling His people with creation and ending war.