^{18 Ref} And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.

^{19 Ref} And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

^{20 Ref} And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.

^{21 Ref} And it hath come to pass in that day, I answer -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.

^{22 Ref} And the earth doth answer the corn, And the new wine, and the oil, And they answer Jezreel.

^{23 Ref} And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou `art', and it saith, My God!'