Hosea 2:22

then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to ‘God Plants’ (Jezreel)! ¹ 

biblegateway Hos 2:22

and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.

biblegateway Hos 2:22

And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel.

biblegateway Hos 2:22

Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries of the grain, the grapes, and the olive trees for moisture. And the whole grand chorus will sing together, ‘Jezreel’––‘God plants!’

biblegateway Hos 2:22

Earth will answer grain and wine and olive oil, and they'll all answer Jezreel.

SABDAweb Hos 2:22

And the earth will give its answer to the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will give an answer to Jezreel;

bibleoremus Hos 2:22

and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel;

biblegateway Hos 2:22

The earth shall answer With grain, With new wine, And with oil; They shall answer Jezreel.

biblegateway Hos 2:22

then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to ‘God Plants’ (Jezreel)! ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “Jezreel.” The use of the name יִזְרְעֶאל (yizré’e’l, “Jezreel”) creates a powerful three-fold wordplay: (1) The proper name יִזְרְעֶאל (“Jezreel”) is a phonetic wordplay on the similar sounding name יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra’el, “Israel”): God will answer Israel, that is, Jezreel. (2) The name יִזְרְעֶאל (“Jezreel”) plays on the verb זָרַע (zara’, “to sow, plant”), the immediately following word: וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ (uzéra’tiha, vav + Qal perfect 1st person common singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix: “I will sow/plant her”). This wordplay creates a popular etymology for יִזְרְעֶאל meaning, “God sows/plants,” which fits well into the agricultural fertility imagery in 2:21-23 [2:23-25]. (3) This positive connotation of יִזְרְעֶאל (“Jezreel”) in 2:21-23[23-25] reverses the negative connotation of יִזְרְעֶאל (“Jezreel”) in 1:4-5 (bloodshed of Jehu in the Jezreel Valley).