And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
Thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali - `my Husband ... no more, my Lord.' Affection is the, prominent idea in Husband;' rule, in 'Lord.' The chief reason for the substitution of Husband for Lord appears next verse-namely, Baali, the Hebrew for my Lord, had been perverted to express the images of Baal, whose name ought not to be taken on their lips (Exodus 23:13; Zechariah 13:2).