George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Hosea 2:18
Beasts. The most savage nations shall receive the gospel, and become mild, Isaias xi. 6. (Theodoret) --- Wild beasts shall not infest the land, Leviticus xxvi. 22. (Calmet)
Beasts. The most savage nations shall receive the gospel, and become mild, Isaias xi. 6. (Theodoret) --- Wild beasts shall not infest the land, Leviticus xxvi. 22. (Calmet)
Verse 18. _WILL I MAKE A COVENANT FOR THEM_] I will make an _agreement_ between them and the birds, beasts, and reptiles, so that they shall not be injured by those; their _flocks_ shall not be destro...
AND IN THAT DAY - o: “Truly and properly is the time of the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten called “the Day,” wherein darkness was dispelled in the world, and the mist dispersed, and bright rays shed...
CHAPTER 2 Appeal and Punishment for Unfaithfulness The Resumed Relationship _ 1. The appeal and complaint (Hosea 2:1) _ 2. The punishment for Unfaithfulness (Hosea 2:6) 3. The resumed relationship...
HOSEA 2:2 (Hebrews 2:4). In this discourse, which seems to be based upon and imply the narrative in Hosea 1, 3, the prophet sets forth the unfaithfulness of the people and land of Israel to her Divine...
IN THAT DAY. That yet future day of Israel's restoration. MAKE. COVENANT, &C. Compare Job 5:23.Isaiah 11:6; Ezekiel 34:25. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) to emphasize each ite...
And now the notes of threatening are dying away; bright and glorious days are announced for both sections of the nation. There shall be a second Exodus; no more idolatry; no more war; no. cloud upon I...
_I will make a covenant_ The language reminds us of Zechariah 11:10, where Jehovah -breaks his covenant which he has made with all the peoples", restraining them from injuring the Israelites, and stil...
_THOU ART MY PEOPLE, SAITH GOD -- HOSEA 2:18-23:_ When God allowed His people back He also blessed and protected the land. God did not expect His people to go to war to reclaim the land. He would give...
A COVENANT— This covenant with the beasts of the field, the fowls of heaven, and the reptiles of the earth, is the final conversion of the most ignorant and vicious of the Heathen to the true faith. T...
LOVE RECONCILINGISRAEL IS LAVED TEXT: Hosea 2:16-20 16 And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi (That is, My husband), and shalt call me no more Baali (that is, My m...
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...
THE DISCIPLINE AND RESTORATION OF FAITHLESS ISRAEL The unfaithful conduct of Gomer and the prophet's gentle treatment of her are regarded as an analogue of the nation's faithlessness and God's gentle...
MAKE A COVENANT] Jehovah is here represented poetically as making an agreement with, or laying a command upon, noxious animals, that they will not, it may be supposed, hurt either man or the fruits of...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 2 V1 Then you will tell your brothers, ‘You are my people’. And you will tell your sisters, ‘He has shown *mercy to you’. In cha...
MAKE A COVENANT... — There shall be harmony without corresponding to the moral harmony within. The brute creation shall change from hostility to man. (Comp. Hosea 2:12; so also Isaiah 11:6.) Wars with...
_[Hosea 2:20]_ וְ כָרַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֤ם בְּרִית֙ בַּ...
Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1 THE SIN AGAINST LOVE Hosea 1:1; Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1;
“A DOOR OF HOPE” Hosea 2:14-23; Hosea 3:1-5 The valley of Achor was a long wild pass up through the hills. The prophet says that a door of hope would open there, like the Mont Cenis tunnel which lead...
No details of the unfaithfulness of Gomer are given, but in the second movement the prophet is seen nursing his own agony, and by that process learning the true nature of the sin of his people as God...
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the (x) 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...
How precious these words! When the Lord is at peace with a redeemed soul in Christ; he maketh the whole creation to be at peace with him: that is, the Lord allows nothing to hurt him. Exercised and tr...
The prophecy of Hosea naturally divides itself into two principal divisions with minor sections. The first consists of Hosea 1:1-11; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5; the second, of the rest of the book. Wit...
Unfaithfulness I. INTRODUCTION A. This morning we continue with the love story of Hosea and Gomer. 1. I trust that you remember that the Lord instructed Hosea to love his wife with an unconditional...
The Prophet shows here that the people would be in every way happy after their return to God’s favour: and, at the same time, he reminds us that the cause of all evils is, that men provoke God’s wrath...
Chapter 2 introduces some new elements of exceeding interest; and, at the same time, a magnificent revelation of the dealings of God in grace, towards Israel. The opening words of the chapter appear t...
AND IN THAT DAY WILL I MAKE A COVENANT FOR THEM WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD,.... That is, so as to be at peace with them, as the Targum is; see Job 5:23, the sense is, the Lord here promises this unt...
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...
_And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field_, &c. That is, a covenant of security from the evils which, in the days of my vengeance, arose from beasts, and birds of p...
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, with all those things which might prove harmful an...
The Renewal of the Lord's Marriage Contract...
14-23 After these judgments the Lord would deal with Israel more gently. By the promise of rest in Christ we are invited to take his yoke upon us; and the work of conversion may be forwarded by comfo...
IN THAT DAY: see HOSEA 2:16. MAKE A COVENANT; command or enjoin, and these creatures shall as duly observe the command as just ones keep a covenant. FOR THEM; true converts, the Israel of God. WITH TH...
Hosea 2:18 day H3117 make H3772 (H8804) covenant H1285 beasts H2416 field H7704 birds H5775 air H8064 things...
HOPE SHINES THROUGH FROM THE FUTURE BECAUSE ONE DAY YHWH WILL ONCE AGAIN DRAW HIS PEOPLE BACK TO HIMSELF AND WILL RESTORE HER SITUATION. ISRAEL WILL DWELL SECURELY, HAVING BECOME BETROTHED TO YHWH FOR...
“And in that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground, and I will break the bow and the sword and...
Hosea 2:6. _Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths._ God will cause sin to be painful; he will make the way of it difficult; he wil...
In this chapter God compares Israel to a woman who had been unfaithful to her husband in the very worst and most wicked manner. Hosea 2:5. _For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived...
CONTENTS: The chastisement of adulterous Israel. Yet to be restored. CHARACTERS: God, Hosea, Ammi, Ruhamah, Baalim. CONCLUSION: Those who exchange the service of God for the service of the world and...
Hosea 2:1. _Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi,_ that is, my people; _and to your sisters, Ruhamah,_ that is, mercy, or oh mercy, or having obtained mercy, or mercy shall follow. Hosea 2:3. _Lest I strip...
_And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field._ THE COVENANT OF OUTWARD PEACE God’s favour and covenant shall secure them from hurt by any of the creatures, and shall...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:14 Hosea describes God’s plan to restore his “marriage” with Israel. ⇐ ⇔...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 2:18. BEASTS] Lit. (Job 5:23; Ezekiel 34:25); or figurative of peace, safety, and gospel times; the re-established Jews at friends with the heathen nations. BOW] War extinguishe...
EXPOSITION HOSEA 2:2 PLEAD WITH YOUR MOTHER, PLEAD: FOR SHE IS NOT THY WIFE, NEITHER AM I HER HUSBAND. In this second chapter the same cycle of events recurs as in the first, with this difference, th...
Say to your brethren (Hsa Hosea 2:1), And here he leaves out the Lo, which is the negative. Say to your brethren, My people; and to your sister, Ruhamah (Hsa Hosea 2:1). Or, "having obtained mercy....
Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 39:10; Ezekiel 39:9; Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 2:11
For them — The Israel of God. With the beasts — With all the creatures that might either serve or hurt them. It is a full and gracious promise of abundance of peace, safety, and love, through the crea...