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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 3 - Introduction

* The prophet enters into a new contract, representing the gracious manner in which God will again restore Israel under a new covenant.

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See also Hosea 3 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PART I., 1-3. These Chapter s form a distinct section consisting of two narrative pieces, mainly in prose (Hosea 1:2 to Hosea 2:1 and Hosea 3), which narrate the story of the prophet's unhappy marriag...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The second part of the parable of Hosea's family-life...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    HOSEA TAKES GOMER BACK -- Hosea Three -- Gomer has gone back to her life of prostitution. This must have brought great grief to Hoses and to their children. God told Hosea to, "Go yet, love a woman b...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _BY THE EXPIATION OF AN ADULTERER, IS SHEWED THE DESOLATION OF ISRAEL BEFORE THEIR RESTORATION._ _Before Christ 786._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. Was Hosea's marriage actual or symbolic? 2. Did God command Hosea to do something immoral in marrying a woman of harlotry? 3. Why did God command Hosea to marry an...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (f-0) (The title of this book, 'Hosea'), Strictly 'Hoshea,' meaning, 'Deliverance.' see Numbers 13:16 ....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    III. We must assume some interval to have elapsed since the events of Hosea’s domestic life, detailed in Hosea 1. Meanwhile the immoralities of Gomer have continued. She at length abandons the home o...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 3 In this chapter is an order to the prophet to love an adulterous woman beloved of her friend, and by this parable to express the love of God to Israel, and their ingratitude t...

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