Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hosea 2:7
Her lovers — Idols and idolaters. Overtake them — But shall never overtake their desired help. To my first husband — God who had married Israel to himself.
Her lovers — Idols and idolaters. Overtake them — But shall never overtake their desired help. To my first husband — God who had married Israel to himself.
AND SHE SHALL FOLLOW AFTER - The words rendered “follow after and seek” (רדך, בקשׁ) are intensive and express “eager, vehement pursuit,” and “diligent search.” They express, together, a pursuit, whose...
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...
FOLLOW AFTER. eagerly follow after. I WILL GO, &C. Compare Hos 6:15.Luke 15:18. FIRST HUSBAND. Compare Ezekiel 16:8. THAN. Supply the _Ellipsis_: "than [it is] now"....
The prophecy begins with a solemn admonition on the faithless conduct of Israel towards her Divine Bridegroom. The _dramatis personæ_are the same as in chap. 1; only, whereas in chap. 1 the husband, w...
_not overtake_… _not find them_ Because the sense of the mystic nearness of the Baalim, formerly enjoyed by their worshippers, will have disappeared together with the prosperity which they were imagin...
_ISRAEL REFUSED TO THANK AND HONOR GOD -- HOSEA 2:6-13:_ God promised that He would make the path of His unfaithful people rough and very hard to take. They had used blessings given them by God to ser...
DISCOURSE: 1142 GOD CORRECTS AND RECLAIMS HIS PEOPLE Hosea 2:6. _Behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. And she shall follow after her lovers...
I WILL GO, AND RETURN, &C.— After finding that her attachment to idols and idolatrous nations will not avail her, but rather plunge her into misfortunes, she will through divine grace be brought to a...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDESPURIOUS LOVERS TEXT: Hosea 2:6-8 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths. 7 And she sha...
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. I WILL HEDGE UP THY WAY WITH THORNS, AND MAKE A WALL, THAT SHE SHALL NOT FIND HER PATHS -...
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...
LOVERS] i.e. the Baalim....
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...
(6-7) Contains a brief introductory prelude, summarizing the general contents of Hosea 2:8. Jehovah addresses the adulterous wife: “I will erect impassable barriers that shall pierce and mangle her fl...
_[Hosea 2:9]_ וְ רִדְּפָ֤ה אֶת ־מְאַהֲבֶ֨יהָ֙ וְ...
Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1 THE SIN AGAINST LOVE Hosea 1:1; Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1;
THE BITTER SIN OF WANDERING FROM GOD Hosea 2:1-13 Hosea is represented as having exhausted his expostulations upon his faithless wife. He has tried every arrow in love's quiver, but in vain; so now...
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 she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find [them]: then shall she say, (i) I will go and return to my first husband; for then ...
Here we have the beautiful consequence of God's gracious dealings with his people. Though the Lord's people have done, and do commit spiritual adultery with the Mammon of this world, and the Church is...
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...
God now shows what takes place when he chastises hardened and rebellious people with heavy punishment. In the first clause he shows that perverseness will cleave so completely to their hearts, that th...
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 SHE SHALL FOLLOW AFTER HER LOVERS,.... Before mentioned; that is, in her affections and desires, with great eagerness and earnestness, as men pursue what they are bent upon; otherwise, being hedge...
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find [them]: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then [was...
_Therefore I will hedge up thy way with thorns_, &c. That is, with difficulties and distresses; _and make a wall_ Hebrew, גדרה, _a stone fence._ I will effectually block up her way, and surround her w...
And she shall follow after her lovers, determined, at first, to cling to the false gods whom she had accepted, BUT SHE SHALL NOT OVERTAKE THEM; AND SHE SHALL SEEK THEM, BUT SHALL NOT FIND THEM, for sh...
V. 1. SAY YE UNTO YOUR BRETHREN, AMMI ("My people"); AND TO YOUR SISTERS, RUHAMAH ("having obtained mercy"). The original names of the children were thus changed to indicate their changed relationship...
6-13 God threatens what he would do with this treacherous, idolatrous people. They did not turn, therefore all this came upon them; and it is written for admonition to us. If lesser difficulties be g...
AND SHE, hedged in with many and great distresses, when under the judgments of God, _shall follow after her lovers_; with earnest travel, and with wearisome toil, she shall attempt every way to get to...
Hosea 2:7 chase H7291 (H8765) lovers H157 (H8764) overtake H5381 (H8686) seek H1245 (H8765) find...
“And she will follow after her lovers, but she will not overtake them, and she will seek them, but will not find them.' So while she may still seek to follow after her lovers, she will not be able to...
“Then she will say, “I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now. For she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil,” The r...
JUDGMENT IS TO FALL ON GOD'S REJECTED PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE FOLLOWED FALSE RELIGION AND FALSE GODS, NOT REALISING WHO IT WAS WHO WAS REALLY THEIR BENEFACTOR. THEY WILL BE EXPOSED AND SHAMED, SOMETH...
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...
_Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns._ DIVINE RESTRAINTS God puts forth restraints on the sinner here. I. these restraints are manifold. “I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:1 Hosea uses the legal process of an offended husband against his wife as a picture of God’s plans for dealing with Israel’s rebellion. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 2:6. HEDGE AND MAKE] Build _a wall_, a double enclosure of stones and thorns. In the East cattle are fenced with thorns and closes. God with determined purpose will interpose be...
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....
2 Chronicles 28:20; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 5: