Hosea 2:1
AMMI. My People. RUHAMAH. Pitied One.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMMI. My People. RUHAMAH. Pitied One.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR MOTHER. Gomer (Hosea 1:3). The ten tribes personified by their royal capital. HER HUSBAND. Compare Jeremiah 31:32. WHOREDOMS... ADULTERIES. idolatries. See note on Hosea 1:2. BETWEEN HER BREASTS. her embraces.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEST, &C. Hosea 2:3 refers to Israel's earliest history. HER: i.e. her land, as shown by the words following. Compare Ezekiel 16:23. IN THE DAY. See App-18.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons: i.e. the individual members of the nation collectively.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAYED THE HARLOT: i.e. practiced idolatries. The silence as to details here is eloquent. MY LOVERS. my Baals, or lords. Compare Jeremiah 44:17; Jeremiah 44:18. MY, &C. Note the three pairs, including food, clothing, and luxuries. All are claimed as hers.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6) for emphasis. HEDGE UP, &C. Compare Job 8:23. Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7; Lamentations 3:9. THY WAY. Jehovah had spoken _of_ Israel. Now He speaks _to_ her. MAKE. WALL. Hebrew wall. (stone) wall. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6) for emphasis. rea... [ Continue Reading ]
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".... [ Continue Reading ]
DID NOT KNOW. Compare Isaiah 1:3. THAT I. that [it was]. Who. Compare Ezekiel 16:17. WINE. new wine. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27. WHICH THEY, &C.. they made offerings to Baal. Compare Hosea 8:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL. RETURN. In judgment. TAKE AWAY. take back. Compare Hosea 2:3. MY WINE, &C. They were all His, and from Him. RECOVER. rescue (Genesis 31:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL. DISCOVER. Compare Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 23:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
HER FEAST DAYS. All these are in the sing, here. her feast, her new moon, her sabbath, her every appointed season.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROY. lay waste. Compare Psalms 105:33. WHEREOF. In Hosea 2:5. REWARDS. my hire, or fee.. technical term. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:18). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL VISIT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34). App-92. THE DAYS: i.e. the feast days. BAALIM. (Plural) including Baal-gad, Baal-Hermon, Baal-zephon, Baalberith, &c. DECKED HERSELF. Compare Ezekiel 23:40; Ezekiel 23:42. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE. Nevertheless. Note that the whole of this present dispensation comes between Hosea 2:13 and Hosea 2:14. See App-72. I. I myself (emphatic). BRING HER, &C. Compare Ezekiel 20:35. COMFORTABLY. to the heart. Compare Isaiah 40:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THENCE: i.e. [when she cometh] from thence. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 16:13; Numbers 16:14). App-92. THE VALLEY OF ACHOR. Ref to Joshua 7:26. App-92. The events must have been written down at the time and preserved. See App-47. ACHOR. trouble. Compare Joshua 7:24. DOOR. entrance. HOP... [ Continue Reading ]
ISHI. My husband. BAALI. My lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL TAKE AWAY, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 23:13). Compare Joshua 23:7; Psalms 16:4.Isaiah 2:18; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 36:25; Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 37:23.Zechariah 13:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 item. AND. WILL BREAK. Compare Psalms 46:9; Isaiah 2:4.Zechariah 9:10. MAKE THEM TO LIE DOWN SAFELY. R... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BETROTH, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:16; Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 22:23; Deuteronomy 22:25; Deuteronomy 22:27; Deuteronomy 22:28; Deuteronomy 28:30). App-92. Elsewhere only in 2 Samuel 3:14 ("espouse"). Notice the thrice-rep [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT KNOW, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:7, &c). This is the sign of Israel's blessing (Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 54:13.Jeremiah 31:33; Jeremiah 31:34.John 6:45; John 6:45). Their evils came from not knowing (Isaiah 1:3.Luke 19:42 [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL HEAR. The restoration comes from, and begins with, Jehovah. HEAR. answer, or respond to (Zechariah 8:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EARTH. Note the Figure of speech _Anadiplosis_ (App-6), by which the word at the end of Hosea 2:21 is repeated at the beginning of Hosea 2:22. JEZREEL. the seed of GOD [which He will sow], as stated in Hosea 2:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SOW HER: i. e. the new Israel. WILL HAVE MERCY, &C.. have pity; i. e. will [call her] _Ruhamah._ HER THAT HAD NOT OBTAINED MERCY. Lo-Ruhamah (Not pitied). NOT MY PEOPLE. Lo-ammi. THOU ART MY PEOPLE. Ammi [art] thou. THEY SHALL SAY. and he, he shall say, &c: i. e. the whole nation as one... [ Continue Reading ]