HOSEA'S MARRIAGE AND ITS LESSONS 1. A general heading. Hosea 1:2. The prophet's marriage with Gomer, the birth of her three children, and the symbolical meaning attached to them. HOSEA 1:1 TO HOSEA 2:1. The future material and religious prosperity of the people. 1. A general heading, perhaps the w... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BEGINNING.. LORD] RV 'When the Lord spake at the first by Hosea.' A WIFE OF WHOREDOMS] Hosea is probably speaking in the light of his later experiences. His wife was probably innocent of this evil when he married her—or if not the prophet was ignorant of her true character. 4. For the giving of... [ Continue Reading ]
LO-RUHAMAH] i.e. 'not pitied.' BUT.. AWAY] RV 'that I should in any wise pardon them.' 7. The verdict on the kingdom of Judah is in the earlier portions of the book more favourable than in the later; cp. Hosea 5:10; Hosea 5:14, etc. This prophecy was fulfilled by the destruction of Sennacherib's ar... [ Continue Reading ]
LO-AMMI] i.e. 'not my people.' By their sin and perfidy Israel had ceased to act as God's people. They had refused the responsibilities of their calling, and could not expect its privileges. 10. Here, as elsewhere, Hosea cannot bear to dwell upon God's punishments without looking beyond them to His... [ Continue Reading ]