The days of Baalim. — The plural Baalim refers to the worship of the same deity in different places, with distinguishing local characteristics. Thus there was a Baal-Zephon, a Baal-Hermon, a Baal-Gad, &c. (See W. R. Smith, Old Testament in the Jewish Church, p. 229.) “The days of Baalim” mean the whole period during which Baal has been worshipped by the faithless Israel.
Verse Hosea 2:13. _DAYS OF BAALIM_] To _visit_ signifies to _inflict_ _punishment; the days_ are taken for the _acts_ of idolatrous worship committed on them; and _Baalim_ means the _multitude_ of fa...
I WILL VISIT UPON HER THE DAYS OF BAALIM, OR BAALS - When men leave the one true God, they make to themselves many idols. They act, as if they could make up a god piece-meal out of the many attributes...
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...
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. Compar...
The offended Husband describes the compulsion which he will employ towards his faithless wife....
_I will visit upon her the days of Baalim_ To -visit" is to examine or take notice of, whether in a favourable sense or the reverse. -Baalim" should rather be THE BAALIM (the various local Baals). Hos...
_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...
I WILL VISIT, &C.— "I will punish her for all the idolatries that she hath committed, from the days of Jeroboam, who set up the worship of false gods." _Days_ being taken for the _sins,_ or so as to i...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDESHAME REVEALED TEXT: Hosea 2:9-13 9 Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which...
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD...
2:13 jewels, (c-25) Or 'necklace.' saith (d-34) See Note a, Isaiah 1:24 ....
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...
BAALIM] RV 'the Baalim,' i.e. the images of Baal: cp. Hosea 2:8. The allusion here is to heathen or heathenish festivals looked upon as acts of faithlessness to Jehovah. They are spoken of as past in...
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...
_[Hosea 2:15]_ וּ פָקַדְתִּ֣י עָלֶ֗יהָ אֶת ־יְמֵ֤י...
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 I will visit upon her the days of (n) Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her (o) earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith t...
_Ear. Hebrew, "nose-ring," or ornaments hanging from the nose. (Calmet)_...
These are so many blessed expressions, to show how graciously the Lord is dealing with his people, in the bounties both of providence and grace; while our proud, unhumbled nature, overlooking the Lord...
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...
He confirms what he taught last. We have said before, that this admonition is very necessary, that whenever God deals severely with men, he thus visits their sins, and inflicts a just punishment. For...
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, I WILL VISIT UPON HER THE DAYS OF BAALIM,.... That is, punish them for all the idolatries committed by their forefathers, in the days that the several Baals, as Baalpeor, and Baalberith, and othe...
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD....
_And I will destroy her vines_ Those blessings, or fruits of the earth, which she has attributed to her false gods, I will give to the beasts of the field to eat, making the whole land only a wilderne...
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, punishing her for devoting the great festival days of the Jewish church-year to the service of heathen idols, WHEREIN SHE BURNED INCENSE TO THEM, AND SHE...
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...
I WILL VISIT; punish, for the prophet threatens them with this visitation, by which it evidently appears to be a visiting in wrath. UPON HER; the kingdom of Israel. THE DAYS; the sins of those days pa...
Hosea 2:13 punish H6485 (H8804) days H3117 Baals H1168 incense H6999 (H8686) decked H5710 (H8799) earrings...
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...
“And I will visit on her the days of the Baalim, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me,” says YHWH.' And Israe...
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...
_She decked herself with her ornaments and her Jewels._ THE PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED The wicked-- I. As prospering in the world. Vines and fig-trees stand for prosperity. Wicked men are allowed to...
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 2:12. VINES AND FIG-TREES] Esteemed _rewards_, wages of prostitution (Deuteronomy 23:19; Isaiah 23:17); the choicest produce of earth, denoting sustenance and prosperity, would...
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....
1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 16:32; 1 Kings 18:18; 1 Samuel 12:9; 2 King
Visit — Punish. The days — The sins of those days. Of Baalim — Baal was the great idol of the ten tribes; here it is plural Baalim, to denote the multitude of idols which they worshipped, all called b...