Then said the LORD unto me, (a) Go yet, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and (b) love flagons of wine. (a) In this the Prophet represents the person of God, who loved his Church before h... [ Continue Reading ]
So (c) I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: (c) Yet I loved her and paid a small portion for her, lest she would have perceived the greatness of my love, and abused me, and not been under duty: for fifteen pieces of silver was... [ Continue Reading ]
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for (d) me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for [another] man: so [will] I also [be] for thee. (d) I will try you a long time as in your widowhood, whether you will be mine or not.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the children of Israel shall (e) abide many days without a king, and without a (f) prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim: (e) Meaning not only all the time of their captivity, but also until Christ. (f) That is, they would neither h... [ Continue Reading ]
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and (g) David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. (g) This is meant of Christ's kingdom, which was promised to David to be eternal; (Psalms 72:17).... [ Continue Reading ]