Hosea 2:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. ”

• Hosea 2:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And thou shalt know the Lord - This knowledge of God follows on God’s act of betrothal and of love. “We love God, because God first loved us.” And the true knowledge of God includes the love of G...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  I will even betroth thee unto me in (y) faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. (y) With a covenant that will never be broken.

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• Hosea 2:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Hosea 2:2-23 ( Hebrews 2:4-18 ). 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...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  In the third place, he adds, In faithfulness: and this confirms what we have before briefly referred to, — the fixed and unchangeable duration of this marriage. The words, righteousness a...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1144 GOD BETROTHING US TO HIMSELF Hosea 2:19-20 . I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. In faithfulness - Thou shalt no more prostitute thyself to idols, but be faithful to him who calls himself thy husband....

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• Hosea 2:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness— By faith. Houbigant. By that virtue which is the foundation of all religion, and of all other virtues. The perfect accomplishment of this proph...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea,...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 gen...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then Jehovah, turning again to the wife of His youth, says to her, “ I will betroth thee” (as at the first, when maiden undefiled). Three times is this phrase repeated. “Righteousness” and “judgment...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Hosea 2:1-23 ; Hosea 3:1-5 THE SIN AGAINST LOVE Hosea 1:1-11 ; Hosea 2:1-23 ; Hosea 3:1-5 ; Hosea 4:11 ff.; Hosea 9:10 ff.; Hosea 11:8 f. The Love of God is a terrible thing-that is...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “A Door of Hope” Hosea 2:14-23 ; Hosea 3:1-5 The valley of Achor was a long wild pass up through the hills. The prophet says that a door of hope would open there, like the Mont Cenis tunnel wh...

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• Hosea 2:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Was there ever any compellation of words of tenderness like these. Everyone is literally and truly fulfilled, in that the Lord Jesus hath united himself to his Church and people, and given them union...

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• Hosea 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness ,.... Which lies in keeping the marriage contract inviolable; Christ will never suffer his faithfulness to fail, nor break his covenant; as he is fai...

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• Hosea 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. Ver. 20. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness ] Tremellius, Drusius, and Tarnovius render it in fide,...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I will betroth thee unto me for ever I will treat thee, who hast been a harlot, like a wife, if hereafter thou become faithful to me. Yea , I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness , &c....

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• Hosea 2:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Promises of Mercy. B. C. 764.       14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her i...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This verse is a third promise in the same words to comfort and encourage the true Israel, only faithfulness is here added a qualification of this new marriage, which shall continue firm on a mutual,...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Hope Shines Through From The Future Because One Day YHWH Will Once Again Draw His People Back To Himself And Will Restore Her Situation. Israel Will Dwell Securely, Having Become Betrothed To YHWH F...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 2:18 . Beasts ] Lit. ( Job 5:23 ; Ezekiel 34:25 ); or figurative of peace, safety, and gospel times; the re-established Jews at friends with the heathen nations. Bow ] W...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 concei...

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• Hosea 2:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Hosea 2:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I will even betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the Lord. The husband of the Church I. The condescension of Christ in calling Himself the husband of His church. This appea...

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• Hosea 2:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 di...

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• Hosea 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Renewal of the Lord's Marriage Contract

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• Hosea 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 4:6 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; 2 Timothy 1:12 ; Colossians 1:10 ; Ezekiel 38:23 ; Hebrews 8:11 ; Jeremiah 24:7 ; Jeremiah 31:33 ; Jeremiah 31:34 ; Jeremiah 9:24 ; John 17:...

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