Hosea 2:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; ”

Hosea 2:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will hear the heavens ... - As all nature is closed, and would refuse her office to those who rebel against her God, so, when He hath withdrawn His curse and is reconciled to man all shall comb...
Hosea 2:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear (z) the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; (z) Then will the heaven desire rain for the earth, which will bring f...
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I will hear. The restoration comes from, and begins with, Jehovah. hear . answer, or respond to ( Zechariah 8:12 ).
Hosea 2:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Lord promises again that he will not be wanting to the people, when they shall be reconciled to him. We must, indeed, in the first place, seek that God may be propitious to us; for they are...
Hosea 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; I will hear, saith the Lord - The sentence is repeated, to show how fully t...
Hosea 2:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will hear, &c.— I will answer, saith the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the [ wants of the ] earth. Hosea 2:22 . And the earth shall favour the corn, and the w...
Hosea 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; In that day - of grace to Israel. I will hear, saith the Lord, I...
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(21-23) Will hear. — More correctly, I will answer (the prayer of) the heavens. A sublime personification! Heaven pleads with Jehovah, the earth pleads with heaven, and the products of the soil...
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are very sweet promises, both in a temporal, and in a spiritual sense; and all ratified, and confirmed, to the believer, in the charter of grace. When the Lord hath brought sinners into a state...
Hosea 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... When these espousals shall be made, when the marriage of the Lamb will be come, and his bride will be betrothed to him; then the whole creation, the heave...
Hosea 2:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; Ver. 21. And it shall come to pass in that day ] In that time of grace a...
Hosea 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will hear the heavens When they ask, as it were, to send their rain on the earth. And they shall hear the earth When it supplicates, as it were, for rain. The earth shall hear the corn and the...
Hosea 2:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promises of Mercy. B. C. 764. 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her i...
Hosea 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 2:21 . I will hear ] The heavens pray to God, to give to earth its fertility; the earth and all creatures desire to satisfy the wants of God’s people; God is no longer sca...
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel The dependence of universal being upon a benigna...
Hosea 2:21 - 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...
Hosea 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Renewal of the Lord's Marriage Contract
Hosea 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:21-23 ; Isaiah 65:24 ; Matthew 6:33 ; Romans 8:32 ; Zechariah 13:9 ; Zechariah 8:12
Hosea 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In that day — In the day of gospel — grace. I will hear — God the first and universal cause will influence the heavens, he will command their dew, and showers. When the earth is dry, it does as it...

Hosea 2:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 2:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 2:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 2:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 2:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 2:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 2:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 2:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 2:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 2:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes