Hosea 1:3

Gomer the daughter of Diblaim. — Gomer means complete, or perfect, but whether in external beauty or in wickedness of character is not easy to determine.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So he went - He did not demur, nor excuse himself, as did even Moses Exodus 4:18 , or Jeremiah Jeremiah 1:6 , or Peter Acts 10:4 , and were re...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

So he went and took (d) Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. (d) Gomer signifies a consumption or corruption, and rot...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea's Marriage: a Parable of Yahweh's Relations with Israel. The prophet receives a Divine command to take ( i.e. marry) a wife of whoredom and...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Gomer . completion (i.e. the filling up the measure of idolatry). Diblaim . a double cake of figs, symbolical of sensual pleasure.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We said in yesterday’s Lecture, that God ordered his Prophet to take a wife of whoredoms, but that this was not actually done; for what other e...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. He went and took Gomer - All this appears to be a real transa...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So he went— He said not, This is a hard saying, who can hear it? He does not reason, but comply: he does not dispute, but obey.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. Gomer ... daughter of Diblaim - symbolical names: lit...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea's Marriage and its Lessons 1. A general heading. Hosea 1:2-9 . The prophet's marriage with Gomer, the birth of her three children, and the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL WIFE Hosea 1:1-11 ; Hosea 2:1-23 ; Hosea 3:1-5 IT has often been remarked that, unlike the first Doomster of Israel...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Gathers the Outcast Hosea 1:1-11 The story of Hosea is a pathetic one. He felt impressed that it was his duty to take as wife one whose ear...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The statement with which this prophecy opens, "When the Lord spake at the first," is a declaration by Hosea long after the events. Looking back, he u...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Some have thought, that what is here said of Hosea, was in vision, and not in reality. But others have deemed it to be literally as is here stated. I...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim ,.... In the course of prophesying he made mention of this person, who was a notorious common stru...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. Ver. 3. So he went ] He said not, "This is a hard saying,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So he went and took Gomer , &c. The word Gomer signifies failing , or consuming , (see Psalms 12:1 ,) so that the very name of the harlot,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Marriage; Threatenings against Israel; Intimation of Mercy to Judah. B. C....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So he went and took Gomer; as commanded, so he did, whether you take it parabolically or literally. If you take it literally, this Gomer will be some...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea's Wife And Children Are To Be A Sign Of The Unfaithfulness Of Israel ( Hosea 1:2 to Hosea 2:5 a). There is no reason in chapter 1 for see...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH'S STEADFAST LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND HER UNFAITHFULNESS TO HIM IS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ASSURANCE THAT ONE DAY THE...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH'S STEADFAST LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND HER UNFAITHFULNESS TO HIM IS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ASSURANCE THAT ONE DAY THE...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived, and bore him a son.' In obedience to YHWH Hosea married Gomer, the daughter o...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Hosea 1:3 . Gom.] The name of a nation ( Genesis 10:2-3 ); symbolically G. = completion; i.e. completely given up to whoredom....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 1:1 . Hosea, the son of Beeri. The prophets named their parents, not only to distinguish themselves from others of that name, but to mark th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 1:1 The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri. The prophets are divided into the former ( rishonim,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel to be Rejected on Account of its Idolatry
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So he, the prophet, went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, whose very name was descriptive of the life in which she delighted; which concei...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 8:1-3

³ So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 1:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 1:3