CONTENTS
This is a short but interesting Chapter. The Lord commissions the Prophet, under the same figure of an Adulteress, to set forth the very shameful departure of Israel from the Lord; and his grace in Christ for their recovery.
In a vision it should seem, that the Lord spake to the Prophet in this manner. As if he had said, See Hosea! whether there be such affection in human-kindness, that a man will still go on to love a woman that is requiting his affection with committing adultery. Will he still love her? yet such hath been my love to Israel, that no change hath taken place in me towards them, though they have left me days without number. Reader! do not fail to remark this grace of God, for surely it is most precious. Turn to those scriptures; Isaiah 43:22-25; Jeremiah 31:3.