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Hosea 2:1 open_in_new
Ammi. My People.
Ruhamah. Pitied One.
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Hosea 2:2 open_in_new
your mother. Gomer (Hosea 1:3). The ten tribes personified by their royal capital.
her husband. Compare Jeremiah 31:32.
whoredoms... adulteries. idolatries. See note on Hosea 1:2.
between her breasts. her embraces.
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Hosea 2:3 open_in_new
Lest, &c. Hosea 2:3 refers to Israel's earliest history.
her: i.e. her land, as shown by the words following. Compare Ezekiel 16:23-43.
in the day. See App-18.
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Hosea 2:4 open_in_new
children. sons: i.e. the individual members of the nation collectively.
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Hosea 2:5 open_in_new
played the harlot: i.e. practiced idolatries. The silence as to details here is eloquent.
my lovers. my Baals, or lords. Compare Jeremiah 44:17; Jeremiah 44:18.
my, &c. Note the three pairs, including food, clothing, and luxuries. All are claimed as hers.
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Hosea 2:6 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6) for emphasis.
hedge up, &c. Compare Job 8:23. Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7; Lamentations 3:9.
thy way. Jehovah had spoken of Israel. Now He speaks to her.
make. wall. Hebrew wall. (stone) wall. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis. rear. stone wall.
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Hosea 2:7 open_in_new
follow after. eagerly follow after.
I will go, &c. Compare Hos 6:15.Luke 15:18.
first husband. Compare Ezekiel 16:8.
than. Supply the Ellipsis: "than [it is] now".
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Hosea 2:8 open_in_new
did not know. Compare Isaiah 1:3.
that I. that [it was]. Who. Compare Ezekiel 16:17-19.
wine. new wine. Hebrew. tirosh. App-27.
which they, &c.. they made offerings to Baal. Compare Hosea 8:4.
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Hosea 2:9 open_in_new
will. return. In judgment.
take away. take back. Compare Hosea 2:3.
My wine, &c. They were all His, and from Him.
recover. rescue (Genesis 31:16).
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Hosea 2:10 open_in_new
will. discover. Compare Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 23:29.
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Hosea 2:11 open_in_new
her feast days. All these are in the sing, here. her feast, her new moon, her sabbath, her every appointed season.
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Hosea 2:12 open_in_new
destroy. lay waste. Compare Psalms 105:33.
whereof. In Hosea 2:5.
rewards. my hire, or fee.. technical term. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:18). App-92.
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Hosea 2:13 open_in_new
I will visit, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34). App-92.
the days: i.e. the feast days.
Baalim. (Plural) including Baal-gad, Baal-Hermon, Baal-zephon, Baalberith, &c.
decked herself. Compare Ezekiel 23:40; Ezekiel 23:42.
saith the LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.
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Hosea 2:14 open_in_new
Therefore. Nevertheless. Note that the whole of this present dispensation comes between Hosea 2:13 and Hosea 2:14. See App-72.
I. I myself (emphatic).
bring her, &c. Compare Ezekiel 20:35.
comfortably. to the heart. Compare Isaiah 40:2.
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Hosea 2:15 open_in_new
from thence: i.e. [when she cometh] from thence. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 16:13; Numbers 16:14). App-92.
the valley of Achor. Ref to Joshua 7:26. App-92. The events must have been written down at the time and preserved. See App-47.
Achor. trouble. Compare Joshua 7:24-26.
door. entrance.
hope. expectation; no longer of trouble.
shall sing there. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:1). App-92.
there. Where Jehovah allureth, and bringeth, and speaketh.
as in the days, &c. Compare Jeremiah 2:2.Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 16:22; Ezekiel 16:60.
when she came up. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 1:10; Exodus 12:38; Exodus 13:18, &c); and when Jehovah said "My son" (Exodus 4:22). App-92.
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Hosea 2:16 open_in_new
Ishi. My husband.
Baali. My lord.
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Hosea 2:17 open_in_new
I will take away, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 23:13). Compare Joshua 23:7; Psalms 16:4.Isaiah 2:18; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 36:25; Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 37:23.Zechariah 13:2.
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Hosea 2:18 open_in_new
in that day. That yet future day of Israel's restoration.
make. covenant, &c. Compare Job 5:23.Isaiah 11:6-9; Ezekiel 34:25.
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) to emphasize each item.
and. will break. Compare Psalms 46:9; Isaiah 2:4.Zechariah 9:10.
make them to lie down safely. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25:18; Leviticus 25:19; Leviticus 26:5; Leviticus 26:6; Deuteronomy 12:10; Deuteronomy 33:12; Deuteronomy 33:28). App-92.
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Hosea 2:19 open_in_new
I will betroth, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:16; Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 22:23; Deuteronomy 22:25; Deuteronomy 22:27; Deuteronomy 22:28; Deuteronomy 28:30). App-92. Elsewhere only in 2 Samuel 3:14 ("espouse"). Notice the thrice-repeated word here, and in verses: Hosea 2:19; Hosea 2:20.
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Hosea 2:20 open_in_new
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 6:45). Their evils came from not knowing (Isaiah 1:3.Luke 19:42; Luke 19:44).
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. (with. eth). Jehovah Himself. App-4.
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Hosea 2:21 open_in_new
I will hear. The restoration comes from, and begins with, Jehovah.
hear. answer, or respond to (Zechariah 8:12).
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Hosea 2:22 open_in_new
the earth. Note the Figure of speech Anadiplosis (App-6), by which the word at the end of Hosea 2:21 is repeated at the beginning of Hosea 2:22.
Jezreel. the seed of GOD [which He will sow], as stated in Hosea 2:23.
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Hosea 2:23 open_in_new
I will sow her: i. e. the new Israel.
will have mercy, &c.. have pity; i. e. will [call her] Ruhamah.
her that had not obtained mercy. Lo-Ruhamah (Not pitied).
not My People. Lo-ammi.
Thou art My People. Ammi [art] thou.
they shall say. and he, he shall say, &c: i. e. the whole nation as one man. Compare Hosea 1:11.Zechariah 13:9; Romans 9:26; 1 Peter 2:10.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.