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.
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.
2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;