Hosea 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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.

Hosea 2:5

5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.b