Hosea 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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. That give me my bread - See the note on Jeremiah 44:17-18 (note), where nearly the same words are found and illustrated.

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