Hosea 2:4

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

And I will not have mercy upon her children - not even her individual members shall escape the doom of the nation collectively, because they are individually guilty.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will not have mercy upon her children - God visits the sins of the parents upon the children, until the entailed curse be cut off by repentance...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they [be] the (f) children of whoredoms. (f) That is bastards, and begotten in adultery.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:2-23 ( Hebrews 2:4-18 ). In this discourse, which seems to be based upon and imply the narrative in Hosea 1, 3, the prophet sets forth th...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons: i.e. the individual members of the nation collectively.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Lord now comes close to each individual, after having spoken in general of the whole people: and thus we see that to be true which I have s...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. They be the children of whoredoms - They are all idolaters; and...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Discipline and Restoration of Faithless Israel The unfaithful conduct of Gomer and the prophet's gentle treatment of her are regarded as an an...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Her children. — The children are like their mother: not only are they born of doubtful parentage, but are personally defiled. Not only is idolatry...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 2:1-23 ; Hosea 3:1-5 THE SIN AGAINST LOVE Hosea 1:1-11 ; Hosea 2:1-23 ; Hosea 3:1-5 ; Hosea 4:11 ff.; Hosea 9:10 ff.; Hosea 11:...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Bitter Sin of Wandering from God Hosea 2:1-13 Hosea is represented as having exhausted his expostulations upon his faithless wife. He has t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

No details of the unfaithfulness of Gomer are given, but in the second movement the prophet is seen nursing his own agony, and by that process learni...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But yet remember how the Lord pleads with his people under their rebellions. Here the whole Church is represented as our mother; and called in to hea...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will not have mercy upon her children ,.... The posterity of the Jews in succeeding ages, until the time of their conversion comes; they persi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they [be] the children of whoredoms. Ver. 4. And I will not have mercy upon her children ] Lo, he...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I will not have mercy on her children , &c. As an injured husband has no regard for the children which his wife has had by another man; so n...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sinfulness of Israel. B. C. 764. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will not have mercy: see Hosea 1:6 . Upon her children: by this expression particular persons are severally, as by mother the whole nation w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Yes, upon her children will I have no mercy, for they are children of whoredom; because their mother has played the harlot; she who conceived them h...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 2:2 . Plead ] Jehovah makes the demand, urges individual Israelites to reason with the mother , i.e. the nation viewed...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 2:1 . Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi, that is, my people; and to your sisters, Ruhamah, that is, mercy, or oh mercy, or having obtained m...
The Biblical Illustrator

I will not have mercy. Threatening and pleading (compare Hosea 2:2 ):--“Let her put away her whoredoms,” etc. What should we learn hereby, but...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not thy wife, neither am I her husband. In this second chapter the same cy...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi ("My people"); and to your sisters, Ruhamah ("having obtained mercy"). The original names of the children w...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I will not have mercy upon her children, all the members of the nation being included in His punishment; for they be the children of whoredoms,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 9:22 ; Ezekiel 8:18 ; Ezekiel 9:10 ; Hosea 1:2 ; Hosea 1:6 ; Isaiah 27:11 ; Isaiah 57:3 ; James 2:13 ; Jeremiah 13:14 ; Jeremiah 16...

⁴ And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 2:4