The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, who are probably mentioned in the sequence of their reign on account of the stability of their rule, AND IN THE DAYS OF JEROBOAM, THE SON OF JOASH, KING OF ISRAEL, this sta... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL TO BE REJECTED ON ACCOUNT OF ITS IDOLATRY... [ Continue Reading ]
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea, literally, "In the beginning when Jehovah spoke with Hosea,". AND THE LORD SAID TO HOSEA, GO, TAKE UNTO THEE A WIFE OF WHOREDOMS, most commentators believing this to have been done internally and in a vision, since the force of the symbolical act would... [ Continue Reading ]
So he, the prophet, WENT AND TOOK GOMER, THE DAUGHTER OF DIBLAIM, whose very name was descriptive of the life in which she delighted; WHICH CONCEIVED AND BARE HIM A SON.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel, the name of a very fruitful valley in the northern part of the land; FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND I WILL AVENGE THE BLOOD OF JEZREEL, namely, the blood that had been spilled by Ahab and other wicked kings in this garden spot, UPON THE HOUSE OF JEHU,... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass at that day that I will break the bow of Israel, the military force on which the strength of the kingdom rested, on which its existence depended, IN THE VALLEY OF JEZREEL, for the Assyrians, within four decades, overthrew the power of Israel completely.... [ Continue Reading ]
And she conceived again and bare a daughter, a female child being named in order to represent the entire nation, both men and women, in the sons and daughters of the people AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM, CALL HER NAME LO-RUHAMAH ("not having obtained mercy"); FOR I WILL NO MORE HAVE MERCY UPON THE HOUSE OF... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, the southern kingdom, in which His worship was still being observed by the few who represented His kingdom on earth, AND WILL SAVE THEM BY THE LORD, THEIR GOD, by an almighty deliverance, AND WILL NOT SAVE THEM BY BOW NOR BY SWORD NOR BY BATTLE, BY HORS... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and bare a son, there being no interruption in the announcement of evil.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi ("not My people"); FOR YE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, namely, on account of their rejection of Him, AND I WILL NOT BE YOUR GOD, they could not claim Him as their highest good, they could not call upon Him as their Helper. When people deliberately reject the true God, they... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet the number of the children of Israel, the spiritual Israel in Messianic times, SHALL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, WHICH CANNOT BE MEASURED NOR NUMBERED, Cf Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:13; AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, namely, in the ce... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRUE ISRAEL... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel, all the true members of the Church of the Lord, all those who have acknowledged Him in faith as their Father, BE GATHERED TOGETHER, in the communion of saints, AND APPOINT THEMSELVES ONE HEAD, accepting the Messiah as the one Master in the... [ Continue Reading ]