Hosea 2:14 God's presence in loneliness a sermon for Lent. I. From the first dawning of conversion to the hour of death, it is in solitude mostly that God speaks to the soul. God's will, as Himself, is everywhere; within and without He speaks to our souls, if we would hear. Only the din of the wor... [ Continue Reading ]
Hosea 2:14 Our text belongs, we may suppose in a special sense to the Jew. It may in part have been accomplished in his past history, but its thorough fulfilment is to be looked for in the future. But there is every reason why the passage should admit of a secondary application an application to ou... [ Continue Reading ]
Hosea 2:15 This promise, like all God's promises, has its well-defined conditions. Achan has to be killed and put safe out of the way first, or no shining hope will stand out against the black walls of the defile. The tastes which knit us to the perishable world, the yearnings for Babylonish garmen... [ Continue Reading ]