HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:1 Hosea uses the legal process of an offended husband against his wife as a picture of God’s plans for dealing with Israel’s rebellion. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:2 Perhaps the declaration that SHE IS NOT MY WIFE, AND I AM NOT HER HUSBAND should be read as a threat, rather than an actual divorce. Otherwise, Hosea would have no right to issue the warnings and threats that follow. The marriage between God and Israel has not ended. The cove... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:4 THEY ARE CHILDREN OF WHOREDOM. Here is a clear rejection of fatherhood. The Lord, like Hosea, is as a husband wronged and injured by infidelity. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:6 THEREFORE. This is the first of three “therefores” in this chapter (see vv. Hosea 2:9, Hosea 2:14). It is spoken in response to the mother’s uncontained lust. The eighth-century prophets (including Hosea) truly believed that Israel’s sins could be forgiven and the nation coul... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:8 SHE DID NOT KNOW. Israel’s failure to “know” the Lord is a key idea in the book (vv. Hosea 2:8; Hosea 4:1, Hosea 4:6; Hosea 5:4; Hosea 6:3; Hosea 8:2; Hosea 13:4,... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:14 Hosea describes God’s plan to restore his “marriage” with Israel. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:15 The VALLEY OF ACHOR, where Achan was cursed (Joshua 7:25), will become a place for hope. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:16 YOU WILL CALL ME “MY HUSBAND,” AND NO LONGER WILL YOU CALL ME “MY BAAL.” The Hebrew word for “Baal” and one of the words for “husband” are virtually the same. Israel treated Baal (their false god) as if he were God (their covenant husband). In the future, they will know thei... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:19 I WILL BETROTH YOU TO ME. The marriage agreement is established by paying a bride price to the bride’s father (2 Samuel 3:14). The bride price that the Lord will pay for Israel is RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE, STEADFAST LOVE, and MERCY. Only the Lord can offer such things (Exodus... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 2:21 AND IN THAT DAY, that is, when the marriage is again consummated, Israel’s former difficulties will be reversed: grain, wine, and oil will be replenished (compare vv. Hosea 2:5, Hosea 2:8). NO MERCY will receive MERCY (compare Hosea 1:6; Hosea 2:4), and NOT MY PEOPLE will ag... [ Continue Reading ]