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The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:21-22

God's rule in nature and in grace. Hosea was projecting himself into the future. He felt as if standing already amid the desolation threatened against Israel. He saw around him a laud barren through drought. Its inhabitants, dying of starvation, were craving the wonted produce of vineyards and corn-fields, but looked in vain for a sign of coming blessing. Under the name "Jezreel" they are represented as crying to the" corn" and wine to satisfy them; but these are in bondage to the earth, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:21-22

The great First Cause of blessing. The language of the prophet here is language of true poetry. To his vivid imagination all nature is personified, endowed with hearing and with speech. The wants of the penitent Israel (figured as Jezreel) are known to the products of the earth by which human need is supplied; the earth when called upon yields her fruits, and the heaven, in response to earth's demands, pours down the fertilizing showers which ensure a plenteous harvest; for the Lord of all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:21-23

The eighteenth verse pictures a scene of peace for Israel's future; the verses following warrant the expectation of its perpetuity, owing to the higher and holier relationship; the verses before us are a vivid description of unlimited prosperity. The corn and wine and oil appeal, by a graphic personification, to mother earth; earth appeals to the over-canopying heavens; and the heavens appeal to him whose throne is in the heavens, but whom the heavens and heaven of heavens cannot contain. Soon... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:21-23

God and his universe. "And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God." As the word "Jezreel" literally means "seed of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:23

(See homily above, on the curse reversed, Hosea 1:10 , Hosea 1:11 , and Hosea 2:1 )—C.J. HOMILIES BY A. ROWLAND read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:23

Purposes of pity and of possession. The name Jezreel had been applied by the Divine command to one of Hosea's sons, and thence to Israel, by way of marking God's displeasure with the rebellious people, whose capital has been marked by deeds of disobedience and of bloodshed. But the name itself was good, moaning "God will sow." And in this verse it is declared that God will indeed sow Israel unto himself, in mercy and for life and blessing. It is thus figuratively asserted that days of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:21-22

I will hear the heavens ... - As all nature is closed, and would refuse her office to those who rebel against her God, so, when He hath withdrawn His curse and is reconciled to man all shall combine together for man’s good, and, by a kind of harmony, all parts thereof join their ministries for the service of those who are at unity with Him. And, as an image of love, all, from lowest to highest, are bound together, each depending on the ministry of that beyond it, and the highest on God. At each... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:23

And I will sow her unto Me in the earth - She whom God sows, is the Church, of whom God speaks as her, because she is the Mother of the faithful. After the example of her Lord, and by virtue of His Death, every suffering is to increase her. “The blood of Christians was their harvest-seed” . “The Church was not diminished by persecutions, but increased and the field of the Lord was even clothed with the richer harvest, in that the seeds, which fell singly, arose multiplied” .In the earth - “o He... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:21-22

Hosea 2:21-22. I will hear the heavens When they ask, as it were, to send their rain on the earth. And they shall hear the earth When it supplicates, as it were, for rain. The earth shall hear the corn and the wine, &c. When they wish, as it were, to supply the wants of man. And they shall hear Jezreel All nature shall hear, and minister to, the people whom God shall restore to their own land. The Hebrew word, however, here rendered to hear, Dr. Waterland more properly renders ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:23

Hosea 2:23. And I will sow Or plant, her unto me in the earth, &c. The original word, rendered sow, or plant, alludes to and explains the word Jezreel, or seed of God, as used Hosea 1:4; Hosea 1:11, and here in the foregoing verse. The prophet foretels a plentiful increase of true believers, like to that of corn sown in the earth; and represents the converted Jews as being the seed from which an abundant harvest of Gentile converts should arise. “The myriads of the natural... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:21-22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:21-22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:23

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