E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 2:3
Lest, &c. Hosea 2:3 refers to Israel's earliest history. her: i.e. her land, as shown by the words following. Compare Ezekiel 16:23-43 . in the day. See App-18 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 2:3
"Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst."This passage is a threat to reduce Israel to the status they had when she was born. The nation was born (in the large sense) as a penniless mass of slaves serving Pharaoh, having no homeland, nor nationhood, and no status of any kind whatever. God had elevated her to the rulership of the entire Middle East and bestowed upon her every favor and... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 2:3
Hosea 2:3. And make her as a wilderness— Hebrew. And lay her waste like a wilderness. It may seem harsh to say of a woman, that she shall be laid waste like a wilderness, and reduced to the condition of a parched land. But it is to be observed, that the allegorical style makes an intercommunity of attributes between the type and the thing typified. So that when a woman is the image of a country, or of a church, that may be said of the woman which, in unfigured speech, might be said of the... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:3
3. set her as in the day . . . born— (Ezekiel 16:4; Ezekiel 23:25; Ezekiel 23:26; Ezekiel 23:28; Ezekiel 23:29). The day of her political "birth" was when God delivered her from the bondage of Egypt, and set up the theocracy. make her as a wilderness— (Jeremiah 6:8; Zephaniah 2:13). Translate, "make her as the wilderness," namely, that in which she passed forty years on her way to her goodly possession of Canaan. With this agrees the mention of "thirst" (compare Jeremiah 2:6). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 2:2-5
III. THE SECOND SERIES OF MESSAGES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION: MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS 2:2-3:5These messages develop the comparison between Hosea’s relationship with his adulterous wife and Yahweh’s relationship with unfaithful Israel more fully. In both relationships, restoration follows judgment. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 2:2-7
1. Judgment on Gomer as a figure of Israel 2:2-7In this message, the Lord described Israel’s unfaithfulness to Him in terms similar to those that a husband would use to describe his wife’s unfaithfulness to him. The whole message appears to be one that Hosea delivered to his children, but it really describes Israel as the unfaithful "wife" of Yahweh. As explained above (cf. Hosea 1:2), the evidence suggests that Hosea’s wife really was unfaithful to him; this is not just an allegory in which... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 2:2-13
A. Oracles of judgment 2:2-13Two judgment oracles follow. In the first one, Hosea and Gomer’s relationship is primarily in view, but the parallels with Yahweh and Israel’s relationship are obvious. In the second one, it is almost entirely Yahweh and Israel’s relationship that is in view. In both parts the general form of the messages is that of the lawsuit or legal accusation (Heb. rib) based on (Mosaic) covenant violation. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 2:3
If she did not respond appropriately, Hosea threatened to strip her as naked as when she was born, to expose her to shame and helplessness. Stripping naked like a prostitute was a metaphor used to describe the punishment due a covenant breaker in the ancient Near East. [Note: D. Hillers, Treaty Curses and the Old Testament Prophets, pp. 58-59.] Gomer had exposed herself to her lovers (Hosea 2:2), and now her husband would expose her for all to see. He would also make her like a desert... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:2-23
The Discipline and Restoration of Faithless IsraelThe unfaithful conduct of Gomer and the prophet’s gentle treatment of her are regarded as an analogue of the nation’s faithlessness and God’s gentle correction, a proof of the love which will triumph in the end. But the acted parable and its interpretation are so blended that they cannot always be separated; and frequently the prophet’s personal experience is overshadowed by the larger thought of God’s dealings with His people.2. Plead]... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:2-23
Unfaithful Israel (2:2-23)In Chapter 2 Hosea’s sons are apparently now grown up and Hosea asks them to plead with their mother to return to him. In the same way the minority of faithful believers in Israel plead with the faithless nation to return to God (2).Israel’s adultery was to follow Baal instead of Yahweh. The people believed that Baal was the god of nature and he would give them happiness. Just as a husband could strip his unfaithful wife and send her away naked, so God will, by drought... read more