Hosea 2:15 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:15

A door of hope. Still continuing his reference to the early history of the chosen people, Hosea assures to the penitent and contrite the blessings of Divine favor, promising to returning Israel" the valley of Achor for a door of hope." As Achor was near Jericho—upon the threshold of the land of promise—the possession of this fertile valley was the earnest of the full and hoped-for inheritance. Entrance upon this was, as it were, passing through the door into the land flowing with milk and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:15

And I will give her her vineyards from thence - God’s mercies are not only in word, but in deed. He not only speaks to her heart, but he restores to her what He had taken from her. He promises, not only to reverse His sentence, but that He would make the sorrow itself the source of the joy. He says, I will give her back her vineyards “thence,” i. e., from the wilderness itself; as elsewhere, He says, “The wilderness shall be a fruitful field” Isaiah 32:15. Desolation shall be the means of her... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:14-15

Hosea 2:14-15. Therefore, behold, I will allure her As there is a plain alteration of the style here from threatenings to promises, so the first word of this verse should be translated nevertheless, or notwithstanding. And bring her into the wilderness Or, after I have brought her into the wilderness. The state of the Jews in captivity is elsewhere expressed by a wilderness state: see note on Ezekiel 20:35. It probably means here the dispersion of the ten tribes, after their first... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 2:15

from thence: i.e. [when she cometh] from thence. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 16:13 , Numbers 16:14 ). App-92 . the valley of Achor. Ref to Joshua 7:26 . App-92 . The events must have been written down at the time and preserved. See App-47 . Achor = trouble. Compare Joshua 7:24-26 . door = entrance. hope = expectation; no longer of trouble. shall sing there. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:1 ). App-92 . there. Where Jehovah allureth, and bringeth, and speaketh. as in the days,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 2:15

"And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.""The valley of Achor ..." It was in this place that the sin of Achan involved all of Israel in a disastrous defeat; but, after Achan was put to death, the same place became "a door of hope," leading to a great victory that opened up the entire land of Canaan for Israel. What is the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 2:15

Hosea 2:15. Thence— The English word thence renders either from that place, or from that time, or in consequence of those things; and the original word is used in all these various senses. No one of these senses would be inapplicable in this place; but the last seems the most significant. God declares, that the calamities of the dispersion, together with the soothing intimations of the Gospel, by bringing the Jewish race to a right mind, will be the means of reinstating them in that wealth and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:15

15. from thence—returning from the wilderness. God gives Israel a fresh grant of Canaan, which she had forfeited; so of her vineyards, c. (Hosea 2:9 Hosea 2:12). Achor—that is, "trouble." As formerly Israel, after their tedious journey through the wilderness, met with the trouble resulting from Achan's crime in this valley, on the very threshold of Canaan, and yet that trouble was presently turned into joy at the great victory at Ai, which threw all Canaan into their hands (Hosea 2:12- :); so... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 2:14-20

1. Renewed love and restored marriage 2:14-20The emphasis in this message is on the fact that God would renew His love for Israel and would restore their "marriage" relationship. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 2:15

The Lord promised that He would restore the blessings of vineyards to the Israelites. He would turn the valley of Achor (lit. trouble, the site of Achan’s sin, Joshua 7:24-26) into a door of hope (cf. Hosea 1:11). This memorial site would no longer remind the Israelites of past sins but would appear to them as the gateway to a new and better future in the land. She would sing again, as the Israelites did when they had crossed the Red Sea (Exodus 15). It is as though Israel would start over as a... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:14-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:2-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 2:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 2:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 2:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 2:14-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 2:15

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