Hosea 2:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:18-23

The new betrothal Jehovah, on his part, signs, as it were, a new marriage contract with Israel. The relation will this time be an enduring one. He will grant to Israel security and peace. He will restore her blessings. He will dower her with fresh gifts. He will increase her fruitfulness. The promises may be legitimately extended to all the Israel of faith. I. SECURITY AND PEACE IN THE NEW RELATION . ( Hosea 2:18 ) 1. The new covenant will be, not merely a covenant of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:18

And in that day - o: “Truly and properly is the time of the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten called “the Day,” wherein darkness was dispelled in the world, and the mist dispersed, and bright rays shed into the minds of believers, and the Sun of Righteousness shone upon us, pouring in the light of the true knowledge of God, to those who could open wide the eye of the mind.”And I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field ... - God promises to do away the whole of the former... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:18

Hosea 2:18. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, &c. That is, a covenant of security from the evils which, in the days of my vengeance, arose from beasts, and birds of prey, and venomous creatures. Or the words may be understood figuratively, of the final conversion of the most ignorant and vicious of the heathen to the true faith; the effect of which will be, that they shall live in peace and friendship with the re-established nation of the... 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 2:18

in that day. That yet future day of Israel's restoration. make a covenant, &c. Compare Job 5:23 .Isaiah 11:6-9 . Ezekiel 34:25 . and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) to emphasize each item. and I will break. Compare Psalms 46:9 . Isaiah 2:4 .Zechariah 9:10 . make them to lie down safely. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25:18 , Leviticus 25:19 ; Leviticus 26:5 , Leviticus 26:6 . Deuteronomy 12:10 ; Deuteronomy 33:12 , Deuteronomy 33:28 ). App-92 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 2:18

"And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the sword, and the bow, and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely."This is figurative language for the peaceful prosperity for the entire world as intended by the Advent of Jesus Christ, of whom the angels sang, "Peace on earth to men of good will." As far as our knowledge of this goes, it... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 2:18

Hosea 2:18. A covenant— This covenant with the beasts of the field, the fowls of heaven, and the reptiles of the earth, is the final conversion of the most ignorant and vicious of the Heathen to the true faith. The effect of which must be, that they will all live in peace and friendship with the re-established nation of the Jews. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:18

18. for them—for their benefit. covenant . . . with the beasts—not to hurt them ( :-). They shall fulfil the original law of their creation by becoming subject to man, when man fulfils the law of his being by being subject to God. To be realized fully in millennial times ( :-). break the bow . . . out of the earth—rather, "out of the land"; that is, I will break and remove war out of the earth ( :-); and "out of the land" of Israel first (Isaiah 2:4; Ezekiel 39:9; Ezekiel 39:10; Zechariah 9:9;... 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 2:18

In that day the Lord promised also to make all the animals in the Promised Land safe and secure (cf. Hosea 2:12; Leviticus 26:5-6; Leviticus 26:22). He would make it safe for the animals to live there by removing war from the land. This is a way of saying that the Israelites, and even the animals in Israel, would dwell in peace and security. Attacks from wild animals and destruction from war were prominent motifs employed in the curses threatened in ancient Near Eastern treaties. [Note:... read more

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