Therefore = Nevertheless. Note that the whole of this present dispensation comes between Hosea 2:13 and Hosea 2:14 . See App-72 . I = I myself (emphatic). bring her, &c. Compare Ezekiel 20:35 . comfortably = to the heart. Compare Isaiah 40:2 . read more
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
"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her."God's continued initiative in winning a bride from reluctant humanity is stated here. However, commentators have usually misunderstood this as "the beginning of the lasting reconciliation."[39] The "her" of this verse is not the brazen whore who forgot God, crucified the Christ, and claimed Caesar alone as their "god." No indeed! It is not a reconciliation with "her" that is indicated here;... read more
"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
Hosea 2:14. Therefore behold, I will allure her— Nevertheless, I will allure her, after I have brought her into the wilderness, [to Babylon], &c. "After having treated her with rigour, and having convinced her of her deviations, I will restore her to my favour and regard." The valley of Achor was near Jericho. It was remarkable for its fertility; and the meaning is, that as, at the first entrance of the Israelites into Canaan, their taking possession of the fruitful valley of Achor gave... read more
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
14. Therefore—rather, "Nevertheless" [HENDERSON]. English Version gives a more lovely idea of God. That which would provoke all others to unappeasable wrath, Israel's perversity and consequent punishment, is made a reason why God should at last have mercy on her. As the "therefore" ( :-) expresses Israel's punishment as the consequence of Israel's guilt, so "therefore" here, as in :-, expresses, that when that punishment has effected its designed end, the hedging up her way with thorns so that... read more
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
Following Israel’s decision to return to Yahweh after her punishment (Hosea 2:7), the Lord promised to woo her back to Himself. He would appeal to her with tender and attractive words, lead her into a place where there would be few distractions (cf. Hosea 13:5; Jeremiah 2:2-3), and speak kindly to her heart. This verse presents the Lord as wooing Israel back to Himself. [Note: See Mays, pp. 44-45.] "As . . . God persuaded Israel to leave Egypt, go out into the desert, and move on finally to the... 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