Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 3:1-5
RESTORATION OF THE OUTCAST WIFE AND OF THE OUTCAST PEOPLE, Hosea 3:1-5. In the introductory remarks to Hosea 2:2-23, it was stated that chapter iii is the natural continuation of Hosea 1:1-9; it is so, however, not in the sense that the events recorded in Hosea 3:1 ff., followed immediately upon the birth of Lo-ammi (Hosea 1:9), for in chapter 1 nothing is said about the departure of Gomer from the house of Hosea, which is presupposed in Hosea 3:1. The connecting link is easily supplied. Gomer... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Hosea 3:3
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.Abide for me — Thou shalt wait unmarried, until I espouse thee. read more