Hosea 1:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 1:2-7

These words, The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea, may refer either, 1. To that glorious set of prophets which was raised up about this time. About this time there lived and prophesied Joel, Amos, Micah, Jonah, Obadiah, and Isaiah; but Hosea was the first of them that foretold the destruction of Israel; the beginning of this word of the Lord was by him. We read in the history of this Jeroboam here named (2 Kgs. 14:27) that the Lord had not yet said he would blot out the name of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:2

The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea ,.... Or "in Hosea" F9 בהושע εν ωσηε , Sept.; in Hosea, V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, Tarnovius. ; which was internally revealed to him, and was inspired into him, by the Holy Ghost, who first spoke in him, and then by him; not that Hosea was the first of the prophets to whom the word of the Lord came; for there were Moses, Samuel, David, and others, before him; nor the first of the minor prophets, for Jonah, Joel, and Amos; are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:2

A wife of whoredoms - That is, says Newcome, a wife from among the Israelites, who were remarkable for spiritual fornication, or idolatry. God calls himself the husband of Israel; and this chosen nation owed him the fidelity of a wife. See Exodus 34:15 ; Deuteronomy 31:16 ; Judges 2:17 ; Isaiah 54:5 ; Jeremiah 3:14 ; Jeremiah 31:32 , Ezekiel 16:17 ; Ezekiel 23:5 , Ezekiel 23:27 ; Hosea 2, Hosea 5:1-15 ; Revelation 17:1 , Revelation 17:2 . He therefore says, with... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:2

Verse 2 The Prophet shows here what charge was given him at the beginning, even to declare open war with the Israelites, and to be, as it were, very angry in the person of God, and to denounce destruction. He begins not with smooth things, nor does he gently exhort the people to repentance, nor adopt a circuitous course to soften the asperity of his doctrine. He shows that he had used nothing of this kind, but says, that he had been sent like heralds or messengers to proclaim war. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:1-3

The sin of Israel sharply reproved. The great sin, the root-sin we may call it, of Israel at this time was idolatry. But that sin was not alone; it was aggravated, as usual, by accompanying abominations. All along, from the period of the disruption, idolatry had been their besetting sin. The oft-repeated statement that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, "made Israel to sin" has a special significance in this regard. As long as Jerusalem remained the gathering-place of the tribes, arid Solomon's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:1-3

The wife of whoredoms. We cannot doubt but that real incidents in the prophet's history underlie the representations of this chapter. Hosea, in obedience to what he recognized to be a word of God, took to wife Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. The names (Gomer, "completion;" Diblaim, "fig-cakes") may possibly be symbolical, the real name of the prophet's wife being concealed (cf. Hosea 3:1 , "The children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love grape-cakes "). We need not suppose... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:2

The beginning of the word of the Lord by (literally, in ) Hosea . These words may be rendered at once more literally and more exactly, read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:2

Spiritual infidelity. The figurative language in which Hosea was inspired to expose and denounce the sinful idolatry and apostasy of Israel is startling, and the symbolic act in which these sins were set forth in their abomination and horror is evidently intended to shock the mind of every reader. I. GOD IS THE HUSBAND OF HIS PEOPLE . Human relationships are pressed into the service of religion; and the fact that God created man in his own image is the justification of such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:2-3

Hosea's marriage and prophetic training. When this text is announced, possibly some may say, "What a shocking subject to preach about! Well it is shocking, indeed. God intends it to be so. But to our feelings spiritual adultery should be even more revolting than the literal whoredom which the Holy Spirit presents here as its prophetic symbol. And we must not forget that this painful passage records "the beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea." I. HOSEA 'S CONJUGAL DISHONOR .... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:2

The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea or in Hosea - God first revealed Himself and His mysteries to the prophet’s soul, by His secret inspiration, and then declared, through him, to others, what He had deposited in him. God enlightened him, and then others through the light in him.And the Lord said unto Hosea - For this thing was to be done by Hosea alone, because God had commanded it, not by others of their own mind. To Isaiah God first revealed Himself, as sitting in the temple,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 1:2-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:2-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:2

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