Hosea 3:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 3:1-5

Some think that this chapter refers to Judah, the two tribes, as the adulteress the prophet married (Hos. 1:3) represented the ten tribes; for this was not to be divorced, as the ten tribes were, but to be left desolate for a long time, and then to return, as the two tribes did. But these are called the children of Israel, which was the ten tribes, and therefore it is more probable that of them this parable, as well as that before, is to be understood. Go, and repeat it, says God to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 3:2

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver ,.... Or, "fifteen shekels", which was about one pound seventeen shillings and six pence of our money, reckoning a shekel at two shillings and six pence; though some make it to be but two shillings and four pence; this was but half the price of a servant, Exodus 21:32 , and alludes to the dowry which men used to give to women at their marriage; see 1 Samuel 18:25 . The word here used has the signification of digging; hence the Vulgate... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 3:2

Fifteen pieces of silver - If they were shekels, the price of this woman was about two pounds five shillings. A homer of barley - As the homer was about eight bushels, or something more, the homer and half was about twelve or thirteen bushels. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 3:2

Verse 2 These verses have been read together, for in these four the Prophet explains the vision presented to him. He says, first, that he had done what had been enjoined him by God; which was conveyed to him by a vision, or in a typical form, that by such an exhibition he might impress the minds of the people: I bought, he says, a wife for fifteen silverings, and for a corus of barley and half a corus; that is, for a corus (12) and a half. He tells us in this verse that he had bought the wife... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 3:1-3

God's mercifulness and Israel's sinfulness are brought into contrast. Some are disposed to regard the woman mentioned in this chapter as identical with Gomer, whom the prophet had previously made his wife; and that she had in the mean time forsaken her husband the prophet, and had formed an adulterous connection with another man: while others regard the command of God to the prophet and his conduct in compliance therewith in the light of a new transaction with a different individual. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 3:1-5

Hosea detains Gomer in seclusion. This chapter, like Hosea 1:1-11 ; is written in prose; all the other twelve being rhythmical. It deals, as Hosea 1:1-11 . does, with the personal life of Hosea, giving one further glimpse of the bitter domestic sorrow by which God made him a prophet. The same wonderful providence which had led him to marry Gomer at the first now impelled him to rescue her from the wretchedness into which she had fallen. And his own quenchless love for his erring wife... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 3:1-5

Love to the adulteress. It has been shown in Hosea 2:1-23 . that the punishment of Israel is designed to work for the nation's moral recovery. A new symbol is accordingly employed to set forth this aspect of the truth; as formerly the punitive aspects of God's dealing with the nation had been exhibited in the symbols of Hosea 1:1-11 . The symbol is again drawn from the prophet's relations to his wife. I. THE PROPHET 'S CONTINUED LOVE FOR HIS UNFAITHFUL WIFE . ( Hosea... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 3:2

So I bought ( acquired ) her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley and an half-homer (margin, lethech ) of barley . In narrating the prophet's compliance with the Divine command, the word אֶכְּרֶהָ is connected by Aben Ezra with וֶכַר in the sense of making acquaintance with; but it is more correctly referred by Kimchi to כָרָה with daghesh euphonic in the caph as in יִקְּרֵךְ shall meet thee. "The daghesh of the caph is for euphony as in ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 3:2

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver - The fifteen shekels were half the price of a common slave Exodus 21:32, and so may denote her worthlessness. The homer and half-homer of barley, or forty-five bushels, are nearly the allowance of food for a slave among the Romans, four bushels a month. Barley was the offering of one accused of adultery, and, being the food of animals, betokens that she was “like horse and mule which have no understanding.” The Jews gave dowries for their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 3:2

Hosea 3:2. So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver That is, according to the ancient custom, I paid her dower. It was usual among the Hebrews for men to purchase, or pay a consideration for, their wives, either by money or labour; thus Jacob agreed to serve Laban seven years for Rachael. And for a homer of barley, &c. Sir John Chardin observed in the East, that, in their contracts for temporary wives, there is always the formality of a measure of corn mentioned, over and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 3:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 3:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 3:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 3:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 3:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 3:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 3:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 3:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 3:2

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