John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:3
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim ,.... In the course of prophesying he made mention of this person, who was a notorious common strumpet; and suggested hereby that they were just like her; or these were fictitious names he used to represent their case by Gomer signifies both "consummation" and "consumption" F12 A rad. גמר "perfecit, desiit", Gussetius. ; and this harlot is so called, because of her consummate beauty, and her being completely mistress of all the tricks... read more
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