Hosea 2:4,Isaiah 57:3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:1-5

The first words of this chapter some make the close of the foregoing chapter, and add them to the promises which we have here of the great things God would do for them. When they shall have appointed Christ their head, and centered in him, then let them say to one another, with triumph and exultation (let the prophets say it to them, so the Chaldee?Comfort you, comfort you, my people, is now their commission), ?say to them, Ammi, and Ruhamah; call them so again, for they shall no longer lie... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:4

And I will not have mercy upon her children ,.... The posterity of the Jews in succeeding ages, until the time of their conversion comes; they persisting in the sins of their forefathers, filling up the measure of their iniquities; remaining in their obstinate rejection of the Messiah, and in the same impenitence and unbelief, and having his blood imprecated upon them: for they be the children of whoredoms ; begotten and born in whoredom, spurious and illegitimate; or that commit... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:4

They be the children of whoredoms - They are all idolaters; and have been consecrated to idols, whose marks they bear. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:4

Verse 4 The Lord now comes close to each individual, after having spoken in general of the whole people: and thus we see that to be true which I have said, that it was far from the mind of the Prophet to suppose, that God here teaches the faithful who had already repented, that they ought to condemn their own mother. The Prophet meant nothing of the kind; but, on the contrary, he wished to check the waywardness of the people, who ceased not to contend with God, as though he had been more severe... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-5

The prophet exhibits the gross sin of idolatry. The prophet in this section exposes the shame as well as sin of idolatry. It is a mistaken notion to suppose, with some, that the tribe of Judah is here urged to plead with the tribes of Israel; for Israel cannot, with any propriety of speech or figure, be spoken of as the mother in this case, however possibly they may be addressed as brethren and sisters. The Church or nation is the mother, and the individual members, as nursed and brought up... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-5

Spiritual adultery. The individuals of the nation are exhorted to plead with their mother Israel, that she may turn from her adulterous courses, and so avert the doom which is otherwise certain to overtake her . Consider— I. ISRAEL 'S SHAMELESS PROFLIGACY . ( Hosea 2:2 , Hosea 2:5 ) The sin charged against Israel is that of adultery, in her relations with Jehovah. Owing to the peculiarity of these relations, the sin was of a specially aggravated kind. 1. The people had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-7

Jehovah's condemnation of faithless Israel. In Hosea 1:1-11 . the prophet has Fainted a "vigorous fresco" (Ewald) illustrative of his domestic sorrows. And now he presents an explanation of the sad picture in its prophetic meaning. The supreme thought of the Book of Hosea is that of Jehovah's conjugal love for Israel, which she by her unfaithfulness had so foully dishonored. Here, in Hosea 2:1-23 ; accordingly, we have an allegory suggested by the prophet's symbolic marriage with Gomer;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:4

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. The connection of this verse is carried on from the preceding, viz. and lest I will not have mercy upon her children . An exceedingly apt illustration of this verse is given by Jerome. It is to this effect: When the children of Israel were brought out of Egypt, the parents perished in the wilderness; but the children of those who had thus perished, and whose caresses had thus fallen in the wilderness,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:4

I will not have mercy upon her children - God visits the sins of the parents upon the children, until the entailed curse be cut off by repentance. God enforces His own word “lo-ruhamah, Unpitied,” by repeating it here, “lo-arahem,” “I will not pity.” Reproaches, which fall upon the mother, are ever felt with special keenness. Whence Saul called Jonathan 1 Samuel 20:30, “Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman.” Therefore, the more to arouse them, he says, “for they are the children of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:4-5

Hosea 2:4-5. And I will not have mercy on her children, &c. As an injured husband has no regard for the children which his wife has had by another man; so neither will I have pity on thy children which are trained up to practise thy idolatries. For they be the children of whoredoms Spurious children, not knowing their father: so those might fitly be called who worshipped a plurality of gods; for by worshipping a multiplicity of them, they declared plainly, that they did not know to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:4-5

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