Hosea 2:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:6-13

God here goes on to threaten what he would do with this treacherous idolatrous people; and he warns that he may not wound, he threatens that he may not strike. If he turn not, he will whet his sword (Ps. 7:12); but, if he turn, he will sheathe it. They did not turn, and therefore all this came upon them: and its being threatened before shows that it was the execution of a divine sentence upon them for their wickedness; and it is written for admonition to us. I. They shall be perplexed and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:9

Therefore will I return, and take away ,.... Or, "take away again" F11 אשוב ולקחתי "iterum capiam", Drusius; "recipiam", Liveleus. ; an usual Hebraism: my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof ; for though these are the gifts of God to men for their use, and to dispose of for the good of others; yet he retains his property in them, and can and will call them to an account for their stewardship; and, when he pleases, take away both their office, and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:9

Therefore will I return, and take away - In the course of my providence, I will withhold those benefits which she has prostituted to her idolatrous services. And I will neither give the land rain, nor fruitful seasons. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:9

Verse 9 It now follows Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in its time, and my new wine in its stated time. Here, again, the Prophet shows that God was, by extreme necessity, constrained to take vengeance on an ungodly and irreclaimable people. He makes known how great was the hardness of the people, and then adds, “What now remains, but to deprive those who have been so ungrateful to me of all their blessings?” It is, indeed, more than base for men to enjoy the gifts of God and to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:5-9

The philosophy of the Divine chastisements. The punishment of Israel, while retributive, was designed also to be reformatory. It would display the Divine wisdom. Consider— I. THE DELUSION UNDERLYING ISRAEL 'S DEVOTION TO THE IDOLS . ( Hosea 2:5 , Hosea 2:8 , Hosea 2:12 ) 1. The nature of the delusion. The root of it was the notion that her prosperity was attributable to the assiduity of her service of the idols. It was they, she thought, who had given her her... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:6-13

The pains and penalties that are attached to sin. In the Book of Judges it is stated once and again that, when the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, he delivered them into the hand of their enemies. "They forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of the spoilers that spoiled them; The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord And the Lord sold them into the hand... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:8-13

Prosperity abased and blighted. In this second strophe of the chapter Jehovah continues to expatiate upon Israel's ingratitude and infidelity, and warns her with solemn iteration of the punishment awaiting her. These verses speak of— I. PROSPERITY PLENTIFULLY BESTOWED . ( Hosea 2:8 , Hosea 2:9 ) The time of Jeroboam II ; to which this part of the prophecy refers, was to Israel one of unexampled national wealth. The kingdom seemed as rich and powerful at that period as it had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:9

Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. The abuse of the Divine bounties mentioned in the preceding verse fully justifies the series of punishments that follow. God thus vindicates those penal inflictions. Accordingly he threatens them in this ninth verse with the deprivation of the bounties which they had misused as the means of idolatry and sin; in Hosea 2:10 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:9

Therefore I will return - God is, as it were, absent from men, when He lets them go on in their abuse of His gifts. “His judgments are far above out of their sight.” He returns to them, and His presence is felt in chastisements, as it might have been in mercies. He is not out of sight or out of mind, then. Others render it, “I will turn, i. e. I will do other than before; I will turn” from love to displeasure, from pouring out benefits to the infliction of chastisements, from giving abundance... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:8-9

Hosea 2:8-9. For she did not know Or, as Bishop Horsley renders it, But she would not know, that I gave her corn, &c. She did not, or would not consider that all the necessaries she enjoyed, as well as her riches and ornaments, were my gifts, which yet she ungratefully employed in the service of her idols, and in making images of false gods to worship instead of me. Therefore Or, for the punishment of her ingratitude; will I take away my corn in the time thereof I will change my... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:6-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:8-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:8-9

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