Hosea 2:2-23:2

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 2:2

(2) Plead with your mother . . .—Contend, or plead in judgment. Let the awakened conscience of the present generation rise up in judgment with the nation as a whole. By “mother” we are to understand the nation Israel, viewed as a collective abstract; and by the “children” (Hosea 2:4) the inhabitants who are units in the total aggregate. Ammi and Ruhamah without the negative prefix, show that this awakening of conscience has given them back their privileges.Render, That she may put away her... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hosea 2:1-23

The Christian in the Wilderness Hosea 2:14-15 Little as the Israelites were permanently benefited by their sufferings in the desert, they appear never to have forgotten them. Hence 'the wilderness' became another word among them for trouble and sorrow. It bears that meaning here. I. It points out to us, in the first instance, the Author of affliction. II. The text shows us next why God afflicts us; at least, it discovers to us one of the most frequent causes of our sorrows. III. We learn... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:1-23

; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5THE SIN AGAINST LOVEHosea 1:1-11; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5; Hosea 4:11 ff.; Hosea 9:10 ff.; Hosea 11:8 f.The Love of God is a terrible thing-that is the last lesson of the Book of Hosea. "My God will cast them away." {Hosea 10:1-15}"My God"-let us remember the right which Hosea had to use these words. Of all the prophets he was the first to break into the full aspect of the Divine Mercy to learn and to proclaim that God is Love. But he was worthy to do so, by the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Hosea 2:1-23

CHAPTER 2 Appeal and Punishment for Unfaithfulness The Resumed Relationship 1. The appeal and complaint (Hosea 2:1-5 ) 2. The punishment for Unfaithfulness (Hosea 2:6-13 ) 3. The resumed relationship and its great blessing (Hosea 2:14-23 ) Hosea 2:1-5 . Who is addressed in the first verse of this chapter? Some think the children of the prophet are meant. The godly in Israel, those who obtained mercy, are addressed, for the Lord acknowledges such still as “Ammi”-my people. The godly are... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Hosea 2:2

2:2 Plead with your {b} mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries {c} from between her breasts;(b) God shows that the fault was not in him, that he forsook them, but in their Synagogue, and their idolatries; Isaiah 50:1 .(c) Meaning that their idolatry was so great, that they were not ashamed, but boasted of it; Ezekiel 16:25 . read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:1-23

THE SWEEP OF THE BOOK It will be seen by the opening verse of this lesson that we are back in the land of Israel before the Babylonian captivity. Examine 2 Kings 14-20 and the corresponding chapters in 2 Chronicles for the history of this period, and the more carefully you read those chapters the more interested you will be in Hosea, and the more you will get out of it. While four of the kings named in Hosea 1:1 reigned in Judah, and only the last-named, Jeroboam, in Israel,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Hosea 2:1-23

Agnosticism Hos 2:8 The youngest reader of the Bible will be able to understand the words "They did not know." There is a theory which is known to-day by the difficult name Agnosticism. A great deal of worthless thinking may be hidden under that dark term. Let us understand what it means, and then inquire what it is worth. The meaning is supposed to be not-know-ism. Men do not now blatantly and vulgarly say, "There is no God"; that is generally considered now to be a fool's peculiar speech:... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Hosea 2:2-4

But yet remember how the Lord pleads with his people under their rebellions. Here the whole Church is represented as our mother; and called in to hear of her backslidings; that when Christ was married to her she should run after her lovers. There is somewhat uncommonly gracious, and blessed, in this view of Jesus marrying our nature, by uniting that nature to the Godhead. And of all subjects of endearment, surely this is the highest, and the best. Reader! I know not what your feelings are on... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:2

Your mother: the synagogue. (Calmet) --- He addresses Juda, (ver. 11, 15.) or all God's people, chap. i. 11. This vineyard yields no good fruit, Isaias v. Idolatry prevails, Ezechiel xvi. 5., and xxiii. 3. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:1-5

1-5 This chapter continues the figurative address to Israel, in reference to Hosea's wife and children. Let us own and love as brethren, all whom the Lord seems to put among his children, and encourage them in that they have received mercy. But every Christian, by his example and conduct, must protest against evil and abuses, even among those to whom he belongs and owes respect. Impenitent sinners will soon be stripped of the advantages they misuse, and which they consume upon their lusts. read more

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