Oseas 2:16

16 Sucederá en aquel díadeclara el SEÑOR que me llamarás Ishí y no me llamarás más Baalí .

Oseas 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 2:16

And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord
The Gospel day, the times of the Gospel dispensation, the latter part of them; at the time of the conversion of the Jews, and the bringing in of the fulness of the Gentiles; at the time when God will allure and persuade them to seek the Messiah, and they shall turn to him; when he shall speak comfortably to them, and give them a door of hope, and all spiritual blessings, and cause them to sing as when they came out of Egypt: that thou shalt call me Ishi;
or, "my husband" F24; returning to Christ their first husband, and being received by him, shall have faith and interest in him, and full assurance of it; and shall not only be allowed to call him their husband, but in the strength of faith, and with great freedom of soul, shall call him so, and say as the church did, "my beloved is mine, and I am his", ( Song of Solomon 20:16 ) : or, "my man" F25; the man the Lord, the man Jehovah's fellow, Immanuel God with us, God in human nature; and so more manifestly points at Christ, who, most properly speaking, stands in the relation of a husband to his people: or, "my strength", as some interpret it; the husband being the strength, protection, and defence of the wife, the weaker vessel; so Christ is the strength of his saints, in whom they have righteousness and strength, and through whose strength they can do all things: and shalt call me no more Baali;
which signifies my husband too, and is used of God and Christ; he is called Baal, and the church is called Beulah, because married together, ( Isaiah 45:5 ) ( Isaiah 42:4 Isaiah 42:5 ) ( Jeremiah 31:32 ) but it signifies a lordly and imperious husband; and the other word, "Ishi", a loving one: so Jarchi observes that the sense is, that they should serve the Lord from love, and not fear; "Ishi" being a word expressive of marriage and love, and "Baali" of lordship and fear: hence some have thought this to be the reason why the one should be used, and the other not, under the Gospel dispensation; because saints now have not the spirit of bondage to fear, but the spirit of adoption, whereby they call God their Father, and Christ their husband: though rather the reason is, because the word "Baal", as R. Marinns observes, is of doubtful signification, an ambiguous word, used for the idol Baal, as well as signifies lord and husband; and therefore to be laid aside, lest, when they mentioned it, it should be thought they spoke of Baal, and not of the Lord; or should be led to think of that idol, and remember him.


FOOTNOTES:

F24 (yvya) "maritus meus", Vatablus, Pagninus, Montanus, "marite mi", Schmidt.
F25 "Vir meus", V. L. "mi vir", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Liveleus.

Oseas 2:16 In-Context

14 Por tanto, he aquí, la seduciré, la llevaré al desierto, y le hablaré al corazón.
15 Le daré sus viñas desde allí, y el valle de Acor por puerta de esperanza. Y allí cantará como en los días de su juventud, como en el día en que subió de la tierra de Egipto.
16 Sucederá en aquel díadeclara el SEÑOR que me llamarás Ishí y no me llamarás más Baalí .
17 Porque quitaré de su boca los nombres de los Baales, y nunca más serán mencionados por sus nombres.
18 En aquel día haré también un pacto por ellos con las bestias del campo, con las aves del cielo y con los reptiles de la tierra; quitaré de la tierra el arco, la espada y la guerra, y haré que ellos duerman seguros.

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