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Hosea 2:13-23

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13 "I will punish her for the 1days of the Baals When she used to [a]2offer sacrifices to them And 3adorn herself with her [b]earrings and jewelry, And follow * her lovers, so that she 4forgot Me," declares the LORD.

Restoration of Israel

14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, 5Bring her into the wilderness And speak [c]kindly to her.
15 "Then I will give her her 6vineyards from there, And 7the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will [d]8sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the 9day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 "It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me 10Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.
17 "For 11I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.
18 "In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the 12beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will 13abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them 14lie down in safety.
19 "I will 15betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in 16righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion,
20 And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will 17know the LORD.
21 "It will come about in that day that 18I will respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,
22 And the 19earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel.
23 "I will 20sow her for Myself in the land. 21I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And 22I will say to those who were 23not My people, 'You are My people!' And they will say, 'You are my God!' "
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Hosea 2:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 2

This chapter is an explanation of the former, proceeding upon the same argument in more express words. The godly Israelites are here called upon to lay before the body of the people their idolatry, ingratitude, obstinacy, and ignorance of the God of their mercies; and to exhort them to repentance, lest they should be stripped of all their good things, and be brought into great distress and difficulties; all their joy and comfort cease, and be exposed to shame and contempt, Ho 2:1-13, yet, notwithstanding, many gracious promises are made unto them, of their having the alluring and comfortable word of the Gospel; of a door of hope; of salvation being opened to them; of faith in the Lord, and affection to him as their husband; of the removal of all idolatry from them; of safety from all enemies; of their open espousal to Christ; of his hearing of their prayers, and giving them plenty of all good things; and of their multiplication, conversion, and covenant relation to God, Ho 2:14-23.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 23

  • 1. Hosea 4:13; Hosea 11:2
  • 2. Jeremiah 7:9
  • 3. Ezekiel 16:12, 17; Ezekiel 23:40
  • 4. Hosea 4:6; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 13:6
  • 5. Ezekiel 20:33-38
  • 6. Ezekiel 28:25, 26
  • 7. Joshua 7:26
  • 8. Jeremiah 2:1-3; Ezekiel 16:8-14
  • 9. Hosea 11:1; Hosea 12:9, 13; Hosea 13:4
  • 10. Isaiah 54:5; Hosea 2:7
  • 11. Exodus 23:13; Joshua 23:7; Psalms 16:4
  • 12. Job 5:23; Isaiah 11:6-9; Ezekiel 34:25
  • 13. Isaiah 2:4; Ezekiel 39:1-10
  • 14. Leviticus 26:5; Jeremiah 23:6; Ezekiel 34:25
  • 15. Isaiah 62:4, 5
  • 16. Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 54:6-8
  • 17. Jeremiah 31:33, 34; Hosea 6:6; Hosea 13:4
  • 18. Isaiah 55:10; Zechariah 8:12; Malachi 3:10, 11
  • 19. Jeremiah 31:12; Joel 2:19
  • 20. Jeremiah 31:27
  • 21. Hosea 1:6
  • 22. Romans 9:25; 1 Peter 2:10
  • 23. Hosea 1:9

Footnotes 12

  • [a] Or "burn incense"
  • [b] Or "nose rings"
  • [c] Lit "upon her heart"
  • [d] Or "give answer"
  • [e] I.e. my husband
  • [f] I.e. my master, or my Baal
  • [g] Or "remembered"
  • [h] Lit "break"
  • [i] I.e. God sows
  • [j] Heb "Lo-ruhamah"
  • [k] Heb "Lo-ammi"
  • [l] Lit "he"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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