Hosea 2:7-17

7 "She will ¹pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, '²I will go back to my ³first husband, For it was ⁴better for me then than now!'

8 "For she does ⁵not know that it was ⁶I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they ^[a]used for Baal.

9 "Therefore, I will ⁷take back My grain at harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also take away My wool and My flax Given to cover her nakedness.

10 "And then I will ⁸uncover her lewdness In the sight of her lovers, And no one will rescue her out of My hand.

11 "I will also ⁹put an end to all her gaiety, Her ¹⁰feasts, her ¹¹new moons, her sabbaths And all her festal assemblies.

12 "I will ¹²destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, 'These are my wages Which my lovers have given me.' And I will ¹³make them a forest, And the ¹⁴beasts of the field will devour them.

13 "I will punish her for the ¹⁵days of the Baals When she used to ¹⁶offer sacrifices to them And ¹⁷adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, And follow * her lovers, so that she ¹⁸forgot Me," declares the LORD.

Restoration of Israel

14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, ¹⁹Bring her into the wilderness And speak kindly to her.

15 "Then I will give her her ²⁰vineyards from there, And ²¹the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will ²²sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the ²³day 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 ²⁴Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.

17 "For ²⁵I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.

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Hosea 2:7-17 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

Cross References 25

1. Hosea 5:13
2. Luke 15:17, 18
3. Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:1; Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel 23:4
4. Jeremiah 14:22; Hosea 13:6
5. Isaiah 1:3
6. Ezekiel 16:19
7. Hosea 8:7; Hosea 9:2
8. Ezekiel 16:37
9. Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9
10. Hosea 3:4; Amos 5:21; Amos 8:10
11. Isaiah 1:13, 14
12. Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 8:13
13. Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 7:23
14. Hosea 13:8
15. Hosea 4:13; Hosea 11:2
16. Jeremiah 7:9
17. Ezekiel 16:12, 17; Ezekiel 23:40
18. Hosea 4:6; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 13:6
19. Ezekiel 20:33-38
20. Ezekiel 28:25, 26
21. Joshua 7:26
22. Jeremiah 2:1-3; Ezekiel 16:8-14
23. Hosea 11:1; Hosea 12:9, 13; Hosea 13:4
24. Isaiah 54:5; Hosea 2:7
25. Exodus 23:13; Joshua 23:7; Psalms 16:4

Footnotes 9

[a]. Or "made into the"
[b]. Lit "its time"
[c]. Or "burn incense"
[d]. Or "nose rings"
[e]. Lit "upon her heart"
[f]. Or "give answer"
[g]. I.e. my husband
[h]. I.e. my master, or my Baal
[i]. Or "remembered"