Hosea 2:10

10 Now I will uncover her shame, while her lovers watch; and no one will save her from me.

Hosea 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 2:10

And now will I discover her lewdness in the lovers
The people, her lovers, as the Targum; which is by many understood of the Egyptians and Assyrians; but rather means the Romans, whom the Jews courted as their friends: though it seems best to interpret it in a more general way, that the sin and folly of the Jews in rejecting Christ, and adhering to their beloved tenets, should be discovered and made manifest to all in the most public manner by their punishment; by being scattered among the nations, and becoming a taunt, reproach, and a curse everywhere: and none shall deliver her out of my hand; none of her lovers, as Kimchi, nor any other: it denotes the utter, total, and final destruction of the Jews, wrath being come upon them to the uttermost; and which is irrecoverable by human help, has continued for many hundred years, and will until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled, or till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in, ( Luke 21:24 ) ( Romans 11:25 ) .

Hosea 2:10 In-Context

8 For she doesn't know it was I who gave her the grain, the wine and the oil; I who increased her silver and gold, which they used for Ba'al.

9 So I will take back my grain at harvest-time and my wine in its season; I will snatch away my wool and flax, given to cover her naked body.

10 Now I will uncover her shame, while her lovers watch; and no one will save her from me.

11 I will end her happiness, her festivals, Rosh-Hodesh, and shabbats, and all her designated times.

12 I will ravage her vines and fig trees, of which she says, 'These are my wages that my lovers have given me.' But I will turn them into a forest, and wild animals will eat them.