何西阿书 1:2

2 耶 和 华 初 次 与 何 西 阿 说 话 ， 对 他 说 ： 你 去 娶 淫 妇 为 妻 ， 也 收 那 从 淫 乱 所 生 的 儿 女 ； 因 为 这 地 大 行 淫 乱 ， 离 弃 耶 和 华 。

何西阿书 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 1:2

For I have kept the ways of the Lord
Not those which the Lord himself walks in, his ways of providence, or of grace; though these are and should be taken notice of and observed by good men, as the word ^F25 used will bear to be rendered; but the ways which he has prescribed and directed men to walk in, the ways of his commandments, in which they should go; these were, in some measure, kept by David, who often, in the hundred nineteenth psalm speaks of his keeping the testimonies and statutes, and commandments of the Lord; as they are by good men, with some degree of pleasure, they take delight to walk in them; and with some degree of constancy, they keep walking in them, without turning to the right hand or the left, though solicited to it; but yet not perfectly, for they have many a slip and fall in them; wherefore this cannot be a reason of their being rewarded according to their righteousness: in strict justice, the words better agree with Christ, who kept the law of God perfectly, did his will completely; he came from heaven to do it; it was his meat and drink to accomplish it; and he always did the things which pleased his father, wherefore he rewarded him;

and have not wickedly departed from my God;
which was, in some sense, true of David; not as by disbelieving the power and providence, the promises, truth, and faithfulness of God, and his covenant interest in him; which to do would have been a wicked departure from God; see ( Hebrews 3:12 ) ; nor by forsaking the house and worship of God; though he was driven from thence by wicked men, yet sore against his will, and which during his exile he frequently laments and complains of; nor by sinning wilfully and presumptuously, only through error, inadvertency, infirmity, and temptation: but when it is observed, how much unbelief, which is a partial departing from the living God, and how many there are that neglect private and public worship, and what a proneness there is to sin and wickedness, and how much there is of the will in sinful actions, in the best of men; it is right and best to understand this of Christ, who never was guilty of sin, nor committed any wickedness in departing from God in the least: as man, God was his God, and he always believed his interest in him, and claimed it even when he forsook him on the cross; nor did he quit his service, desert his cause, nor depart from the work and business he enjoined him, till it was finished.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (ytrmv) "observaveram", Tigurine version, Vatablus; "observo", Junius & Tremellius; "observavi", Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.

何西阿书 1:2 In-Context

1 当 乌 西 雅 、 约 坦 、 亚 哈 斯 、 希 西 家 作 犹 大 王 ， 约 阿 施 的 儿 子 耶 罗 波 安 作 以 色 列 王 的 时 候 ， 耶 和 华 的 话 临 到 备 利 的 儿 子 何 西 阿 。

2 耶 和 华 初 次 与 何 西 阿 说 话 ， 对 他 说 ： 你 去 娶 淫 妇 为 妻 ， 也 收 那 从 淫 乱 所 生 的 儿 女 ； 因 为 这 地 大 行 淫 乱 ， 离 弃 耶 和 华 。

3 於 是 ， 何 西 阿 去 娶 了 滴 拉 音 的 女 儿 歌 篾 。 这 妇 人 怀 孕 ， 给 他 生 了 一 个 儿 子 。

4 耶 和 华 对 何 西 阿 说 ： 给 他 起 名 叫 耶 斯 列 ； 因 为 再 过 片 时 ， 我 必 讨 耶 户 家 在 耶 斯 列 杀 人 流 血 的 罪 ， 也 必 使 以 色 列 家 的 国 灭 绝 。

5 到 那 日 ， 我 必 在 耶 斯 列 平 原 折 断 以 色 列 的 弓 。