Berean Standard Bible
Hosea 2:10-23
10And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.11I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.12I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers.
But Me she forgot,”declares the LORD.
14“Therefore, behold, I will allure herand lead her to the wilderness,and speak to her tenderly.15There I will give back her vineyardsand make the Valley of Achor1into a gateway of hope.There she will respond as she didin the days of her youth,as in the day she came up out of Egypt.16In that day,”declares the LORD,“you will call Me ‘my Husband,’2and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’317For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals;no longer will their names be invoked.
18On that day I will make a covenant for themwith the beasts of the field and the birds of the airand the creatures that crawl on the ground.And I will abolish bow and swordand battle in the land,and will make them lie down in safety.19So I will betroth you to Me forever;I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,in loving devotion4 and compassion.20And I will betroth you in faithfulness,and you will know the LORD.”
21“On that day I will respond—”declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens,and they will respond to the earth.22And the earth will respond to the grain,to the new wine and oil,and they will respond to Jezreel.523And I will sow her as My own in the land,and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’6I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’7‘You are My people,’8and they will say,‘You are my God.’”
Notes
- 1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble. ↩
- 2. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew my Ishi ↩
- 3. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew my Baal ↩
- 4. Hosea 2:19 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant. ↩
- 5. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God sows. ↩
- 6. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhamah; LXX I will love her who was not loved ↩
- 7. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi ↩
- 8. Hosea 2:23 Cited in Romans 9:25 and 1 Peter 2:10 ↩
Commentaries on Hosea 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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