Hosea 2:3

Hosea 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
• New International Version (NIV)Otherwise I will strip her naked and make her as bare as on the day she was born; I will make her like a desert, turn her into a parched land, and slay her with thirst.
• English Standard Version (ESV)lest I strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and make her like a parched land, and kill her with thirst.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lest I strip her naked And expose her, as in the day she was born, And make her like a wilderness, And set her like a dry land, And slay her with thirst.

Context of Hosea 2:3

1“Yet the number of Bnei-Yisrael will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. Instead of ‘You are not My people’ being said to them, they will be called ‘Children of the living God.’ 2Then the descendants of Judah and descendants of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint themselves one head And they will go up from the land. For the day of Jezreel will be great. Say you to your brothers, ‘Ammi’ and to your sisters, ‘Ruhamah’. 4Contend with your mother, contend! For she is not My wife nor I her husband. Let her put away her fornications from her face and her adulteries from between her breasts. 5Or else I will strip her naked and expose her as on the day she was born. Then I will make her like a wilderness. Yes, I will make her like desert land, and I will let her die of thirst.

Hosea 2:3 word by word

פֶּן־אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה עֲרֻמָּ֔ה וְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָ כְּי֖וֹם הִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּ וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָ כַמִּדְבָּ֗ר וְשַׁתִּ֙הָ֙ כְּאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה וַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָ בַּצָּמָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lest I stripפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
• her nakedעָרוֹם‛ârôm ‛ârôm · nakedH6174
• and setיָצַגyâtsag · to setH3322
• her as in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that she was bornיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• and makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• her as a wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• and setשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• her like a dryצִיָּהtsîyâh · drynessH6723
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and slayמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• her with thirstצָמָאtsâmâ' · thirstH6772

Cross-references for Hosea 2:3

• Hosea 2:10But she did not realize that I Myself gave her the grain, the wine and the fresh oil. I lavished on her silver, also gold— which they made into Baal.
• Isaiah 47:3Your nakedness will be uncovered, and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.
• Jeremiah 13:22Suppose you say in your heart, “Why did these things happen to me?” Because of your great iniquity, your skirts are uncovered and your heels suffer violence.
• Ezekiel 16:37therefore behold, I will gather all your lovers—those you have pleased and all those you have loved, with all them that you have hated. I will gather them against you from every side. I will expose your nakedness to them, so they may all see your nakedness.
• Ezekiel 23:26They will strip your clothes and take your beautiful jewelry.
• Revelation 17:16The ten horns that you saw, and the beast—these will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.
• Ezekiel 16:4As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut nor were you washed in water for cleansing. You were never rubbed with salt nor were you swaddled at all.
• Isaiah 32:13for the land of my people, where thorns and briars come up, for all the joyful houses of the jubilant city.
• Isaiah 33:9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a wilderness; Bashan and Carmel are shaken bare.
• Isaiah 64:10Our holy and beautiful House, where our fathers praised You, Has been burned with fire— all our pleasant things are laid waste.
• Jeremiah 2:31You, generation, heed Adonai’s word! “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam. We won’t come to You any more’?
• Jeremiah 4:26I looked and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness and all of its cities were in ruins before Adonai, before His fierce anger.
• Jeremiah 12:10“Many shepherds ruined My vineyard. They trampled My property. They made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
• Jeremiah 22:6For thus says Adonai concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to Me— the summit of Lebanon, yet I will surely make you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities.
• Ezekiel 19:13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
• Ezekiel 20:35I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples. I will judge you there face to face.

Commentaries on Hosea 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lest I strip her naked - Lest I expose her to infamy, want, and punishment. The punishment of an adulteress among the ancient Germans was this: "They shaved off her hair, stripped her naked in the presence of her relatives, and in this state drove her from the house of her husband." See on Isaiah 3:17; (note); and see also Ezekiel 16:39; Ezekiel 23:26. However reproachful this might be to such delinquents, it had no tendency to promote their moral…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Lord warns unfaithful Israel that unless she repents and returns to her covenant partner, he will expose her nakedness (see also Hosea 2:10). Ezekiel also uses this image of judgment and shame (Ezekiel 16:36–37).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. set her as in the day ... born--(Eze 16:4; 23:25, 26, 28, 29). The day of her political "birth" was when God delivered her from the bondage of Egypt, and set up the theocracy. make her as a wilderness--(Jr 6:8; Zep 2:13). Translate, "make her as the wilderness," namely, that in which she passed forty years on her way to her goodly possession of Canaan. With this agrees the mention of "thirst" (compare Jr 2:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 2:3

• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Fornication
• Hedge
• Thorn
• Ammi
• Hosea
• Naked; Nakedness
• Song of Songs
• Zechariah, Book of

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