And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These [are] my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. 12. her vines and her fig trees ] The Hebrew has ‘her vine and her … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:12”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:11
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. 11. her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths ] (The Hebrew has the singular, ‘her feast-day’ &c.) These expressions are remarkable, for Hosea is a prophet of northern Israel. It … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:11”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:10
And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. 10. in the sight of her lovers ] Note here that the prophet seems to admit the real existence of the Baalim. Seems, but only seems; for in Hos 4:12 he describes the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:10”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:9
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax [given] to cover her nakedness. 9. And now in order radically to cure the Israelites of this error (viz. that their good things have come from the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:8
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal. 8. For she did not know that I ] Rather, and she (the recipient of such favours) hath not taken notice that it was I who gave her the corn, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:7
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find [them]: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then [was it] better with me than now. 7. not overtake not find them ] Because the sense … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 6. I will hedge up thy way with thorns ] Notice how, in the excitement of anger, the person changes from the second to the third. The figure is that of a traveller, who … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:5
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. 5. I will go after my lovers ] Israel, then, had given up the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:4
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they [be] the children of whoredoms. 4. And upon her children ] No bar shall be opposed, Jehovah declares, to the natural consequence of a corrupt and corrupting religion. Israel, as an independent nation, must at least for a time cease to be. It appears … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:3
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. 3. Lest I strip her naked ] So far the punishment of the adulteress agrees with that customary among the Germans … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 2:3”