2:2 Plead with your {b} mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries {c} from between her breasts;(b) God shows that the fault was not in him, that he forsook them, but in their Synagogue, and their idolatries; Isaiah 50:1 .(c) Meaning that their idolatry was so great, that they were not ashamed, but boasted of it; Ezekiel 16:25 . read more
2:3 Lest I strip her naked, and {d} set her as in the day that she was {e} born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.(d) For even though his people were as a harlot for their idolatries, yet he had left them with their dress and dowry and certain signs of his favour, but if they continued still, he would utterly destroy them.(e) When I brought her out of Egypt. See Geneva "Ezekiel 16:4" read more
2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they [be] the {f} children of whoredoms.(f) That is bastards, and begotten in adultery. read more
2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my {g} lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.(g) Meaning the idol which they served, and by whom they thought they had wealth and abundance. read more
2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up {h} thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.(h) I will punish you so that you may then test whether your idols can help you, and bring you into such straightness that you will have no lust to play the harlot. read more
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} I will go and return to my first husband; for then [was it] better with me than now.(i) This he speaks of the faithful, who are truly converted, and also shows the use and profit of God’s punishments. read more
2:8 For she did not know that I {k} gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal.(k) This declares that idolaters defraud God of his honour, when they attribute his benefits to their idols. read more
2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away {l} 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.(l) Signifying that God will take away his benefits, when man by his ingratitude abuses them. read more
2:10 And now will I discover her {m} lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.(m) That is, all her service, ceremonies, and inventions by which she worshipped her idols. read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Hosea 2:1
2:1 Say ye unto your {a} brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.(a) Seeing that I have promised you deliverance, it remains that you encourage one another to embrace this promise, considering that you are my people on whom I will have mercy. read more