John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:9
Hos 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. Ver. 9. Therefore will I return ] i.e. I will alter my course, change my stand, change the way of mine administrations, deal otherwise with them than yet I have done: they shall bear their iniquities, and know my breach of promise, as Numbers 14:34 ; they shall know the worth of mine abused mercies by the want of... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:8
Hos 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. Ver. 8. For she did not know ] i.e. She would not be known or affected, of this she was willingly ignorant, 2 Peter 3:5 . Ut liberius peccet libenter ignorat, as Bernard. Her ignorance was not a mere nescience, or an invincible ignorance, such as she could not help; but it was wilful, affected, acquired: they not only desired not the knowledge of God’s... read more