APPLICATION OF THE SYMBOLS IN THE FIRST CHAPTER. (Hos. 2:1-23) Israel's spiritual fornication, and her threatened punishment: yet a promise of God's restored favor, when chastisements have produced their designed effe…
1Decid a vuestros hermanos: Ammi; y a vuestras hermanas: Ruhama.
2Contended con vuestra madre, contended; porque ella no es mi mujer, ni yo su marido; aparte, pues, sus fornicaciones de su rostro, y sus adulterios de entre sus pechos;
3no sea que yo la despoje y desnude, la ponga como el día en que nació, la haga como un desierto, la deje como tierra seca, y la mate de sed.
4Ni tendré misericordia de sus hijos, porque son hijos de prostitución.
5Porque su madre se prostituyó; la que los dio a luz se deshonró, porque dijo: Iré tras mis amantes, que me dan mi pan y mi agua, mi lana y mi lino, mi aceite y mi bebida.
6Por tanto, he aquí yo rodearé de espinos su camino, y la cercaré con seto, y no hallará sus caminos.
7Seguirá a sus amantes, y no los alcanzará; los buscará, y no los hallará. Entonces dirá: Iré y me volveré a mi primer marido; porque mejor me iba entonces que ahora.
8Y ella no reconoció que yo le daba el trigo, el vino y el aceite, y que le multipliqué la plata y el oro que ofrecían a Baal.
9Por tanto, yo volveré y tomaré mi trigo a su tiempo, y mi vino a su sazón, y quitaré mi lana y mi lino que había dado para cubrir su desnudez.
10Y ahora descubriré yo su locura delante de los ojos de sus amantes, y nadie la librará de mi mano.
11Haré cesar todo su gozo, sus fiestas, sus nuevas lunas y sus días de reposo, y todas sus festividades.
12Y haré talar sus vides y sus higueras, de las cuales dijo: Mi salario son, salario que me han dado mis amantes. Y las reduciré a un matorral, y las comerán las bestias del campo.
13Y la castigaré por los días en que incensaba a los baales, y se adornaba de sus zarcillos y de sus joyeles, y se iba tras sus amantes y se olvidaba de mí, dice Jehová.
14Pero he aquí que yo la atraeré y la llevaré al desierto, y hablaré a su corazón.
15Y le daré sus viñas desde allí, y el valle de Acor por puerta de esperanza; y allí cantará como en los tiempos de su juventud, y como en el día de su subida de la tierra de Egipto.
16En aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, me llamarás Ishi, y nunca más me llamarás Baali.
17Porque quitaré de su boca los nombres de los baales, y nunca más se mencionarán sus nombres.
18En aquel tiempo haré para ti pacto con las bestias del campo, con las aves del cielo y con las serpientes de la tierra; y quitaré de la tierra arco y espada y guerra, y te haré dormir segura.
19Y te desposaré conmigo para siempre; te desposaré conmigo en justicia, juicio, benignidad y misericordia.
20Y te desposaré conmigo en fidelidad, y conocerás a Jehová.
21En aquel tiempo responderé, dice Jehová, yo responderé a los cielos, y ellos responderán a la tierra.
22Y la tierra responderá al trigo, al vino y al aceite, y ellos responderán a Jezreel.
23Y la sembraré para mí en la tierra, y tendré misericordia de Lo-ruhama; y diré a Lo-ammi: Tú eres pueblo mío, y él dirá: Dios mío.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
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I. Plead--expostulate.
Plead--expostulate.
mother--that is the nation collectively. The address is to "her children," that is, to the individual citizens of the state (compare Isa 50:1).
for she is not my wife--She has deprived herself of her high privilege by spiritual adultery.
out of her sight--rather, "from her face." Her very countenance unblushingly betrayed her lust, as did also her exposed "breasts."
II
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II. set her as in the day . . . born-- (Eze 16:4; Eze 23:25-26, Eze 23:28-29). The day of her politic…
set her as in the day . . . born-- (Eze 16:4; Eze 23:25-26, Eze 23:28-29). 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-- (Jer 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 Jer 2:6).
III
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III. her children--Not even her individual members shall escape the doom of the nation collectively, f…
her children--Not even her individual members shall escape the doom of the nation collectively, for they are individually guilty.
IV
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IV. I will go after--The Hebrew expresses a settled determination.
I will go after--The Hebrew expresses a settled determination.
lovers--the idols which Israel fancied to be the givers of all their goods, whereas God gave all these goods (Hos 2:8-13; compare Jer 44:17-19).
bread and . . . water--the necessaries of life in food.
wool . . . flax--clothing.
oil . . . drink--perfumed unguents and palatable drinks: the luxuries of Hebrew life.
V
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V. thorns . . . wall-- (Job 19:8; Lam 3:7, Lam 3:9). The hindrances which the captivity interposed b…
thorns . . . wall-- (Job 19:8; Lam 3:7, Lam 3:9). The hindrances which the captivity interposed between Israel and her idols. As she attributes all her temporal blessings to idols, I will reduce her to straits in which, when she in vain has sought help from false gods, she will at last seek Me as her only God and Husband, as at the first (Isa 54:5; Jer 3:14; Eze 16:8).
then--before Israel's apostasy, under Jeroboam. The way of duty is hedged about with thorns; it is the way of sin that is hedged up with thorns. Crosses in an evil course are God's hedges to turn us from it. Restraining grace and restraining providences (even sicknesses and trials) are great blessings when they stop us in a course of sin. Compare Luk 15:14-18, "I will arise, and go to my father." So here, "I will go, and return," &c.; crosses in the both cases being sanctified to produce this effect.
VI
Versículo 8
VI. she did not know that I--not the idols, as she thought: the "lovers" alluded to in Hos 2:5.
she did not know that I--not the idols, as she thought: the "lovers" alluded to in Hos 2:5.
which they prepared for Baal--that is, of which they made images of Baal, or at least the plate covering of them (Hos 8:4). Baal was the Phœnician sun-god: answering to the female Astarte, the moon-goddess. The name of the idol is found in the Phœnician Hannibal, Hasdrubal. Israel borrowed it from the Tyrians.
VII
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VII. my corn . . . my wool . . . my flax--in contrast to "my bread . . . my wool . . . my flax," (Hos …
my corn . . . my wool . . . my flax--in contrast to "my bread . . . my wool . . . my flax," (Hos 2:5). Compare also Hos 2:21-23, on God as the great First Cause giving these through secondary instruments in nature. "Return, and take away," is equivalent to, "I will take back again," namely, by sending storms, locusts, Assyrian enemies, &c. "Therefore," that is, because she did not acknowledge Me as the Giver.
in the time thereof--in the harvest-time.
VIII
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VIII. lewdness--rather, "the shame of her nakedness"; laying aside the figure, "I will expose her in he…
lewdness--rather, "the shame of her nakedness"; laying aside the figure, "I will expose her in her state, bereft of every necessary, before her lovers," that is, the idols (personified, as if they could see), who, nevertheless, can give her no help. "Discover" is appropriate to stripping off the self-flatteries of her hypocrisy.
IX
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IX. her feast days--of Jeroboam's appointment, distinct from the Mosaic (Kg1 12:32). However, most of…
her feast days--of Jeroboam's appointment, distinct from the Mosaic (Kg1 12:32). However, most of the Mosaic feasts, "new-moons" and "sabbaths" to Jehovah, remained, but to degenerate Israel worship was a weariness; they cared only for the carnal indulgence on them (Amo 8:5).
X
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X. my rewards--my hire as a harlot (Isa 23:17-18).
my rewards--my hire as a harlot (Isa 23:17-18).
lovers--idols.
destroy . . . vines . . . make . . . forest-- (Isa 5:6; Isa 7:23-24). Fulfilled in the overthrow of Israel by Assyria (Hos 9:4-5).
XI
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XI. days of Baalim--the days consecrated to the Baals, or various images of Baal in different cities,…
days of Baalim--the days consecrated to the Baals, or various images of Baal in different cities, whence the names Baal-gad, Baal-hermon, &c.
decked herself with . . . earrings--rather, "nose-rings" (Isa 3:21; Eze 16:12, Margin), with which harlots decked themselves to attract admirers: answering to the ornaments in which the Israelites decked themselves on the idols' feasts.
forgat me--worse than the nations which had never known God. Israel wilfully apostatized from Jehovah, whom she had known.
XII
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XII. Therefore--rather, "Nevertheless" [HENDERSON]. English Version gives a more lovely idea of God. T…
Therefore--rather, "Nevertheless" [HENDERSON]. English Version gives a more lovely idea of God. That which would provoke all others to unappeasable wrath, Israel's perversity and consequent punishment, is made a reason why God should at last have mercy on her. As the "therefore" (Hos 2:9) expresses Israel's punishment as the consequence of Israel's guilt, so "therefore" here, as in Hos 2:6, expresses, that when that punishment has effected its designed end, the hedging up her way with thorns so that she returns to God, her first love, the consequence in God's wondrous grace is, He "speaks comfortably" (literally, "speaks to her heart"; compare Jdg 19:8; Rut 2:13). So obstinate is she that God has to "allure her," that is, so to temper judgment with unlooked-for grace as to win her to His ways. For this purpose it was necessary to "bring her into the wilderness" (that is, into temporal want and trials) first, to make her sin hateful to her by its bitter fruits, and God's subsequent grace the more precious to her by the contrast of the "wilderness." JEROME makes the "bringing into the wilderness" to be rather a deliverance from her enemies, just as ancient Israel was brought into the wilderness from the bondage of Egypt; to this the phrase here alludes (compare Hos 2:15). The wilderness sojourn, however, is not literal, but moral: while still in the land of their enemies locally, by the discipline of the trial rendering the word of God sweet to them, they are to be brought morally into the wilderness state, that is, into a state of preparedness for returning to their temporal and spiritual privileges in their own land; just as the literal wilderness prepared their fathers for Canaan: thus the bringing of them into the wilderness state is virtually a deliverance from their enemies.
XIII
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XIII. from thence--returning from the wilderness. God gives Israel a fresh grant of Canaan, which she h…
from thence--returning from the wilderness. God gives Israel a fresh grant of Canaan, which she had forfeited; so of her vineyards, &c. (Hos 2:9, Hos 2:12).
Achor--that is "trouble." As formerly Israel, after their tedious journey through the wilderness, met with the trouble resulting from Achan's crime in this valley, on the very threshold of Canaan, and yet that trouble was presently turned into joy at the great victory at Ai, which threw all Canaan into their hands (Jos. 7:1-8:28); so the very trouble of Israel's wilderness state will be the "door of hope" opening to better days. The valley of Achor, near Jericho, was specially fruitful (Isa 65:10); so "trouble" and "hope" are rightly blended in connection with it.
sing . . . as . . . when she came . . . out of . . . Egypt--It shall be a second exodus song, such as Israel sang after the deliverance at the Red Sea (Exo. 15:1-21; compare Isa 11:15-16); and "the song of Moses" (Rev 15:2-3) sung by those who through the Lamb overcome the beast, and so stand on the sea of glass mingled with fire, emblems of fiery trial, such as that of Israel at the Red Sea.
XIV
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XIV. Ishi . . . no more Baali--"my Husband . . . no more my Lord." Affection is the prominent idea in …
Ishi . . . no more Baali--"my Husband . . . no more my Lord." Affection is the prominent idea in "Husband"; rule, in "Lord." The chief reason for the substitution of Husband for Lord appears in Hos 2:17; namely, Baali, the Hebrew for my Lord, had been perverted to express the images of Baal, whose name ought not to be taken on their lips (Exo 23:13; Zac 13:2).
XV
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XV. Baalim--plural, expressing the various images of Baal, which, according to the places of their er…
Baalim--plural, expressing the various images of Baal, which, according to the places of their erection, received various names, Baal-gad, Baal-ammon, &c.
16
Versículo 18
16. for them--for their benefit.
for them--for their benefit.
covenant . . . with the beasts--not to hurt them (Job 5:23). They shall fulfil the original law of their creation by becoming subject to man, when man fulfils the law of his being by being subject to God. To be realized fully in millennial times (Isa 11:6-9).
break the bow . . . out of the earth--rather, "out of the land"; that is, I will break and remove war out of the earth (Psa 46:9); and "out of the land" of Israel first (Isa 2:4; Eze 39:9-10; Zac 9:9-10).
lie down--A reclining posture is the usual one with Orientals when not in action.
safely-- (Jer 23:6).
17
Versículo 19
17. "Betroth" is thrice repeated, implying the intense love of God to His people; and perhaps, also, …
"Betroth" is thrice repeated, implying the intense love of God to His people; and perhaps, also, the three Persons of the Triune God, severally engaging to make good the betrothal. The marriage covenant will be as it were renewed from the beginning, on a different footing; not for a time only, as before, through the apostasy of the people, but "forever" through the grace of God writing the law on their hearts by the Spirit of Messiah (Jer 31:31-37).
righteousness . . . judgment--in rectitude and truth.
loving-kindness, &c.--Hereby God assures Israel, who might doubt the possibility of their restoration to His favor; low, sunk, and unworthy as thou art. I will restore thee from a regard to My own "loving-kindness," not thy merits.
18
Versículo 20
18. faithfulness--to My new covenant of grace with thee (Th1 5:24; Heb 10:23).
faithfulness--to My new covenant of grace with thee (Th1 5:24; Heb 10:23).
19
Versículo 21
19. in that day--of grace to Israel.
in that day--of grace to Israel.
heavens . . . hear the earth--personification. However many be the intermediate instruments, God is the Great First Cause of all nature's phenomena. God had threatened (Hos 2:9) He would take back His corn, His wine, &c. Here, on the contrary, God promises to hearken to the skies, as it were, supplicating Him to fill them with rain to pour on the earth; and that the skies again would hearken to the earth begging for a supply of the rain it requires; and again, that the earth would hearken to the corn, wine, and oil, begging it to bring them forth; and these again would hear Jezreel, that is, would fulfil Israel's prayers for a supply of them. Israel is now no longer "Jezreel" in the sense, "God will SCATTER" (Hos 1:4), but in the sense, "God will PLANT" (Hos 1:11).
20
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20. I will sow her--referring to the meaning of Jezreel (Hos 2:22).
I will sow her--referring to the meaning of Jezreel (Hos 2:22).
Next: Hosea Chapter 3
Antiguo Testamento
Hosea — Capítulo 2
APPLICATION OF THE SYMBOLS IN THE FIRST CHAPTER. (Hos. 2:1-23) Israel's spiritual fornication, and her threatened punishment: yet a promise of God's restored favor, when chastisements have produced their designed effe…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Decid a vuestros hermanos: Ammi; y a vuestras hermanas: Ruhama.
2Contended con vuestra madre, contended; porque ella no es mi mujer, ni yo su marido; aparte, pues, sus fornicaciones de su rostro, y sus adulterios de entre sus pechos;
3no sea que yo la despoje y desnude, la ponga como el día en que nació, la haga como un desierto, la deje como tierra seca, y la mate de sed.
4Ni tendré misericordia de sus hijos, porque son hijos de prostitución.
5Porque su madre se prostituyó; la que los dio a luz se deshonró, porque dijo: Iré tras mis amantes, que me dan mi pan y mi agua, mi lana y mi lino, mi aceite y mi bebida.
6Por tanto, he aquí yo rodearé de espinos su camino, y la cercaré con seto, y no hallará sus caminos.
7Seguirá a sus amantes, y no los alcanzará; los buscará, y no los hallará. Entonces dirá: Iré y me volveré a mi primer marido; porque mejor me iba entonces que ahora.
8Y ella no reconoció que yo le daba el trigo, el vino y el aceite, y que le multipliqué la plata y el oro que ofrecían a Baal.
9Por tanto, yo volveré y tomaré mi trigo a su tiempo, y mi vino a su sazón, y quitaré mi lana y mi lino que había dado para cubrir su desnudez.
10Y ahora descubriré yo su locura delante de los ojos de sus amantes, y nadie la librará de mi mano.
11Haré cesar todo su gozo, sus fiestas, sus nuevas lunas y sus días de reposo, y todas sus festividades.
12Y haré talar sus vides y sus higueras, de las cuales dijo: Mi salario son, salario que me han dado mis amantes. Y las reduciré a un matorral, y las comerán las bestias del campo.
13Y la castigaré por los días en que incensaba a los baales, y se adornaba de sus zarcillos y de sus joyeles, y se iba tras sus amantes y se olvidaba de mí, dice Jehová.
14Pero he aquí que yo la atraeré y la llevaré al desierto, y hablaré a su corazón.
15Y le daré sus viñas desde allí, y el valle de Acor por puerta de esperanza; y allí cantará como en los tiempos de su juventud, y como en el día de su subida de la tierra de Egipto.
16En aquel tiempo, dice Jehová, me llamarás Ishi, y nunca más me llamarás Baali.
17Porque quitaré de su boca los nombres de los baales, y nunca más se mencionarán sus nombres.
18En aquel tiempo haré para ti pacto con las bestias del campo, con las aves del cielo y con las serpientes de la tierra; y quitaré de la tierra arco y espada y guerra, y te haré dormir segura.
19Y te desposaré conmigo para siempre; te desposaré conmigo en justicia, juicio, benignidad y misericordia.
20Y te desposaré conmigo en fidelidad, y conocerás a Jehová.
21En aquel tiempo responderé, dice Jehová, yo responderé a los cielos, y ellos responderán a la tierra.
22Y la tierra responderá al trigo, al vino y al aceite, y ellos responderán a Jezreel.
23Y la sembraré para mí en la tierra, y tendré misericordia de Lo-ruhama; y diré a Lo-ammi: Tú eres pueblo mío, y él dirá: Dios mío.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. Plead--expostulate.
Versículo 3
II. set her as in the day . . . born-- (Eze 16:4; Eze 23:25-26, Eze 23:28-29). The day of her politic…
Versículo 4
III. her children--Not even her individual members shall escape the doom of the nation collectively, f…
Versículo 5
IV. I will go after--The Hebrew expresses a settled determination.
Versículo 6
V. thorns . . . wall-- (Job 19:8; Lam 3:7, Lam 3:9). The hindrances which the captivity interposed b…
Versículo 8
VI. she did not know that I--not the idols, as she thought: the "lovers" alluded to in Hos 2:5.
Versículo 9
VII. my corn . . . my wool . . . my flax--in contrast to "my bread . . . my wool . . . my flax," (Hos …
Versículo 10
VIII. lewdness--rather, "the shame of her nakedness"; laying aside the figure, "I will expose her in he…
Versículo 11
IX. her feast days--of Jeroboam's appointment, distinct from the Mosaic (Kg1 12:32). However, most of…
Versículo 12
X. my rewards--my hire as a harlot (Isa 23:17-18).
Versículo 13
XI. days of Baalim--the days consecrated to the Baals, or various images of Baal in different cities,…
Versículo 14
XII. Therefore--rather, "Nevertheless" [HENDERSON]. English Version gives a more lovely idea of God. T…
Versículo 15
XIII. from thence--returning from the wilderness. God gives Israel a fresh grant of Canaan, which she h…
Versículo 16
XIV. Ishi . . . no more Baali--"my Husband . . . no more my Lord." Affection is the prominent idea in …
Versículo 17
XV. Baalim--plural, expressing the various images of Baal, which, according to the places of their er…
Versículo 18
16. for them--for their benefit.
Versículo 19
17. "Betroth" is thrice repeated, implying the intense love of God to His people; and perhaps, also, …
Versículo 20
18. faithfulness--to My new covenant of grace with thee (Th1 5:24; Heb 10:23).
Versículo 21
19. in that day--of grace to Israel.
Versículo 23
20. I will sow her--referring to the meaning of Jezreel (Hos 2:22).