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**Ammi** = My People.
**Ruhamah** = Pitied One.

**your mother.** Gomer ([Hosea 1:3](../../../kjv/hosea/1/3) ). The ten tribes personified by their royal capital.
**her husband.** Compare [Jeremiah 31:32](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/32) .
**whoredoms . . . adulteries** = idolatries. See note on [Hosea 1:2](../../../kjv/hosea/1/2) .
**between her breasts** = her embraces.

**Lest, &c.** [Hosea 2:3](../../../kjv/hosea/2/3) refers to Israel's earliest history.
**her:** i.e. her land, as shown by the words following. Compare [Ezekiel 16:23-43](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/23-43) .
**in the day.** See App-18 .

**children** = sons: i.e. the individual members of the nation collectively.

**played the harlot:** i.e. practiced idolatries. The silence as to details here is eloquent.
**my lovers** = my Baals, or lords. Compare [Jeremiah 44:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/17) , [Jeremiah 44:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/18) .
**my, &c.** Note the three pairs, including food, clothing, and luxuries. All are claimed as hers.

**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos* ( App-6 ) for emphasis.
**hedge up, &c.** Compare Job 8:23 ; [Job 19:8](../../../kjv/job/19/8) . [Lamentations 3:7](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/7) , [Lamentations 3:9](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/9) .
**thy way.** Jehovah had spoken *of* Israel. Now He speaks *to* her.
**make a wall** = Hebrew wall a (stone) wall. Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ) for emphasis = rear a stone wall.

**follow after** = eagerly follow after.
**I will go, &c.** Compare Hos 6:15 .[Luke 15:18](../../../kjv/luke/15/18) .
**first husband.** Compare [Ezekiel 16:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/8) .
**than.** Supply the *Ellipsis* : "than [it is] now".

**did not know.** Compare [Isaiah 1:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/3) .
**that I** = that [it was] I Who. Compare [Ezekiel 16:17-19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/17-19) .
**wine** = new wine. Hebrew. *tirosh.* App-27 .
**which they, &c.** = they made offerings to Baal. Compare [Hosea 8:4](../../../kjv/hosea/8/4) .

**will I return.** In judgment.
**take away** = take back. Compare [Hosea 2:3](../../../kjv/hosea/2/3) .
**My wine, &c.** They were all His, and from Him.
**recover** = rescue ([Genesis 31:16](../../../kjv/genesis/31/16) ).

**will I discover.** Compare [Ezekiel 16:37](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/37) ; [Ezekiel 23:29](../../../kjv/ezekiel/23/29) .

**her feast days.** All these are in the sing, here = her feast, her new moon, her sabbath, her every appointed season.

**destroy** = lay waste. Compare [Psalms 105:33](../../../kjv/psalms/105/33) .
**whereof.** In [Hosea 2:5](../../../kjv/hosea/2/5) .
**rewards** = my hire, or fee. A technical term. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 23:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/18) ). App-92 .

**I will visit, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 32:34](../../../kjv/exodus/32/34) ). App-92 .
**the days:** i.e. the feast days.
**Baalim.** (Plural) including Baal-gad, Baal-Hermon, Baal-zephon, Baalberith, &c.
**decked herself.** Compare [Ezekiel 23:40](../../../kjv/ezekiel/23/40) , [Ezekiel 23:42](../../../kjv/ezekiel/23/42) .
**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle.

**Therefore** = Nevertheless. Note that the whole of this present dispensation comes between [Hosea 2:13](../../../kjv/hosea/2/13) and [Hosea 2:14](../../../kjv/hosea/2/14) . See App-72 .
**I** = I myself (emphatic).
**bring her, &c.** Compare [Ezekiel 20:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/35) .
**comfortably** = to the heart. Compare [Isaiah 40:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/2) .

**from thence:** i.e. [when she cometh] from thence. Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 16:13](../../../kjv/numbers/16/13) , [Numbers 16:14](../../../kjv/numbers/16/14) ). App-92 .
**the valley of Achor.** Ref to [Joshua 7:26](../../../kjv/joshua/7/26) . App-92 . The events must have been written down at the time and preserved. See App-47 .
**Achor** = trouble. Compare [Joshua 7:24-26](../../../kjv/joshua/7/24-26) .
**door** = entrance.
**hope** = expectation; no longer of trouble.
**shall sing there.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 15:1](../../../kjv/exodus/15/1) ). App-92 .
**there.** Where Jehovah allureth, and bringeth, and speaketh.
**as in the days, &c.** Compare [Jeremiah 2:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/2) .[Ezekiel 16:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/8) , [Ezekiel 16:22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/22) , [Ezekiel 16:60](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/60) .
**when she came up.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 1:10](../../../kjv/exodus/1/10) ; [Exodus 12:38](../../../kjv/exodus/12/38) ; [Exodus 13:18](../../../kjv/exodus/13/18) , &c); and when Jehovah said "My son" ([Exodus 4:22](../../../kjv/exodus/4/22) ). App-92 .

**Ishi** = My husband.
**Baali** = My lord.

**I will take away, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 23:13](../../../kjv/exodus/23/13) ). Compare [Joshua 23:7](../../../kjv/joshua/23/7) . [Psalms 16:4](../../../kjv/psalms/16/4) .[Isaiah 2:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/18) . [Ezekiel 6:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/6) ; [Ezekiel 36:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/25) , [Ezekiel 36:26](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/26) ; [Ezekiel 37:23](../../../kjv/ezekiel/37/23) .[Zechariah 13:2](../../../kjv/zechariah/13/2) .

**in that day.** That yet future day of Israel's restoration.
**make a covenant, &c.** Compare [Job 5:23](../../../kjv/job/5/23) .[Isaiah 11:6-9](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/6-9) . [Ezekiel 34:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/25) .
**and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ) to emphasize each item.
**and I will break.** Compare [Psalms 46:9](../../../kjv/psalms/46/9) . [Isaiah 2:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/4) .[Zechariah 9:10](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/10) .
**make them to lie down safely.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 25:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/18) , [Leviticus 25:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/19) ; [Leviticus 26:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/5) , [Leviticus 26:6](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/6) . [Deuteronomy 12:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/10) ; [Deuteronomy 33:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/12) , [Deuteronomy 33:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/28) ). App-92 .

**I will betroth, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 22:16](../../../kjv/exodus/22/16) . [Deuteronomy 20:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/20/7) ; [Deuteronomy 22:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/22/23) , [Deuteronomy 22:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/22/25) , [Deuteronomy 22:27](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/22/27) , [Deuteronomy 22:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/22/28) ; [Deuteronomy 28:30](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/30) ). App-92 . Elsewhere only in [2 Samuel 3:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/14) ("espouse"). Notice the thrice-repeated word here, and in verses: [Hosea 2:19](../../../kjv/hosea/2/19) , [Hosea 2:20](../../../kjv/hosea/2/20) .

**thou shalt know, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 6:7](../../../kjv/exodus/6/7) , &c). This is the sign of Israel's blessing ([Isaiah 11:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/9) ; [Isaiah 54:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/54/13) .[Jeremiah 31:33](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/33) , [Jeremiah 31:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/34) .[John 6:45](../../../kjv/john/6/45); [John 6:45](../../../kjv/john/6/45) ). Their evils came from not knowing ([Isaiah 1:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/3) .[Luke 19:42](../../../kjv/luke/19/42) , [Luke 19:44](../../../kjv/luke/19/44) ).
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* (with ' *eth)* = Jehovah Himself. App-4 .

**I will hear.** The restoration comes from, and begins with, Jehovah.
**hear** = answer, or respond to ([Zechariah 8:12](../../../kjv/zechariah/8/12) ).

**the earth.** Note the Figure of speech *Anadiplosis* ( App-6 ), by which the word at the end of [Hosea 2:21](../../../kjv/hosea/2/21) is repeated at the beginning of [Hosea 2:22](../../../kjv/hosea/2/22) .
**Jezreel** = the seed of GOD [which He will sow], as stated in [Hosea 2:23](../../../kjv/hosea/2/23) .

**I will sow her:** i. e. the new Israel.
**will have mercy, &c.** = have pity; i. e. will [call her] *Ruhamah.*
**her that had not obtained mercy** = Lo-Ruhamah (Not pitied).
**not My People** = Lo-ammi.
**Thou art My People** = Ammi [art] thou.
**they shall say** = and he, he shall say, &c: i. e. the whole nation as one man. Compare [Hosea 1:11](../../../kjv/hosea/1/11) .[Zechariah 13:9](../../../kjv/zechariah/13/9) . [Romans 9:26](../../../kjv/romans/9/26) . [1 Peter 2:10](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/10) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .

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