Thematic Bible
Hosea 2:1 (show verse)
“[Hosea,] say to your brothers, ‘Ammi (you are my people),’ and to your sisters, ‘Ruhamah (you have been pitied and have obtained mercy).’
Hosea 2:2 (show verse)
“Contend with your mother (nation); contend,
For she is not my wife and I am not her husband;
And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts
No Themes for this verse.
Hosea 2:3 (show verse)
Or I will strip her naked
And expose her as on the day she was born,
And make her like a wilderness
And make her like a parched land
And slay her with thirst.
Hosea 2:4 (show verse)
“Also, I will have no mercy on her children,
Because they are the children of prostitution.
No Themes for this verse.
Hosea 2:5 (show verse)
“For their mother has played the prostitute;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully,
For she said, ‘I will pursue my lovers
Who give me my food and my water,
My wool and my flax, my oil and my [refreshing] drinks.’
Hosea 2:6 (show verse)
“Therefore, behold, I [the Lord God] will hedge up her way with thorns;
And I will build a wall against her [shutting off her way] so that she cannot find her paths.
Hosea 2:7 (show verse)
“She will [passionately] pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘Let me go and return to my first husband,
For it was better for me then than now!’
No Themes for this verse.
Hosea 2:8 (show verse)
“For she (Israel) has not noticed nor understood nor realized that it was I [the Lord God] who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they used for Baal and made into his image.
Agriculture » God to be acknowledged in
Agriculture or husbandry » The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of
Famine » Caused by » God's blessing withheld
Ingratitude to God » Punishment of
Oil » Used » In idolatrous worship
The Providence of God » Danger of denying
earthly Riches » The gift of God
earthly Treasures » Disappointing » Men entrusted with, by God
Agriculture or husbandry » The providence of God to be acknowledged in the produce of
Famine » Caused by » God's blessing withheld
Ingratitude to God » Punishment of
Oil » Used » In idolatrous worship
The Providence of God » Danger of denying
earthly Riches » The gift of God
earthly Treasures » Disappointing » Men entrusted with, by God
Hosea 2:9 (show verse)
“Therefore, I will return and take back My grain at harvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
Given to cover her nakedness.
Hosea 2:10 (show verse)
“And now I will uncover her lewdness and shame
In the sight of her lovers,
And no one will rescue her from My hand.
No Themes for this verse.
Hosea 2:11 (show verse)
“I will also put an end to all her rejoicing,
Her feasts, her New Moons, her Sabbaths,
And all her festivals.
Feast of the new moon » The jews deprived of, for sin
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
New » Man » Moons
The sabbath » The wicked » May be judicially deprived of
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
New » Man » Moons
The sabbath » The wicked » May be judicially deprived of
Hosea 2:12 (show verse)
“I will destroy her vines and her fig trees
Of which she has said, ‘These are my wages
Which my lovers have given me.’
And I will make them a forest,
And the animals of the open country will devour them.
Hosea 2:13 (show verse)
“And I will punish her for the [feast] days of the Baals,
When she used to offer sacrifices and burn incense to them
And adorn herself with her earrings and nose rings and her jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” says the Lord.
Hosea 2:14 (show verse)
“Therefore, behold, I will allure Israel
And bring her into the wilderness,
And I will speak tenderly to her [to reconcile her to Me].
Hosea 2:15 (show verse)
“Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
And make the Valley of Achor a door of hope and expectation [anticipating the time when I will restore My favor on her].
And she will sing there and respond as in the days of her youth
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
Hosea 2:16 (show verse)
“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord,
“That you will call Me Ishi (my husband)
And will no longer call Me Baali (my
Hosea 2:17 (show verse)
“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will no longer be mentioned or remembered by their names.
Hosea 2:18 (show verse)
“And in that day I will make a covenant for Israel
With the animals of the open country
And with the birds of the heavens
And with the creeping things of the ground.
And I will abolish the bow and the sword and [banish] war from the land
And will make them lie down in safety.
the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
Covenants » Illustrative » (with stones and beasts of the earth,) of peace and prosperity
Israel » Hoshea » Prophecies concerning » Of restoration
Nation » Foretold by the prophets
Peace » Social » Foretold by the prophets
Peace » The church shall enjoy
Universal » Opportunity » Peace, foretold by the prophets
War » To cease, an era of peace prophesied
Covenants » Illustrative » (with stones and beasts of the earth,) of peace and prosperity
Israel » Hoshea » Prophecies concerning » Of restoration
Nation » Foretold by the prophets
Peace » Social » Foretold by the prophets
Peace » The church shall enjoy
Universal » Opportunity » Peace, foretold by the prophets
War » To cease, an era of peace prophesied
Hosea 2:19 (show verse)
“And I will betroth you (Israel) to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and loyalty, and in compassion.
Hosea 2:20 (show verse)
“I will betroth you to Me in stability and in faithfulness.
Then you will know (recognize, appreciate) the Lord [and respond with loving faithfulness].
Hosea 2:21 (show verse)
“It will come about in that day that I will respond,” says the Lord.
“I will respond to the heavens [which ask for rain to pour on the earth], and they will respond to the earth [which begs for the rain],
Hosea 2:22 (show verse)
And the earth shall respond to the grain and the new wine and the oil [which beg it to bring them forth],
And they will respond to Jezreel [My Israel, who will now be restored].
Hosea 2:23 (show verse)
“I will sow her for Myself in the land.
I will also have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy;
And I will say to those who were not My people,
‘You are My people,’
And they will say, ‘You are my God!’”