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Hosea 1

Hos 1:1—Part 1. Israel Jehovah's dishonoured wife, repudiated but to be restored (Hos 1:1 - 3:5).


Hos 1:2-5—(1) The symbolic marriage: the birth of Jezreel.

Hos 1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

committed great whoredom

Deu 31:16; Psa 73:27; Jer 2:13; Eze 23:3.

Hos 1:4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

avenge the blood of Jezreel

2Ki 10:1-14.


Hos 1:6-7—(2) The birth of Lo-ruhamah.

Hos 1:6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

Loruhamah

i.e. unpitied.

Hos 1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

mercy upon the house of Judah

2Ki 19:35.


Hos 1:8-9—(3) The birth of Lo-ammi.

Hos 1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

Loammi

i.e. not my people.

my people

"My people" is an expression used in the O.T. exclusively of Israel the nation. It is never used of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Matthew 2:6.


Hos 1:10-11—(4) The future blessing and restoration of Israel.

Hos 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Israel

"Israel" in Hosea means the ten tribes forming the northern kingdom as distinguished from "Judah" (the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) forming the southern kingdom which adhered to the Davidic family. (See) 1 Kings 12:1-21. The promise of verse 10 awaits fulfilment. See "Israel"; Genesis 12:2,3; Romans 11:26.

Ye are not my people

Rom 9:25, 26.

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