Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Hosea 2:3

set her as in the day . . . born— (Ezekiel 16:4; Ezekiel 23:25-26, Ezekiel 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— (Jeremiah 6:8; Zephaniah 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 Jeremiah 2:6).

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 2:3:

Psalms 75:2-3
Isaiah 54:4
Ezekiel 16:4
Ezekiel 16:7
Ezekiel 16:39

 

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