Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
she did not know that I—not the idols, as she thought: the "lovers" alluded to in Hosea 2:5.
which they prepared for Baal—that is, of which they made images of Baal, or at least the plate covering of them (Hosea 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 2:8:
Jeremiah 31:32
Ezekiel 16:15
Ezekiel 16:19
Ezekiel 23:41
Hosea 2:5
Hosea 7:14
Hosea 8:4
Hosea 8:7
Hosea 13:6
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