Hosea 2:17

Hosea 2:17

15 I will give her her vineyards from there,
And ^athe Valley of Achor as a door of hope;
She shall sing there,
As in ^bthe days of her youth,
^cAs in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

16 “And it shall be, in that day,”
Says the Lord,
“That you will call Me¹ ‘My Husband,’
And no longer call Me¹ ‘My Master,’

17 For ^aI will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their name no more.

18 In that day I will make a ^acovenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
With the birds of the air,
And with the creeping things of the ground.
Bow and sword of battle ^bI will shatter from the earth,
To make them ^clie down safely.

19 “I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me
In righteousness and justice,
In lovingkindness and mercy;

20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
And ^ayou shall know the Lord.

21 “It shall come to pass in that day
That ^aI will answer,” says the Lord;
“I will answer the heavens,
And they shall answer the earth.

22 The earth shall answer
With grain,
With new wine,
And with oil;
They shall answer¹ Jezreel.

23 Then ^aI will sow her for Myself in the earth,
^bAnd I will have mercy on her who had¹ not obtained mercy;
Then ^cI will say to those who were not My people,
‘You are¹ My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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For I will take array the names of Baalim out of her mouth - It is, then, of grace. He does not only promise the ceasing of idolatry, but that it shall be the fruit of His converting grace, the gift of Him from whom "is both to will and to do. I will take away, as God saith elsewhere, "I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall be no more remembered Zechariah 13:1-9; and, "the idols He shall utterly abolish" Isaiah 2:18. In like way God foretells of Judah that the fruit of her captivity should be, that her idols should cease, that He would cleanse them from their idols, and renew them by His grace. "In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished" Ezekiel 6:6. And, "Then I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you. Neither shall they defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions" Ezekiel 36:25-26; Ezekiel 37:23.

And they shall be no more remembered, or, made mention of - The names of Baal and the idols, through which Israel sinned, are remembered now, only in the history of their sin.

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