Hosea 2
Overview
2:1 The idolatry of the people;
2:6 God's judgments against them;
2:14 His promises of reconciliation with them. Verse 1untoHosea 1:9-11 AmmiThat is, My people, Exodus 19:5, 19:6; Jeremiah 31:33, 32:38; Ezekiel 11:20, 36:28, 37:27; Zechariah 13:9 RuhamahThat is, Having obtained mercy, Hosea 2:23; Romans 11:30, 11:31; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Timothy 1:13; 1 Peter 2:10ReciprocalIsaiah 54:6 - a woman; Matthew 5:7 - for Verse 2Plead withIsaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 2:2, 19:3; Ezekiel 20:4, 23:45; Matthew 23:37-39; Acts 7:51-53; 2 Corinthians 5:16 sheIsaiah 50:1; Jeremiah 3:6-8 letHosea 1:2; Jeremiah 3:1, 3:9, 3:13; Ezekiel 16:20, 16:25, 23:43ReciprocalNumbers 15:39 - go a whoring; Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a; Judges 2:17 - whoring; 8:27 - a whoring; Isaiah 54:6 - a woman; Jeremiah 2:9 - I will; 3:8 - when for; 4:1 - put away; 31:32 - although I was; Ezekiel 16:32 - General; 17:20 - plead; 19:10 - mother; 23:18 - then; 23:36 - declare; 43:9 - Now let; Hosea 2:5 - their mother; 4:5 - thy; John 8:41 - We be; Galatians 4:26 - mother Verse 3I stripHosea 2:10; Isaiah 47:3; Jeremiah 13:22, 13:26; Ezekiel 16:37-39, 23:26-29; Revelation 17:16 was bornEzekiel 16:4-8, 16:22 asIsaiah 32:13, 32:14, 33:9, 64:10; Jeremiah 2:31, 4:26, 12:10, 22:6; Ezekiel 19:13; 20:35, 20:36 a dryJeremiah 2:6, 17:6, 51:43 and slayExodus 17:3; Judges 15:18; Amos 8:11-13ReciprocalExodus 32:25 - naked; Psalm 68:6 - the rebellious; Isaiah 32:11 - strip; 47:2 - make bare; Jeremiah 2:25 - Withhold; 3:8 - when for; Lamentations 1:8 - they; Ezekiel 16:7 - whereas; 16:39 - shall strip; 23:10 - discovered; Hosea 2:9 - take; 2:14 - and bring; Amos 8:13 - General; Revelation 16:15 - lest Verse 4I will notHosea 1:6; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 13:14, 16:5; Ezekiel 8:18, 9:10; Zechariah 1:12; Romans 9:18; 11:22; James 2:13 they beThey are all idolaters; and have been consecrated to idols, whose marks they bear.children ofHosea 1:2; 2 Kings 9:22; Isaiah 57:3; John 8:41ReciprocalEzekiel 23:25 - they shall take thy Verse 5their motherHosea 2:2, 3:1, 4:5, 4:12-15; Isaiah 1:21, 50:1; Jeremiah 2:20, 2:25, 3:1-9; Ezekiel 16:15, 16:16; 16:28-34, 23:5-11; Revelation 2:20-23, 17:1-5 hath doneHosea 9:10; Ezra 9:6, 9:7; Jeremiah 2:26, 2:27, 11:13; Daniel 9:5-8 I willHosea 2:13, 8:9; Isaiah 57:7, 57:8; Jeremiah 3:1-3; Ezekiel 23:16, 23:17, 23:40-44 giveHosea 2:8, 2:12; Judges 16:23; Jeremiah 44:17, 44:18 drinkHeb. drinksReciprocalGenesis 38:24 - played the harlot; Leviticus 20:5 - whoring; Joshua 15:7 - the valley; Jeremiah 2:33 - Why; 30:14 - lovers; Ezekiel 16:13 - thou didst; 16:35 - O harlot; 19:10 - mother; 23:25 - they shall take thy; Hosea 10:11 - and loveth; Micah 1:7 - the hires; Galatians 4:26 - mother Verse 6I willJob 3:23, 19:8; Lamentations 3:7-9; Luke 15:14-16, 19:43 make a wallHeb. wall a wallReciprocalGenesis 20:6 - withheld; Numbers 22:26 - where was no way; 1 Samuel 25:39 - kept his servant; Job 33:17 - withdraw; Psalm 119:67 - but now; Ecclesiastes 7:14 - set; Isaiah 42:16 - lead; Ezekiel 16:41 - and I; Zechariah 1:6 - according to our ways; Luke 15:18 - will arise Verse 7she shall followHosea 5:13; 2 Chronicles 28:20-22; Isaiah 30:2, 30:3, 30:16, 31:1-3; Jeremiah 2:28, 2:36, 2:37, 30:12-15; Ezekiel 20:32, 23:22 I willHosea 5:15, 6:1, 14:1; Psalm 116:7; Jeremiah 3:22-25, 31:18, 50:4, 50:5; Lamentations 3:40-42; Luke 15:17-20 firstJeremiah 2:2, 3:1, 31:32; Ezekiel 16:18, 23:4 forHosea 13:6; Deuteronomy 6:10-12, 8:17, 8:18, 32:13-15; Nehemiah 9:25, 9:26; Jeremiah 14:22; Daniel 4:17, 4:25, 4:32, 5:21ReciprocalGenesis 20:6 - withheld; 1 Samuel 25:39 - kept his servant; Psalm 119:67 - but now; Ecclesiastes 7:14 - set; Jeremiah 2:31 - Have I been; Lamentations 1:2 - among; 1:7 - remembered; Hosea 2:13 - she went; 2:16 - Ishi; Luke 15:18 - will arise Verse 8sheIsaiah 1:3; Habakkuk 1:16; Acts 17:23-25; Romans 1:28 her cornHosea 2:5, 10:1; Judges 9:27; Jeremiah 7:18, 44:17, 44:18; Ezekiel 16:16-19; Daniel 5:3, 5:4, 5:23; Luke 15:13, 16:1, 16:2 wineHeb. new wine, Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 24:7-9 which they prepared for Baalor, wherewith they made Baal, Hosea 8:4, 13:2; Exodus 32:2-4; Judges 17:1-5; Isaiah 46:6ReciprocalGenesis 1:29 - I have; Deuteronomy 8:8 - vines; 8:11 - General; 8:18 - he that; 32:38 - eat the fat; 1 Chronicles 29:16 - all this store; 2 Chronicles 24:7 - did they bestow; Psalm 107:31 - Oh that men; Jeremiah 2:31 - Have I been; 3:24 - General; 8:13 - there; Ezekiel 16:19 - meat; 23:41 - whereupon; Hosea 11:3 - I healed; 11:4 - and I laid; Luke 12:16 - The ground; 16:12 - in; Acts 12:20 - because; Romans 1:21 - they glorified; 11:4 - Baal Verse 9will IDaniel 11:13; Joel 2:14; Malachi 1:4, 3:18 takeHosea 2:3; Isaiah 3:18-26, 17:10, 17:11; Ezekiel 16:27, 16:39, 23:26; Zephaniah 1:13; Haggai 1:6-11; 2:16, 2:17 recoveror, take awayReciprocalDeuteronomy 8:11 - General; 2 Chronicles 24:7 - did they bestow; Jeremiah 8:13 - there; Ezekiel 16:7 - whereas; 23:41 - whereupon; Hosea 9:2 - floor; Micah 5:3 - Therefore; Haggai 1:10 - General; Matthew 25:29 - shall be taken; Luke 15:14 - arose; Acts 12:20 - because Verse 10nowHosea 2:3; Isaiah 3:17; Jeremiah 13:22, 13:26; Ezekiel 16:36, 23:29; Luke 12:2, 12:3; 1 Corinthians 4:5 lewdnessHeb. folly, or, villanyand none shallHosea 5:13, 5:14, 13:7, 13:8; Psalm 50:22; Proverbs 11:21; Micah 5:8ReciprocalJob 10:7 - and there; Isaiah 43:13 - none; Jeremiah 30:14 - lovers; Lamentations 1:8 - they; 5:8 - there; Ezekiel 16:7 - whereas; 16:37 - General; 16:57 - thy wickedness; 23:10 - discovered; 23:26 - strip; Hosea 8:9 - hath; Zechariah 11:6 - and out; Ephesians 5:13 - reproved Verse 11causeHosea 9:1-5; Isaiah 24:7-11; Jeremiah 7:34, 16:9, 25:10; Ezekiel 26:13; Nahum 1:10; Revelation 18:22, 18:23 her feast1 Kings 12:32; Isaiah 1:13, 1:14; Amos 5:21, 8:3, 8:5, 8:9, 8:10ReciprocalLeviticus 23:2 - the feasts; Numbers 28:11 - in the beginnings; Isaiah 24:8 - General; Hosea 9:5 - in Verse 12destroyHeb. make desolateTheseHosea 2:5, 9:1 I willPsalm 80:12; Isaiah 5:5, 7:23, 29:17, 32:13-15; Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 3:12ReciprocalIsaiah 32:10 - for; Ezekiel 16:33 - give; Hosea 2:15 - I will; 9:2 - floor; Joel 1:7 - laid; Micah 1:7 - the hires Verse 13I will visitHosea 9:7, 9:9; Exodus 32:34; Jeremiah 23:2 the daysHosea 9:10, 13:1; Judges 2:11-13, 3:7, 10:6; 1 Kings 16:31, 16:32, 18:18-40; 2 Kings 1:2; 10:28, 21:3 she burnedHosea 11:2; Jeremiah 7:9, 11:13, 18:15 she deckedEzekiel 23:40-42 she wentHosea 2:5, 2:7; Jeremiah 2:23-25 forgatDeuteronomy 6:12, 8:11-14, 32:18; Judges 3:7; 1 Samuel 12:9; Job 8:13; Psalm 78:11; 106:13, 106:21; Isaiah 17:10; Jeremiah 2:32; Ezekiel 22:12, 23:35ReciprocalGenesis 35:4 - earrings; Leviticus 18:25 - therefore; 20:5 - whoring; 2 Kings 23:7 - where; 2 Chronicles 24:7 - did they bestow; 28:2 - Baalim; Psalm 9:17 - forget; Isaiah 3:20 - the earrings; Jeremiah 2:33 - Why; 5:9 - I not visit; Ezekiel 16:11 - General; 16:17 - hast also; Hosea 1:4 - avenge; 12:2 - punish; Amos 3:2 - punish Verse 14ThereforeIsaiah 30:18; Jeremiah 16:14 I willSong of Songs 1:4; John 6:44, 12:32 and bringHosea 2:3; Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 20:10, 20:35, 20:36; Revelation 12:6, 12:14 and speakIsaiah 35:3, 35:4, 40:1, 40:2, 49:13-26, 51:3-23; Jeremiah 3:12-24, 30:18-22; 31:1-37, 32:36-41, 33:6-26; Ezekiel 34:22-31, 36:8-15, 37:11-28; 39:25-29; Amos 9:11-15; Micah 7:14-20; Zephaniah 3:9-20; Zechariah 1:12-17; 8:19-23; Romans 11:26, 11:27 comfortablyor, friendly, Heb. to her heart, Genesis 34:3; Judges 19:3 *marg.ReciprocalGenesis 9:27 - dwell; 2 Samuel 19:7 - comfortably unto thy; 2 Chronicles 30:22 - comfortably unto all; Isaiah 17:10 - thou hast; 42:16 - I will bring; 54:6 - a woman; Jeremiah 29:11 - thoughts; Lamentations 1:9 - she had; Micah 4:10 - shalt thou; 5:3 - Therefore; 1 Thessalonians 1:6 - received Verse 15I willHosea 2:12; Leviticus 26:40-45; Deuteronomy 30:3-5; Nehemiah 1:8, 1:9; Isaiah 65:21; Jeremiah 32:15; Ezekiel 28:26; Amos 9:14 the valleyJoshua 7:26; Isaiah 65:10 forLamentations 3:21; Ezekiel 37:11-14; Zechariah 9:12; John 10:9; Acts 14:27 she shall singExodus 15:1-21; Numbers 21:17; Psalm 106:12 as in the daysHosea 11:1; Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 16:8, 16:22, 16:60ReciprocalJoshua 7:24 - the valley; Job 33:25 - return; Psalm 103:5 - thy youth; 129:1 - from; Isaiah 23:15 - shall Tyre sing as an harlot; 54:6 - a woman; Jeremiah 3:4 - the guide; 31:17 - General; 33:7 - and will; Ezekiel 23:3 - in their; Hosea 9:10 - grapes; Joel 2:19 - I will send Verse 16Ishithat is, My husband, Hosea 2:7; Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:14; John 3:29; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:25-27; Revelation 19:7 Baalithat is, My lordReciprocalPsalm 16:4 - take; Isaiah 2:11 - in that day; Micah 5:13 - graven Verse 17I willExodus 23:13; Joshua 23:7; Psalm 16:4; Zechariah 13:2 and theyJeremiah 10:11ReciprocalGenesis 26:18 - and he; Deuteronomy 12:3 - and destroy; 2 Chronicles 28:2 - Baalim; Hosea 14:3 - neither; Micah 5:13 - graven; Zephaniah 2:11 - for Verse 18in that dayIsaiah 2:11, 2:17, 26:1; Zechariah 2:11, 14:4, 14:9 will IJob 5:23; Psalm 91:1-13; Isaiah 11:6-9, 65:25; Ezekiel 34:25 I will breakPsalm 46:9; Isaiah 2:4; Ezekiel 39:9, 39:10; Micah 4:3; Zechariah 9:10 and willLeviticus 26:5, 26:6; Psalm 23:2; Jeremiah 23:6, 30:10, 33:16; Ezekiel 34:25; Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10ReciprocalGenesis 9:2 - General; 2 Samuel 7:10 - neither; 2 Kings 6:22 - thy sword; Psalm 4:8 - for; 37:15 - bows; 125:5 - peace; Isaiah 27:5 - and he; 28:15 - We have; 32:18 - General; 35:9 - No lion; 54:13 - great; Ezekiel 16:8 - I sware; 16:62 - I will; 28:26 - and they shall dwell; 34:15 - General; 37:26 - I will make; Hosea 1:5 - I will Verse 19And I willIsaiah 54:5, 62:3-5; Jeremiah 3:14, 3:15; John 3:29; Romans 7:4; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:25-27; Revelation 19:7-9, 21:2, 21:9, 21:10 forIsaiah 54:8-10; Jeremiah 31:31-36, 32:38-41; Ezekiel 37:25-28, 39:29; Joel 3:20 in righteousnessPsalm 85:10; Isaiah 45:23-25, 54:14; Jeremiah 4:2; Romans 3:25-26; Ephesians 1:7, 1:8; 5:23-27ReciprocalSong of Songs 3:11 - in the day of his; 4:9 - my spouse; Isaiah 62:4 - Beulah; 63:7 - mention; Jeremiah 32:41 - assuredly; Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish; Zechariah 8:8 - they shall be my; Acts 3:19 - when; Revelation 12:1 - a woman Verse 20andJeremiah 9:24, 24:7, 31:33, 31:34; Ezekiel 38:23; Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22; John 8:55; 17:3; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Philippians 3:8; Colossians 1:10; 2 Timothy 1:12; Habakkuk 3:1; 1 John 4:6; 5:20ReciprocalSong of Songs 3:11 - in the day of his; 4:9 - my spouse; Isaiah 11:5 - and faithfulness; 54:5 - thy Maker; 62:4 - Beulah; Jeremiah 3:14 - for I am married; 31:12 - wheat; 32:41 - assuredly; Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish; 36:11 - and ye; 39:28 - shall they; Hosea 6:3 - we know; Romans 7:4 - that ye; 1 Corinthians 10:13 - but; 2 Corinthians 11:2 - I have; Revelation 12:1 - a woman; 19:7 - for Verse 21saithIsaiah 65:24; Zechariah 8:12, 13:9; Matthew 6:33; Romans 8:32; 1 Corinthians 3:21-23Reciprocal2 Chronicles 6:27 - send rain; Psalm 67:6 - Then; Isaiah 2:11 - in that day; 30:23 - shall he; Ezekiel 36:8 - ye shall; 36:9 - General; 36:29 - call; Joel 2:21 - be glad; Amos 9:13 - plowman; Zechariah 9:17 - corn Verse 22and theyHosea 1:4, 1:11ReciprocalDeuteronomy 8:8 - vines; 2 Chronicles 6:27 - send rain; Psalm 67:6 - Then; Isaiah 4:2 - the fruit; Zechariah 9:17 - corn Verse 23I will sowPsalm 72:16; Jeremiah 31:27; Zechariah 10:9; Acts 8:1-4; James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1, 1:2 and I will haveHosea 1:6; Romans 11:30-32; 1 Peter 2:9, 2:10 and I will sayHosea 1:10; Zechariah 2:11, 13:9; Romans 9:25, 9:26 Thou art my GodHosea 8:2; Deuteronomy 26:17-19; Psalm 22:27, 68:31, 118:28; Song of Songs 2:16; Isaiah 44:5; Jeremiah 16:19, 32:38; Zechariah 8:22, 8:23, 14:9, 14:16; Malachi 1:11; Romans 3:29, 15:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1:10; Revelation 21:3, 21:4Reciprocal2 Samuel 22:44 - a people; Isaiah 4:2 - the fruit; 19:25 - Blessed; 27:6 - General; Jeremiah 30:22 - General; 33:26 - and have; Ezekiel 11:20 - and they; 37:27 - I will; Hosea 1:11 - for; 2:1 - Ruhamah; Zechariah 8:20 - there; 10:6 - for I have; Matthew 5:7 - for; 13:38 - the good; Luke 24:47 - among; Acts 11:1 - the Gentiles; 15:17 - the residue; Romans 10:19 - First; 2 Corinthians 6:16 - I will be; Colossians 3:11 - there; 1 Timothy 1:13 - but; Habakkuk 3:1 - I will be; Revelation 11:15 - The kingdoms