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| 1 The word of Yahweh which came unto Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah,–and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel. |
Word of the LORD – First came to Hosea in connection with his own domestic trials. R2491:1
Hosea – His name signifies "salvation," corresponding well with his prophecy. R5809:2
A prophet to the ten tribes of Israel during part of the period in which Isaiah was prophesying to the two-tribe kingdom of Judah. R2490:3
In the days – Hosea prophesied in Israel at the time of their depravity, just before their captivity. R2491:1, R5809:2
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| 2 The beginning of the word of Yahweh with Hosea, was,–that Yahweh said unto Hosea, Go take thee a woman of unchastity, and the children of unchastity, for, unchastely indeed, hath the land been going away from following Yahweh. |
Go, take unto thee – Hosea's own experiences in life in some degree pictured the Lord's experiences with Israel. R5809:2
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| 3 So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Diblaim,–and she conceived and bare him a son. |
And took Gomer – Picturing Israel, as a false wife, and God himself as a merciful husband. R2491:1
An attractive girl who, at the time of their marriage, was quite possibly true and worthy of his affection. R2491:1
And bare him a son – Only her first child was recognized by the prophet. R2491:1
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| 4 Then said Yahweh unto him, Call his name Jezreel: for, yet a little, and I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. |
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| 5 And it shall come to pass, in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the vale of Jezreel. |
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| 6 Then conceived she again and bare a daughter, and he said to him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah ["Uncompassionated"],–for, not again any more, will I have compassion upon the house of Israel, that I should, forgive, them; |
Lo-ruhamah – Meaning, "she that never knew a father's love"; an orphan, not by death, but by her mother's sin. Not claimed by Hosea as his child. R2491:1*
House of Israel – The ten tribes. C296; R1341:5
Utterly take them away – The ten tribes; but he would have mercy on Judah, the two tribes (see verse 7). C296; R1341:5
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| 7 but, on the house of Judah, will I have compassion, and I will save them, as Yahweh their God,–but will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, by horses, or by horsemen. |
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| 8 And, when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. |
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| 9 Then said he, Call his name Lo-ammi [="No people of mine"],–for ye are Lo-ammi ["No people of mine"], and, I, will not be yours. |
Lo-ammi – Meaning, "not my people" or "no kin of mine"; disowned by Hosea. R2491:1*
Not my people – Rejection, for a time, of all Israel. C296; R1341:5
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| 10 Yet shall the number of the sons of Israel become like the sand of the sea, which can neither he measured, nor numbered,–and it shall come to pass, in the place where it used to be said to them, No people of mine, are ye, it shall be said to them, Sons of a Living God! |
Israel shall be – As all nations, during the Millennium, gradually flow to Israel and come under obedience to the New covenant regulations, thus becoming Israelites indeed on the earthly plane. R4575:6
Sand of the sea – At the close of the Mediatorial Kingdom, our Lord will deliver over only Israelites--the seed of Abraham. R4575:6
Sons of the living God – Those from among the Gentiles who had formerly not been recognized by the Lord. R1341:5; C296
Applied to Gentile Christians by the Apostle Paul in Rom. 9:23-26. C296; R1341:5
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| 11 Then shall the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel, gather themselves together, as one, and shall appoint them one head, and come up out of the earth,–for great shall be the day of Jezreel. |
Then – At the time of the rejection of fleshly Israel and the recognition of spiritual Israel. C296; R1341:5
Gathered together – As one nation. The distinction between Israel and Judah ended with the restoration from Babylon. R1364:6
One head – Be reunited under one head. C296; R1341:5
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