"None shall deliver her out of mine hand." Hosea 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. Men may deny the fact and excuse the fault of sin; may cover crime with lies, and self-righteousness with professional virtues; but a God of truth will bring "to light the hidden things of darkness." The priests reply that the unclean is more contagious than the clean (11-13). Hosea 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Hall]. Hosea 12:2-10 New International Version (NIV) 2 The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob[ a] according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. Evil-doers shun the light and love darkness. See Deuteronomy 28:15-68. Men say, "It was an oversight," "I could not help it," therefore forget it. And none shall deliver her out of My hand - Neither rebel spirits nor rebel people. ; meaning either their good hearts, made so by the grace of God; their broken hearts and contrite spirits, which are sacrifices not despised by him, but acceptable to him through Christ: or their good words they were bid to take, and did take, nod use; their good prayers offered up through Christ, in his name, and in the exercise of faith, which are the Lord's delight: or their good works, done from a principle of love, in … The ninth month is called Chisleu (Zechariah 7:1) and covers the latter part of November and first part of December. Reliance on temporal prosperity, outward formality, and religious ceremony will be in vain. Such is the character of all engrossing passion, such is the source of sin to which the soul gives way, in avarice, ambition, worldliness, sensual sin, godless science. 10. {See Trapp on "Hosea 2:9"} How shameless the heathen idolaters were, the worshippers of Priapus especially (which Jerome and Isidore say was the same with Baalpeor, and made Maacha, the mother of Asa, guilty of that villany), with their infamous Nos, pudore pulso, stamus sub Iove coleis apertis, &c., is notoriously known; how they ran about naked in their Lupercalia, Bacchanalia, and other beastly solemnities. "The wicked is driven away in his wickedness" (Pro 14:32); "neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it" (Ecc 8:8). Warning follows warning, but amid judgment and corruption Israel forgets God and gives up herself to mirth and idolatry. The metaphor is full of both possibilities and problems. 2 When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh.” 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son. "They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: … Anibarb. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE WILL ASSURE NEW BLESSINGS FROM GOD, Four and twentieth day of the ninth month, — Just three months after the building operations commenced (see on. ) His eyes penetrate every place, and his hand can reach every person. Mirth is a vain and unprofitable passion, not fit for a wise man's entertainment [Bp. uncover her shame. It deceives and destroys. Hosea 1:2-10 Being a prophet is no task for the faint of heart. But as soon as God withdraws those outward gifts, the mask drops off, and people, being no longer dazzled, despise the sinner, while they go on to hug the sin. Mirth at a funeral is scarce more indecent or unnatural than a perpetual flight of gaiety and burst of exultation in a world like this; a world which may seem a paradise to fools, but is an hospital with the wise [Dr Young]. “Discover” is appropriate to stripping off the self-flatteries of her hypocrisy. Because the prophet must take for himself a wife of “whoredom” (NRSV), the power dynamics within the relationship automatically construct an image of a sympathetic, noble male character, who must lower himself to marrying a woman of ill repute, further complicating an already unequal partnership. The feast days and festive times were days of joy, in which Israel was to rejoice before the Lord its God. "for man will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself", John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged. Virtues are hidden and oppressed; wickedness rules; and every day cries out for redress and retribution. Amos 8:10; Jeremiah 7:34, and Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 5:15. In the sight of her lovers] That her whom they have so desired while she was veiled they may deride when laid open. Forgetting his love, goodness, and claims. Ver. Four and twentieth day of the ninth month — Just three months after the building operations commenced (see on Hosea 2:18). And none shall deliver her out of my hand] Not her idols, not her confederates. To silence the questionings the prophet propounds to the priests two questions concerning the power of infection possessed by clean and unclean things. There is no utility, no rest, no gain in sin. It would seem that they came to resent the severe accusations made in the first address. They call themselves happy, when applauded by others and blessed with temporal prosperity. Baal and Asherah would be helpless. None shall deliver her out of mine hand; they who would deliver her are few and weak, unable to rescue her from the infamy I adjudge her to. Verse 10 is not a reward for repenting, sincerely or otherwise (c.f., Hosea 6:1-4). In public, "in the sight of her lovers," before men on earth and angels in eternity, they will be put to shame and confusion of face. I am aware of a formatting issue in the NIV '84 edition. It … ווְאֶת־בָּנֶ֖יהָ לֹ֣א אֲרַחֵ֑ם כִּֽי־בְנֵ֥י זְנוּנִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה And none shall deliver her out of My hand - Neither rebel spirits nor rebel people. And her adultery from between her breasts, 3 Or I will strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born, Making her like a wilderness, Reducing her to a waterless land, And causing her to die of thirst. [8] The wicked cover their sins from themselves and others. Forgetting God. They hunt after lying vanities, and so forsake their own mercies, Jonah 2:8, being singularly foolish (as the word here used importeth) and miserable by their own election. It has the fascination and the fangs of a serpent. “And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of … Sometimes when brute animals are spoken of, this word, man, is used; and it is also applied to the fragments of a carcass. Departing from God. The wicked "strengtheneth himself in his wickedness" (Psa ); but he can neither outwit nor overcome his Judge. In the sight of her lovers - Her idols, and her faithful or faithless allies. The darkest deeds are "set in the light of God's countenance," and will "be proclaimed upon the house-tops." Their heart is divided — Between God and their idols, or between God and the world. As foul birds of night, they hide themselves from its beams. The soul at last does not rebel against God; it forgets him. On the one hand, it communicates poignantly the consequences of infidelity, as well as the gracious, merciful, unfailingly loving character … To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, And none shall deliver her out of My hand -, And now will I discover her lewdness in the lovers, And none shall deliver her out of my hand. 2. But the folly of sin is often veiled in darkness, decked in ornament and trickery, to attract and deceive. Spiritual fornicators are all this and more. “Yet the number of the children of Israel. Folly exposed to public shame. It was bootless, therefore, for this adulteress to hope for help from her lovers when God once took her in hand. Sin, decked out in worldly gauds, and covered with the showy mask of prosperity, looks attractive, and the sinner is in high repute, "for man will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself" (Psalms 49:18). In short, as she hath like a strumpet shamelessly sinned, so like a strumpet she shall be shamefully, with greatest infamy, punished; and I, saith the Lord, will see it done. But fame and success, wealth and worldly possessions, are impotent in the tomb. The indignity and iniquity of their practice, see Jeremiah 2:9-13. View Bible Text. The sacred days of Jehovah turned into festive days of Baal. It reveals their folly and kindles remorse in their bosom. They banish serious thoughts from their minds, stifle convictions, and put on a cheerful appearance. It is only faith in Christ, not confidence in men, that can deliver us. "The shame of her nakedness;" laying aside the figure, "I will expose her in her state, bereft of every necessary, before her lovers' - i:e., the idols (personified, as if they could see), who, nevertheless, can give her no help. Hans Walter Wolff, Hosea (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1974), 16-17. Hosea 1 Hosea 3 Read Hosea 2. God would uncover her lewdness (nabluth = withered state) and unfaithfulness in the sight of her chosen lovers, but they would be unable to do anything to help her. 2:19-20). Hosea 1:10 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Hosea 1:10, NIV: "Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted.In the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'children of the living God.'" After Gomer turns to him in loving commitment, she will again receive all the blessings of full family privileges. Hosea 2:10, NIV: "So now I will expose her lewdness before the eyes of her lovers; no one will take her out of my hands." An offended God, who summoned Adam from his hiding-place, will call and condemn the sinner. "Lewdness" means folly; for sin is real folly, as holiness is essential wisdom. Hos . 3. Popular Articles 5 Powerful Ways Jesus Still Heals Today Lia Martin A Beautiful Ash Wednesday Prayer with Reflection Prompts Noelle Kirchner No, the Bible Does Not Contradict Itself. It is the paint or the dress many times that makes the lewd woman lovely. to continue easy in a state, in which a sudden call out of the world would consign me to everlasting misery, and that when eternal happiness is within my grasp [Wilberforce]. "It biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder." By God, when he took away the coverings by which the Israelites kept themselves hid: for, as we have said hypocrites felicitate themselves on account of God’s gifts, and thus hide themselves as thieves do in caverns; and they think that they can mock God with impunity; for, through the fatness of their eyes, as it is said in Psalms 73:7, they have but a very dim sight. And I will not pity her children for they are children of harlotries. but God will detect it, and make it ridiculous every day more and more. How was this done? As a result they came to question the truth of the statements that the calamities which they suffered were the consequence of their neglectfulness, and that the rebuilding of the temple would assure them the restoration of the divine favor. No one would be able or willing to save her from this punishment. The outside is attractive, but the inside is deceptive. Given to wickedness, the sinner and the false professor shall find that "none shall deliver." He pursues the same subject; and the Prophet explains at large, and even divides what he had briefly said before, into many clauses or particulars. Forgetfulness of God—a sign of carelessness—a mark of ingratitude and contempt—springs from unbelief and disobedience to God's command (Deu ; Deu 8:14). The metaphor in Hosea 1:2-10 operates within these unequal characterizations of gender. Shall be as the … I laughed. As, then, they imagined their false gods to be to them like an invincible rampart, “Thy idols,” he says, “shall remain, and yet thou shalt fall: for I will before thy lovers uncover thy baseness, and not one of them shall deliver thee from my hand.”. Hence God, that he might rouse them from such an indifference, says, Now will I uncover her before the eyes of her lovers. Neglect of his word, house, and service. Hosea 1:2-10 introduces the metaphor that occupies chapters 1-2 and that resonates throughout the book — a bad marriage that is saved by the loving forgiveness of the faithful partner. "No man can serve two masters," &c. Which are you serving? We now comprehend the meaning of the Prophet. It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. I indeed know, as I mentioned briefly yesterday, that the treaties into which the Jews, as well as the Israelites, entered with idolaters, were the tenter-hooks of Satan: this I allow; but at the same time, I look on what the Prophet especially treats of; for he directly inveighs here against absurd and vicious modes of worship. Hosea 2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her … Commentary on Hosea 14:4-8 (Read Hosea 14:4-8) Israel seeks God's face, and they shall not seek it in vain. This punishment is more minutely defined in Hosea 2:11-13, in which the figurative drapery is thrown into the background by the actual fact. It was hopeless for Israel to trust to their idols and alliances. And the people themselves would be exposed before strangers. Now shall they be found faulty — As this was their sin, so it is here threatened, that the effects thereof should prove, and be an open manifestation of their guilt. Then came the day of the new moon every month, and the Sabbath every week. Now, he says, will I uncover her baseness before the eyes of her lovers By this sentence he intimates a change, of which the people were not apprehensive; for, as long as the wicked feel not the strokes, they laugh at all threatening. The word navluth does not elsewhere occur, but its meaning is not difficult to ascertain. The Hebrew עתה יאשׁמו, may be rendered, now shall they be punished, or, treated as guilty. The three names are a “Good Friday.” There is death in Israel. Jehovah forgotten, Baal loved and worshipped. In the sight of her lovers; among whom most will loathe her and hoot at her, some secretly despise her; if any shall attempt to help at this dead lift, it shall be to no purpose. “And now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none will deliver her out of my hand.”. He discusses once more the relation of the calamities to their neglectfulness and asserts that they are a direct result of the latter. I. "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity." One may well wonder if a thing like this actually happened to Gomer; but if it did, the prophet mercifully covered it. Scripture regards sin and folly as essentially one; and holiness and wisdom as synonymous. “What! What then does he mean by saying, that God will uncover the baseness of the people before their lovers? I sang. Discover her lewdness] Lit. And I will cause all her mirth to cease —, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. The gifts of Jehovah devoted to the service and support of Baal. So Amnon was for this as one of the fools in Israel, 2 Samuel 13:12, a Nabal, a Nebulo, one that falls below the dignity of a man, below the stirrup of reason, flagitious and profligate. ( A) woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness. "Discover" is appropriate to stripping off the self-flatteries of her hypocrisy. Often when in the full enjoyment of all that this world could bestow, my conscience told me, that in the true sense of the word I was not a Christian. Idolatry in the Church—the top-stone, the height of all crime—hated by God, and pursued by the sinner. Many of us have problems believing God really loves us, but with the prophet Hosea, that we are studying today we … I was apparently gay and happy. This does not mean that we take the promise away from Israel, but we have the same promise of forgiveness and restoration if … When God begins to work, who shall let or hinder him? Finally, these feasts are all summed up in כּל־מועדהּ; for מועד, מועדים is the general expression for all festive seasons and festive days (Leviticus 23:2, Leviticus 23:4). There can nothing befall a woman more grievous than to be stripped naked, but especially before her sweethearts: Lamentations 1:8, "All that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth and turneth backward." THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE WILL ASSURE NEW BLESSINGS FROM GOD, Hosea 2:10-19. Pleasures allure men astray. This chapter contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea son of Beeri as an exhortation to repentance (Hosea 14:1-3) and a promise of God's blessing (Hosea 14:4-9). It is not a casual step from the path of wisdom, but the regular and usual course of folly. This is the beginning of Hosea’s prophetic ministry. Jerome). She should remove her prostitution* from herself. 4 Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, These are lewd persons of sordid and servile dispositions, homines ad servitutem parati (as Tiberius said of the Romans), men of an under-spirit, as those, 1 Chronicles 4:23. TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT To get what Hosea 2:10 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context  and relative popularity. "And I make all her joy keep holiday (i.e., cease), her feast, and her new moon, and her sabbath, and all her festive time." Hosea and the meaning of true love Yvon Prehn, teacher. Sin that festers on the inside, smells on … Departing into danger, error, and punishment. Compare Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 23:29. Hos . III. And like unto them (saith a Lapide here) is every wicked person who by Satan’s persuasion preferreth the creature before the Creator, earth before heaven, the devil before God, hell before heaven, sin before sanctity, evil before good. The pleasures of sin and the pride of life are only rainbow colours to the bubble, giving it tint, but no substance and reality. 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