Hosea 2:1
1599 Geneva Bible
2 1 The people is called to repentance. 5 He showeth their idolatry and threateneth them except they repent.
1 Say unto your [a]brethren, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah,
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- Hosea 2:1 Seeing that I have promised you deliverance, it remaineth that you encourage one another to embrace the same, considering that ye are my people on whom I will have mercy.
Hosea 2:2
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Plead with your [a]mother: plead with her: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: but let her take away her fornications out of her sight, and her adulteries [b]from between her breasts.
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- Hosea 2:2 God showeth that the fault was not in him, but in their Synagogue, and their idolatries, that he forsook them, Isa. 50:1.
- Hosea 2:2 Meaning, that their idolatry was so great, that they were not ashamed, but boasted of it, Ezek. 16:25.
Hosea 2:5
1599 Geneva Bible
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them, hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after thy [a]lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool, and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
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- Hosea 2:5 Meaning, the idol which they served, and by whom they thought they had wealth and abundance.
Hosea 2:8
1599 Geneva Bible
8 Now she did not know that I [a]gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they bestowed upon Baal.
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- Hosea 2:8 This declareth that idolaters defraud God of his honor, when they attribute his benefits to their idols.
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