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Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Hosea 2:3 — KJV
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Hosea 2:3
King James Version (KJV)
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Hosea 2:3
Verse 3 of 23
Commentary
Commentary on Hosea 2:3
Theological / DevotionalStrip her naked. Israel would be reduced to the condition she was in when God first chose her as His people, a downtrodden nation of slaves. Compare Eze. 16:39.
As in the day. Israel would become helpless, weak, uncared for, as the Hebrews were when God called them out of Egypt. This same figure was enlarged upon by the prophet Ezekiel (see Eze. 16).
As a wilderness. The land once “flowing with milk and honey” (Ex. 3:8, 17) would then be turned into a desolate wilderness (see Jer. 9:12, 26; Jer. 22:6; etc.).
Slay her with thirst. Compare Eze. 19:13. The lamentable outward condition of the land reflects the inward spiritual state of the people, for the soul that has forsaken God, and in turn is forsaken by God, is solitary and desolate, troubled with a burning thirst (see on Jer. 2:13).
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