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Hosea 2:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 2:5

Verse 5 of 23

Scripture focus

For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

Hosea 2:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 2:5

Theological / Devotional

Lovers. The surrounding nations, the Assyrians and the Egyptians, upon which Israel relied to help her when in danger from her enemies, are elsewhere so designated (see on Jer. 3:1 ; 22:20; 30:14). However, the reference here seems to be more particularly to the foreign gods whose worship the Israelites avidly accepted (see on v. 13).

My bread and my water. Instead of being grateful to God for supplying them with their needs and comforts, as was David (see 1 Chron. 29:10-14), the apostate Israelites shamelessly credited their idols with giving them the necessities of life (see Jer. 44:17, 18). This same lack of gratitude to God for furnishing the material benefits of life is all too current today.

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