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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hosea 2:5 - 2:5
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I will go after - The Hebrew expresses a settled determination.
lovers - the idols which Israel fancied to be the givers of all their goods, whereas God gave all these goods (Hos 2:8-13; compare Jer 44:17-19).
bread and ... water - the necessaries of life in food.
wool ... flax - clothing.
oil ... drink - perfumed unguents and palatable drinks: the luxuries of Hebrew life.