Matthew Poole Commentary - Hosea 3:1 - 3:1

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Hosea 3:1 - 3:1


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HOSEA CHAPTER 3



By the prophet taking unto him an adulteress is showed the desolation of Israel, and their restoration.



Then, or And, Heb. or Furthermore.



Said the Lord; commanded. Unto me; Hosea. Go yet; again, or once more; so it implieth he had once already been commanded and done some such-like thing.



Love a woman: in the former he was commanded to marry, in this he is commanded to love, (the reason of which will appear in the application of the parable,) a woman, though described by her character, yet not named; and though her character would suit well enough to Gomer, yet it was not she, for this woman was to abide for him, Hos_3:3, but Gomer was presently married to him, or at least so represented; this was brought, Gomer was not.



Beloved of her friend; her husband, though some think it may be some other person or lover.



An adulteress; either already tainted, or that certainly will be tainted with that vice; a divorced woman, separate from her husband because of her falseness to him.



According to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel; let this be the emblem of my love to the children of Israel: by this I intend, saith God, to let Israel know how I have loved, and how she hath loved: how greatly, dearly, constantly on my part; how slightly, inconstantly, falsely on her part.



Who look to other gods: when I adopted them to be a peculiar people to me, to take me for their God, and required they shall have none other, (which relation is well expressed by that of husband and wife,) they have looked, liked, loved other gods, and depended on them, and their hearts have been estranged from me, they have turned downright idolaters. Love flagons of wine; loved the feasts of their idols, where they drank wine to excess, by too great measures, which, without dispute, was usual in the idol feasts, Amo_2:8 1Co_10:21; or else these flagons of wine speak their loose, drunken, and riotous living.