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Hosea 2:23 KJV
Hosea · chapter 2 · verse 23
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.Hosea 2:23 · King James Version
Hosea 2:23 in context
21And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
22And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Commentary
Cross references
- Romans 9:25-26
- 1 Peter 2:9-10
- Zechariah 13:9
- Hosea 1:9-10
- Romans 3:29
- Zechariah 2:11
- Revelation 21:3-4
- Deuteronomy 26:17-19
Key words (Strong's)
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- mercyrâchamto fondleH7355 →
- mercyLôʼ ʻAmmîyLo-Ammi, the symbolic name of a son of HoseaH3818 →
- sowzâraʻto sowH2232 →
- sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
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The state of Israel ruined by their own sin did not look so black and dismal in the former part of the chapter, but that the state of Israel, restrained by the divine grace, looks as bright and pleasant here in the latter part of the chapter, and the more surprisingly so as the promises follow thus close upon the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-23