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Hosea 2:17

Hosea 2:17
For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever,.... Which is taking them into a marriage relation with himself; and is to be understood not of the whole body of God's elect, who were secretly betrothed to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For I will take array the names of Baalim out of her mouth - It is, then, of grace. He does not only promise the ceasing of idolatry, but that it shall be the fruit of His converting grace, the gift…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hosea 2:14-23

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I will take away the names of the Baalim Tenacious as the popular memory is, the unholy names shall be expunged from it. -Remembered" should be mentioned; comp. Jos 23:7; Psa 16:4, and especially the…

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