Hosea 2:23
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.
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Barnes' Notes
And I will sow her unto Me in the earth - She whom God sows, is the Church, of whom God speaks as her, because she is the Mother of the faithful. After the example of her Lord, and by virtue of His…
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
And I will sow her unto me in the earth Rather, in the land. Jehovah declares that Jezreel shall verify her name (hername, for Jezreel means restored Israel) by being sown anew in the promised land.…
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