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Hosea 2:3

Hosea 2:3
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born,.... Alluding to the case of an infant when born, which comes naked into the world; and referring to the state and condition of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Lest I strip her naked - “There is an outward visible nakedness and an inward, which is invisible. The invisible nakedness is, when the soul within is bared of the glory and the grace of God.” The…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hosea 2:1-5

The first words of this chapter some make the close of the foregoing chapter, and add them to the promises which we have here of the great things God would do for them. When they shall have appointed…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Lest I strip her naked So far the punishment of the adulteress agrees with that customary among the Germans (Tac. Germ.§§ 18, 19). But the punishment of the Hebrew adulteress is not intended to stop…