1 The idolatry of the people.
6 God's judgments against them.
14 His promises of reconciliation with them.

unto. See on ch. 1:9-11

Ammi. That is, My people. Ex 19:5,6 Jer 31:33 32:38 Eze 11:20 36:28 37:27 Zec 13:9

Ruhamah. That is, Having obtained mercy. 23 Ro 11:30,31 2Co 4:1 1Ti 1:13 1Pe 2:10

2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Plead with. Isa 58:1 Jer 2:2 19:3 Eze 20:4 23:45 Mt 23:37-39 Ac 7:51-53 2Co 5:16

she. Isa 50:1 Jer 3:6-8

let. 1:2 Jer 3:1,9,13 Eze 16:20,25 23:43

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.

I strip. 10 Isa 47:3 Jer 13:22,26 Eze 16:37-39 23:26-29 Re 17:16

was born. Eze 16:4-8,22

as. Isa 32:13,14 33:9 64:10 Jer 2:31 4:26 12:10 22:6 Eze 19:13 Eze 20:35,36

a dry. Jer 2:6 17:6 51:43

and slay. Ex 17:3 Jud 15:18 Am 8:11-13

4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

I will not. 1:6 Isa 27:11 Jer 13:14 16:5 Eze 8:18 9:10 Zec 1:12 Ro 9:18 Ro 11:22 Jas 2:13

they be. They are all idolaters; and have been consecrated to idols, whose marks they bear.

children of. 1:2 2Ki 9:22 Isa 57:3 Joh 8:41

5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

their mother. 2 3:1 4:5,12-15 Isa 1:21 50:1 Jer 2:20,25 3:1-9 Eze 16:15,16 Eze 16:28-34 23:5-11 Re 2:20-23 17:1-5

hath done. 9:10 Ezr 9:6,7 Jer 2:26,27 11:13 Da 9:5-8

I will. 13 8:9 Isa 57:7,8 Jer 3:1-3 Eze 23:16,17,40-44

give. 8,12 Jud 16:23 Jer 44:17,18

drink. Heb. drinks.

6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

I will. Job 3:23 19:8 La 3:7-9 Lu 15:14-16 19:43

make a wall. Heb. wall a wall.

7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

she shall follow. 5:13 2Ch 28:20-22 Isa 30:2,3,16 31:1-3 Jer 2:28,36,37 30:12-15 Eze 20:32 23:22

I will. 5:15 6:1 14:1 Ps 116:7 Jer 3:22-25 31:18 50:4,5 La 3:40-42 Lu 15:17-20

first. Jer 2:2 3:1 31:32 Eze 16:18 23:4

for. 13:6 De 6:10-12 8:17,18 32:13-15 Ne 9:25,26 Jer 14:22 Da 4:17,25,32 5:21

8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

she. Isa 1:3 Hab 1:16 Ac 17:23-25 Ro 1:28

her corn. 5 10:1 Jud 9:27 Jer 7:18 44:17,18 Eze 16:16-19 Da 5:3,4,23 Lu 15:13 16:1,2

wine. Heb. new wine. 4:11 Isa 24:7-9

which they prepared for Baal. or, wherewith they made Baal. 8:4 13:2 Ex 32:2-4 Jud 17:1-5 Isa 46:6

9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

will I. Da 11:13 Joe 2:14 Mal 1:4 3:18

take. 3 Isa 3:18-26 17:10,11 Eze 16:27,39 23:26 Zep 1:13 Hag 1:6-11 Hag 2:16,17

recover. or, take away.

10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

now. 3 Isa 3:17 Jer 13:22,26 Eze 16:36 23:29 Lu 12:2,3 1Co 4:5

lewdness. Heb. folly, or, villany. and none shall. 5:13,14 13:7,8 Ps 50:22 Pr 11:21 Mic 5:8

11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

cause. 9:1-5 Isa 24:7-11 Jer 7:34 16:9 25:10 Eze 26:13 Na 1:10 Re 18:22,23

her feast. 1Ki 12:32 Isa 1:13,14 Am 5:21 8:3,5,9,10

12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

destroy. Heb. make desolate. These. 5 9:1

I will. Ps 80:12 Isa 5:5 7:23 29:17 32:13-15 Jer 26:18 Mic 3:12

13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

I will visit. 9:7,9 Ex 32:34 Jer 23:2

the days. 9:10 13:1 Jud 2:11-13 3:7 10:6 1Ki 16:31,32 18:18-40 2Ki 1:2 2Ki 10:28 21:3

she burned. 11:2 Jer 7:9 11:13 18:15

she decked. Eze 23:40-42

she went. 5,7 Jer 2:23-25

forgat. De 6:12 8:11-14 32:18 Jud 3:7 1Sa 12:9 Job 8:13 Ps 78:11 Ps 106:13,21 Isa 17:10 Jer 2:32 Eze 22:12 23:35

14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

Therefore. Isa 30:18 Jer 16:14

I will. So 1:4 Joh 6:44 12:32

and bring. 3 Jer 2:2 Eze 20:10,35,36 Re 12:6,14

and speak. Isa 35:3,4 40:1,2 49:13-26 51:3-23 Jer 3:12-24 30:18-22 Jer 31:1-37 32:36-41 33:6-26 Eze 34:22-31 36:8-15 37:11-28 Eze 39:25-29 Am 9:11-15 Mic 7:14-20 Zep 3:9-20 Zec 1:12-17 Zec 8:19-23 Ro 11:26,27

comfortably. or, friendly. Heb. to her heart. Ge 34:3 Jud 19:3*marg.

15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

I will. 12 Le 26:40-45 De 30:3-5 Ne 1:8,9 Isa 65:21 Jer 32:15 Eze 28:26 Am 9:14

the valley. Jos 7:26 Isa 65:10

for. La 3:21 Eze 37:11-14 Zec 9:12 Joh 10:9 Ac 14:27

she shall sing. Ex 15:1-21 Nu 21:17 Ps 106:12

as in the days. 11:1 Jer 2:2 Eze 16:8,22,60

16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

Ishi. that is, My husband. 7 Isa 54:5 Jer 3:14 Joh 3:29 2Co 11:2 Eph 5:25-27 Re 19:7

Baali. that is, My lord.

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

I will. Ex 23:13 Jos 23:7 Ps 16:4 Zec 13:2

and they. Jer 10:11

18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

in that day. Isa 2:11,17 26:1 Zec 2:11 14:4,9

will I. Job 5:23 Ps 91:1-13 Isa 11:6-9 65:25 Eze 34:25

I will break. Ps 46:9 Isa 2:4 Eze 39:9,10 Mic 4:3 Zec 9:10

and will. Le 26:5,6 Ps 23:2 Jer 23:6 30:10 33:16 Eze 34:25 Mic 4:4 Zec 3:10

19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

And I will. Isa 54:5 62:3-5 Jer 3:14,15 Joh 3:29 Ro 7:4 2Co 11:2 Eph 5:25-27 Re 19:7-9 21:2,9,10

for. Isa 54:8-10 Jer 31:31-36 32:38-41 Eze 37:25-28 39:29 Joe 3:20

in righteousness. Ps 85:10 Isa 45:23-25 54:14 Jer 4:2 Ro 3:25-26 Eph 1:7,8 Eph 5:23-27

20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

and. Jer 9:24 24:7 31:33,34 Eze 38:23 Mt 11:27 Lu 10:22 Joh 8:55 Joh 17:3 2Co 4:6 Php 3:8 Col 1:10 2Ti 1:12 Heb 8:11 1Jo 4:6 1Jo 5:20

21 And 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;

I will hear, saith. Isa 65:24 Zec 8:12 13:9 Mt 6:33 Ro 8:32 1Co 3:21-23

22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

and they. 1:4,11

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.

I will sow. Ps 72:16 Jer 31:27 Zec 10:9 Ac 8:1-4 Jas 1:1 1Pe 1:1,2

and I will have. 1:6 Ro 11:30-32 1Pe 2:9,10

and I will say. 1:10 Zec 2:11 13:9 Ro 9:25,26

Thou art my God. 8:2 De 26:17-19 Ps 22:27 68:31 118:28 So 2:16 Isa 44:5 Jer 16:19 32:38 Zec 8:22,23 14:9,16 Mal 1:11 Ro 3:29 15:9-11 1Th 1:9,10 Re 21:3,4