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Pentecost Season · Proper 3 · Year B

Hosea 2:14-20

Israel Punished and Restored

May 23, 2027

The Beloved (The Bride), Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Beloved (The Bride), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865–1866Tate Britain, London
Rossetti's bride at the centre surrounded by attendants of deliberately varied complexion, with a Song of Songs verse inscribed on the frame.And I will take you for my wife for ever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy.Dante Gabriel RossettiA founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and a poet as much as a painter, who worked mostly from a small circle of women he knew.Tate Britain, LondonThe national collection of British art from 1500, on Millbank, including the Turner Bequest of nearly thirty thousand works the artist left to the nation.Tate Britain, London
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 2:13-22Mk 2:13-22
Epistle2 Cor. 3:1-62 Cor 3:1-6
Old TestamentHos. 2:14-20Hos 2:14-20
PsalterPs. 103:1-13, 22Ps 103:1-13, 22

Overview & Insights

“And I will betroth you to me forever.” (Hosea 2:19)

Once again the disciple who arranged chapters 1–3 has included a passage that serves as a summary of much of Hosea’s preaching (2:16–14:9). All of 2:2–15 represents genuine oracles of Hosea, but it is possible that this unit as a whole has been put together from originally independent oracles, such as 2:2–4; 2:5–7a; 2:7c–10; 2:11–13; and 2:14–15. As it now stands, however, the pericope forms a rhetorical whole.

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Commentary

Hosea 2Hos 2 Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse by verse evangelical commentary on God alluring and betrothing unfaithful Israel.

Hosea 2 CommentaryHos 2 Commentary Precept Austin

Word studies and cross references working verse by verse through Hosea 2.

Hosea 2:14Hos 2:14 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries assembled for each verse of Hosea 2.

Hosea 2, Expository NotesHos 2, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on the marriage imagery and restoration in Hosea 2.

Background & Word Study

Hosea 2 in HebrewHos 2 in Hebrew Sefaria

The Hebrew text of Hosea 2 with JPS translation and classical Jewish commentators such as Rashi and Ibn Ezra.

Hosea 2 Hebrew InterlinearHos 2 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub

The Hebrew text of Hosea 2 word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.

Overview: HoseaOverview: Hos BibleProject

An animated overview of Hosea that frames God's covenant love for a wayward people.

The Church Fathers

Hosea 2, patristic commentaryHos 2, patristic commentary Catena

A verse linked catena gathering early church comment on Hosea 2.

Questions preachers ask

What is the promise of Hosea 2?

God will lure unfaithful Israel back into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her, betrothing her again in righteousness and steadfast love, so that she knows the Lord.

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