In a similar way the wilderness is a place of temptation to all who are brought into it. I am sure from my own experience, that such is the desire of a gracious heart. And will bring her into the wilderness - God, when he brought Israel out of Egypt, led her apart from the pressure of her hard bondage, the sinful self-indulgences of Egypt and the abominations of their idolatries, into the wilderness, and there, away from the evil examples of the nation from which he drew her and of those whom she was to dispossess, He gave her His law, and taught her His worship, and brought her into covenant with Himself (see Ezekiel 20:34-36). Thus in the wilderness we learn not only the most painful, but the most profitable lessons that God can teach us. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 15 There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor[ a] a door of hope. We would, therefore, now come to the first point, “Behold, I will allure her.” There is a gracious word in the prophet Jeremiah, the application of which has been blessed to many a soul that truly fears God. and speak tenderly to her. Israel then answered the Lord, after its redemption from Egypt, by the song of praise and thanksgiving at the Red Sea (Exodus 15), and by its willingness to conclude the covenant with the Lord at Sinai, and to keep His commandments (Exodus 24). “Then she will say, I will go back to my husband as at first, for then I was better off than now.”, The idea is of an adulterous wife contrasting the innocent enjoyments of her first wedded love with the state of misery into which she had been betrayed by base seducers; and thus the soul spiritually contrasts its former enjoyment of the Lord’s presence and power, with its present state of darkness and desertion. I will give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt." But they do not know the ‘place of barrenness’ into which he is bringing them—this the Lord usually conceals from their eyes. And yet how this enhances God’s grace, and displays the greatness of his power. In this way we obtain a close link of connection for Hosea 2:15. Many changes may we have seen since then; many lusts and corruptions may have been brought to light; much unbelief discovered; many backslidings and departings from the Lord have been committed, over the painful recollection of, we may have still to sigh and mourn. 99:7.) God would show her something of His Beauty, and make her taste of His Love, and give her some such glimpse of the joy of His good-pleasure, as should thrill her and make her, all her life long, follow after what had, as through the clouds, opened upon her. But how does he affect this? I will destroy her vineyards and orchards, things she claims her lovers gave her. The threat of a return to Egypt should not be understood as only a metaphor for Assyria. ( Log Out /  The Jewish writers (r) interpret this of the Messiah's leading people into a wilderness in a literal sense; they ask where will he (the Messiah) lead them? THEREFORE, BEHOLD, I WILL ALLURE HER. ... Hosea is highlighting the difference between these two images of the marriage relationship. Every man, therefore, who has heard and has learned of the Father, comes unto me.” (John 6:45.) (p) "postquam duxero eam in desertum", Calvin, Drusius, "quum deduxero", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. And bring her into the wilderness — Or, after I have brought her into the wilderness. Satan often takes great advantage of this state of doubt and uncertainty to harass and perplex their mind, and they are thus brought to this point that the Lord alone can satisfy them, that indeed he died for them. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 9 As there is no different reading that favors this view of the text, it is difficult to know how Calvin came to give this paraphrase, as it is the reverse of the meaning of the passage. Matthew 2:14-15 (NASB) reads: 14 So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt. 6-13 an enumeration of her sufferings by penal inflictions; so vers. It is called “a land not sown” (Jer. I will give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, as in … But not to detain you too long upon the introduction to our subject, this work which I have thus hastily run through is all preparatory to those gracious dealings which are more especially and particularly unfolded in the words of our text. But wherever there is a view of Jesus by faith, there is an attractive influence attending the sight, according to the words of our blessed Lord, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” (John 12:32.) Thus He spake with Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Samuel, David, and all the prophets. ... Hosea is highlighting the difference between these two images of the marriage relationship. Hosea 2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her … “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.”, We will give the spiritual and experimental sense as now fulfilled in the hearts of God’s saints. To these sometimes the carnal mind looks back and says, “Where are my lovers that gave me my food and drink? 1. Is not this profitable? I. When you expected wrath—then to find mercy; fearing judgment—to obtain pardon; dreading punishment—to receive the declaration, “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” Is not this an opening in the valley of Achor of a door of hope? By these allurements he espouses them to himself. 2. Commentary on Hosea 2:1-5 (Read Hosea 2:1-5) This chapter continues the figurative address to Israel, in reference to Hosea's wife and children. When we come into the wilderness under these alluring drawings of God, then the Lord carries on a certain work, of which he has spoken in the text as threefold, and which I shall therefore, adopting that division, now bring before you. There is an interesting courtship scene depicted in 2: 14-15. First, he often sets before the eyes of the understanding, and reveals with grace and power to the heart, the Son of his love, Jesus, the Christ of God. But let me come now to our last point—the EFFECT of these gracious dealings of God in the wilderness—the gracious fruit of praise and thankfulness for his speaking comfortably to the heart, giving the vineyards, and opening a door of hope in this gloomy valley. 3:1.) Tell her secondly, says the Lord, “that her iniquity is pardoned.” These are the best of all possible tidings, the most blessed as the most suitable of all good news. Under this sweet influence, the soul can say, “What have I to do any more with idols?” Then it can leave the professing and profane world, being separated from both by wilderness trials as well as by wilderness mercies. By this is intimated the Lord’s chastising hand; that as literally he punished backsliding Israel by sending her into captivity, so will he put into bondage his backsliding people, and will cause their mirth, their feast days, their new moons, and their sabbaths to cease; meaning thereby that he will deprive them of the enjoyment of his presence and of his manifested favor. 2:2. These dealings of the Lord make a deep and lasting impression upon the mind—for his teachings are to profit—and the fruit of them is to be seen—in a clearer and fuller separation from all evil and all error—in greater simplicity and sincerity of spirit—in a deeper conviction of the exceeding sinfulness of sin—in increased tenderness of conscience—and in a walk before God and man in closer consistency with the precepts of the Gospel and the example of the Son of God when tabernacling here below. What edge this gave to the complaints of the children of Israel, “You have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger!” (Ex. When you are in the wilderness, you have no friend, no creature help, no worldly comfort—these have all abandoned you. 4. When, then, he speaks comfortably unto them, he drops a sweet promise or a gracious word into their heart, and thus makes their saving interest in atoning blood and dying love plain and clear. I understand by it the rich super-aboundings of grace over the aboundings of sin; that is, the Lord is not content simply to pardon, simply to bless with mercy and peace, but will give them so superaboundingly that they shall be double of all her past guilt and sorrow. She will search for them but not find them,” there comes a longing in her mind for purer pleasures and holier delights than her adulterous lovers could give her; and thus a change in her feelings is produced, a revolution in her desires. Verse 14. Thus the apostle speaks of his gospel coming to the Thessalonians, “Not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance.” (1 Thess. ( A) bring her into the wilderness, and. (Hos 2:14-15) Abundance and joy restored. Were not they, in a sense, allured into the wilderness by eating the paschal lamb, by passing through the Red Sea, and being baptized in the cloud and in the sea, and especially by the cloudy pillar that went before them and led them into the wilderness? But is not this a contradiction, or if not a contradiction, a miracle? It is by causing the “fruits of his Spirit” to spring up in her heart, for that is the wilderness to which our text points. CLAIM: Hosea 11:1 reads: “When Israel was a youth I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.”However, Matthew quotes this passage as though Jesus was the fulfillment. Paul came and preached the gospel to them; he set forth salvation through the blood of the Lamb; the Holy Spirit attended the word with power; it came to their heart with much assurance that it was the very truth of God; and they received it as the very voice of God speaking to them through the apostle’s lips. "Therefore, behold, I allure her, and lead her into the desert, and speak to her heart. * [ 2:5 ] I will strip her naked : it was the husband’s responsibility to provide food and clothing for his wife ( Ex 21:10 ) and now, because of her adultery, he takes back his support. Here the soul, which, overspread with darkness, knew neither God nor itself, learns with a pure heart to know God. When Israel was a youth I loved him, He hides his gracious purposes, that he may afterwards bring them more clearly to light. 6:17), as lying under the curse of God; and you will remember that a man named Achan, despising God’s command, and seduced by a spirit of greedy covetousness, took a Babylonish garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of 50 shekels weight, and hid them in his tent. These “lovers” of ours, are our old sins and former lusts that still crave for gratification. (m) "atqui, vel attamen", Glassius. The Lord, thirdly, assures her that “she has received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.” What does this “double” mean? Hosea 2:14, Hosea 2:15. You recollect that before Jericho was taken, God pronounced a solemn curse upon any man that should take of “the accursed thing”—the spoil of Jericho, which was “devoted” to destruction (Josh. We, therefore, read of God’s people being “made willing in the day of his power” (Psalm 110:3); and to this points the ancient promise made to Japheth. I will let them grow into tangled thickets, where only wild animals will eat the fruit. But as these fail, they teach us the necessity, the indispensable necessity of looking to the Lord that he may be our all in all. As it is the spiritual and experimental interpretation which chiefly concerns the Church of God, and that from which we are to draw our supplies of instruction and consolation, I shall this morning chiefly confine myself to that signification; and, in so doing, I shall, with God’s help and blessing, bring before you the Lord’s words in our text, and thus divide them by showing you: First, the way in which God allures his people—by the drawings of his grace. The whole concept of courtship, betrothal, and marriage in Hosea is bound up with love. Hosea 2:14-15 The Lord 's Mercy on Israel. Can you find anything in your heart and conscience that bears any resemblance to these ‘gracious dealings’ these ‘divine teachings’? You little thought, when the Lord was graciously dealing with your soul and giving you to taste something of the sweetness of manifested mercy, and the blessings of his grace, that this was all intended to allure you into the wilderness where God might speak with you face to face, and there teach you lessons which are to be learned in no other spot. So John the Baptist, his forerunner, was in the wilderness with his “clothing of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist—and his food was locusts and wild honey.” (Matt. (Hosea 2:14-15), The prophetical books of the Old Testament contain, stored up in them, a rich mine of instruction and edification for the Church of God. 13:8, 16), and Jesus (Matt. 2-5 we have an exposure of Israel's sin, and in vers. 5:1. 1. Through the sin of Achan, who took some of the spoil of Jericho which had been devoted by the ban to the Lord, Israel had fallen under the ban, so that the Lord withdrew His help, and the army that marched against Ai was defeated. But to pass on to a second wilderness blessing, he adds, “I will give her her vineyards from thence.” What is it that causes many of the Lord’s family to go heavily, being burdened? And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. Take heed, O house of Israel! And bring her into the wilderness: so in conversion the Lord calls and separates his people from the world, as the Israelites were from the Egyptians, when brought into the wilderness; and when they are solitary and alone, as they were, and so in a fit circumstance to be spoken unto, and to hear comfortable words, as follows; and when the Lord feeds them with the grain of heaven, with hidden manna, the food of the wilderness; and when they come into trouble and affliction for the sake of Christ and his Gospel. What infinite mercy, what surpassing grace, are hereby manifested! But is there no other comfortable message for her? Secondly, there is the spiritual and experimental interpretation, which the Holy Spirit has couched in the letter for the edification of the Church of God in all times. As thus set before our eyes, he becomes the object of our faith to look at—”Look unto me and be saved, all the ends of the earth”—to “the altogether lovely One,” to whom love flows; and the Intercessor within the veil in whom hope effectually anchors. “God shall enlarge [or, as it is in the margin, “persuade”] Japheth.” (Gen. Salvation By Grace Alone – A Life Or Death Issue, “It Shall Be Well With Them That Fear God”, The Covenant of Promise Belongs To The Heirs of Promise, Salvation By Grace – Loved By All of God’s Children, “He Will Cause The Drink of The Thirsty To Fail”, Meditations on The Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer, Paupers’ Fare – A Letter By John Warburton, Do Not Add To Or Take Away From God’s Word, The Secret Of The Lord Is With Those Who Fear Him, The Significance of The Signet Ring and It's Place Within Holy Scripture. Commentary on Hosea 2:1-5 (Read Hosea 2:1-5) This chapter continues the figurative address to Israel, in reference to Hosea's wife and children. Hosea 2:14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her." Why is it, God always speaketh in secret, except that He would call us apart? Midrash Ruth, fol. 2. - Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. What was the effect? 9:27.) Hosea 2:14. the answer of some is, to the wilderness of Judea, Matthew 3:1; and of others is, to the wilderness of Sihon and Og (the wilderness the Israelites passed through when they came out of Egypt): they, who are on the side of the first answer, urge in favour of it Hosea 12:9 and they who are for the latter produce this passage. ” Hosea 2:18-20 Browse Sermons on Hosea 2:14-23. He says, “therefore I will block your path with thornbushes; I will wall you in so that your cannot find your way.” (Hosea 2:6.) 5:4), and sometimes “in the cloudy pillar.” (Psalm. they cannot be what they desire—for they find evil continually working in their heart. a. ( Log Out /  There God must speak if there is to be any heart religion, any sound or saving experience, any knowledge of the truth so as to be blessed and saved thereby. 1. Thus, by these teachings and operations of the Spirit of God upon your heart, you come to this point—that God himself must speak to your heart, or you have nothing on which you can hang—nothing to which you can look. 15 I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there, as in the days of her youth, This is a type and figure much used by the Holy Spirit, and conveys to us much deep and profitable instruction. Hosea began service as a prophet about 750 B.C. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Does the vine grow there naturally, or can it be made to grow there by artificial cultivation? Manger has correctly explained משּׁם as meaning "as soon as it shall have left this desert," or better still, "as soon as it shall have reached the border." Those were the days of ‘young love’, when we tasted that the Lord was gracious, and having a view of his beauty and blessedness, fell deeply in love with him who is “altogether lovely.”, But, after the days of our espousals, we had to go into the wilderness—there to learn what we are by nature—there to have the deep secrets of the heart opened up—there to have a long succession of trials and temptations, afflictions and sorrows—that we might learn experimentally what this world is—and what we are as sinners in it. And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. Why is the difference between the two images important? 14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and. ), But, besides these inherent difficulties of the prophetical scriptures, an additional hindrance arises to the right understanding of them from this circumstance—that people either do not know, or do not bear sufficiently in mind—that they are open to various kinds of interpretation. It was so with the children of Israel. There we are stripped of all our own righteousness—there we see the end of all our own wisdom—and there all our native strength and creature confidence fail and give way—and come to nothing. The motif of love in Hosea is not exhausted simply with a study of its vocabulary. It was so in an especial manner to the children of Israel of old. As, then, in the wilderness by every trial and temptation, our heart is more laid open to our view; as trials more deeply perplex, as afflictions more heavily press, and temptations more continually annoy—we come to this spot in our own conscience—”God himself must be my all in all—it is he and he alone that must save me—from him my hope must come—from him all my strength, happiness, and consolation—I have nothing but what he gives and am nothing but what he makes.” Is not this the language of the way-worn pilgrim in the wilderness? It may indeed be justly asked—Can we expect to find vineyards in a wilderness? ( Log Out /  Chapters 4–14 give excerpts from Hosea's preaching of grace and judgment leading up to the fall of Israel in 722 BC. II. The Lord there lays open the sins that a soul, even a gracious soul, is capable of committing; what it does and ever will do when not restrained by his powerful grace—”For their mother is a shameless prostitute and became pregnant in a shameful way. I will put an end to her annual festivals, her new moon celebrations, and her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals. Hosea says that the Lord will speak comfort to us in the waste places of our lives. In NATURE the vine grows upon the sunny bank, or in our climate in the rich border, and needs much care and cultivation of human hands to bring the fruit to perfection. 14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak 1 comfort to her. They were not in themselves worse than other people; but the wilderness brought to light the sins of their heart. Some readers sense a deep resonance between the patterns of speech in spousal abuse — the movement from offended, punishing and shaming husband (e.g., Hosea 2:10) to the alluring words seeking to restore the relationship (Hosea 2:14-15). Thus the literal Israel was a type and figure of the spiritual Israel. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, says the Lord God.”. In the case of the children of Israel, we see how their faith was tried by the perils and hardships of the wilderness; we also see what rebellion and murmuring and fretfulness were manifested by them under it. 8:1); and if no condemnation, there must be justification, and, if justification, pardon and peace. (Gal. As there is no fruit to be found in heart, lip, or life, until God gives it in the wilderness—so until we come into the valley, the low and humble valley of confusion and destruction—there is no good hope through grace communicated. 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