Hosea 2:7
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil,.... This is a reason, not of her resolution to return to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And she shall follow after - The words rendered “follow after and seek” (רדך, בקשׁ) are intensive and express “eager,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Hosea 2:6-13
God here goes on to threaten what he would do with this treacherous idolatrous people; and he warns that he may not…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
not overtake… not find them Because the sense of the mystic nearness of the Baalim, formerly enjoyed by their…
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