Hosea 2:19-23
Hosea 2:19
(KJB)
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.
Here is a promise of salvation to all those who are the
Elect of God in national Israel.
This shows the essence of the covenant God spoke about in verse 18.
It is an everlasting covenant which God promised through Abraham.
Genesis 17:7 (KJV) And I will
establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed
after thee. Then God will
betroth them in righteousness, judgment, lovingkindness, and mercies which are
all the language of salvation. God
will be married to the believer.
Revelation 21:9 (KJV) And there came unto
me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride,
the Lamb's wife.
Hosea 2:20
(KJB)
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and
thou shalt know the LORD.
1 John 4:19 (KJV)
We love him, because he first loved us.
We will know the LORD because of the intimacy of the covenant of grace.
It causes the one who is saved to be as close as a husband and wife to
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 5:30 (KJV) For we are members
of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
The true Christian is so intimate with Christ that we are considered to
part of his flesh and bones, in other words, we are part of his body just as a
husband and wife are one flesh, so it is the believer and Christ have the same
intimate connection. Since we are
in Christ, we will also come to know the Father.
1 John 2:23 (KJV) Whosoever
denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son
hath the Father also.
Hosea 2:21
(KJB)
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;
Jeremiah 33:3
(KJV) Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not.
“I will hear” may be understood as answering.
It is the same word that is found in Jeremiah 33:3.
It is the word “ãnãh” in the Hebrew and means “to answer.”
When one becomes a believer, they are assured that God hears all their
prayers but sometimes he says no and right away Christians claim that he didn’t
answer our prayers. What they
really mean is that God didn’t do what we wanted him to do.
No is an answer and I am sure that many of us as we were growing up asked
our parents for things and they said no to many of our requests.
That was an answer although it was not the one we wanted.
In our verse, God promises that he will answer our prayers.
With both the heavens and earth hearing, it is showing complete harmony
between Heaven and earth. Right now
earth in its sinful state is at enmity with heaven but once it is remade in
righteousness it will be in agreement with Heaven.
Hosea 2:22
(KJB)
And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the
oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Remember the name Jezreel means “God sows or scatters.”
Where God stated that he would hand over the vineyards and the fig trees
to the animals, he is now stating that he is reversing that curse.
The earth will not reject the request of the grains which is represented
by the corn, the grape vines which is represented by the wine and the trees like
fig trees which is represented by the oil.
The earth will nourish all of these with the needed water and nutrients
and they will grow with the blessing of the Lord.
No longer will God scatter as the name Jezreel indicates but now the name
is used to bring to remembrance of the past curse and the future promised
blessings.
Hosea 2:23
(KJB)
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.