Hosea 2:14

"I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers and forgot me,” says the LORD."

Key Reflection

In Hosea 2:14, the Lord declares that He will bring upon Israel the consequences of their idolatry and spiritual adultery by visiting them with judgment similar to the days when they worshiped false gods, adorned themselves with jewelry, and pursued other lovers. This vivid imagery underscores the severity of their rebellion against Him.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Therefore -The inference is not what we should have expected. Sin and forgetfulness of God are not the natural causes of, and inducements to mercy. But God deals not with us, as we act one to another. Extreme misery and degradation revolt man; man’s miseries invite God’s mercies. God therefore has mercy, not because we deserve it, but because we need it. He therefore draws us, because we are so deeply sunken. He prepareth the soul by those harder means, and then the depths of her misery cry to the depths of His compassion, and because chastisement alone would stupify her, not melt her, He changes His wrath into mercy, and speaks to the heart which, for her salvation, He has broken.

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