Hosea 2:18

"For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name."

Key Reflection

In Hosea 2:18, God promises to remove the names of the Baals from Israel's lips, indicating a complete rejection and abandonment of these false deities. For the original audience, this meant that by eliminating the worship of Baal, Israel would be fully devoted to Yahweh alone, signifying a radical shift in religious practice and identity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And in that day -o: “Truly and properly is the time of the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten called “the Day,” wherein darkness was dispelled in the world, and the mist dispersed, and bright rays shed into the minds of believers, and the Sun of Righteousness shone upon us, pouring in the light of the true knowledge of God, to those who could open wide the eye of the mind.” And I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field ... -God promises to do away the whole of the former curse. Before, He had said that their vineyards should be laid waste “by the beasts of the field;” now, He would make an entire and lasting peace with them.

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