Hosea 2:16

Therefore, hinei, I will allure her, 1 and bring her into the midbar, 1 and speak to her lev. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

In Context

15And I will visit upon her 1 the yamim of Ba'alim, 1 wherein she burned incense to them, 1 and she decked herself with her ring and her jewelry, 1 and she went after her lovers, 1 and forgot Me, saith Hashem. 1

17And there I will give her her kramim (vineyards), 1 and the Emek Achor (Valley of Trouble) I will make a petach tikvah (door of hope); 1 and she shall sing there, as in the yamim of her youth, 1 and as in the yom when she came up out of Eretz Mitzrayim.

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Cross References

Judges 19:3And her ish arose, and went after her, to speak unto her lev, and to bring her back, having his na'ar (servant) with him, and a couple of donkeys; and she brought him into her bais av; and when the avi hana'arah saw him, he had simcha to welcome him.

Isaiah 40:2Speak ye to the lev Yerushalayim, 1 and preach unto her, 1 that her tzeva'a (time of hard service, warfare) is ended, 1 that her avon (iniquity) is nirtzah (punitively paid for, pardoned); 1 for she hath received of the Yad Hashem kiflayim (double) 1 in payment for all her chattot. 1

Jeremiah 3:14Shuvu (Turn), O banim shovaviv (backsliding children), saith Hashem; 1 for I am married unto you: 1 and I will take you one from a town, 1 and two from a mishpakhah, 1 and I will bring you to Tziyon:

Hosea 2:7For their em hath played the zonah (prostitute); 1 she that conceived them hath done shamefully; 1 for she said: I will go after my lovers, 1 that give me my lechem and my mayim, 1 my wool and my flax, mine shemen (oil) and my shikkui (drink). 1

2 Corinthians 11:2For I have kinah for you, a kinat Hashem, for, as a shadkhan (marriage broker), I betrothed you to one ish (husband) to present you as a chaste betulah to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach; + 11:2 Hos 2:19 ; SHIR HASHIRIM; Ep 5:26-27

Revelation 19:7Let us have simcha and exult in kavod (glory) to him because of the Bedeken of the Kallah of the SEH (Lamb), + 19:7 Ex 12:3; Isa 53:7 Moshiach and the Chosonʼs Tish and she has made herself ready.”

Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:15-23

Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 764.) 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and 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. 16 And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord , that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. 17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her… Read the whole commentary →

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