Hosea 2:10-12 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.… Whenever God deals severely with men, He visits their sins, and inflicts a just punishment. For though men may consider themselves to be chastised by the Lord, they yet do not thoroughly search and examine themselves as they ought. Hence the prophet repeats what we have before met with, and that is, that this chastisement would be just. At the same time, he shows us as by the finger what chiefly displeased God in the Israelites, which was, that religion was corrupted by them: for there is nothing more necessary to be known, than that in order men may ever habituate themselves to worship God in a pure manner, this should be testified to them, that all superstitions are such an abomination to God that He cannot bear them. ( John Calvin.) Parallel Verses KJV: And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. |
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