Verse 10
In the Hebrew text, Hos 2 commences here.
the number, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:17 ; Genesis 32:12 ).
children = sons. Not fulfilled in any other People, now, but will yet be, in the future, of Israel.
as the sand, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6 . See note on Hosea 13:16 .
cannot be measured, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 23:10 ).
it shall come to pass, &c. Hosea 1:10 is not "in glaring contradiction" to Hosea 1:9 , but it marks the contrast between the latter (and yet future state), and the past. See the Structure, p. 1209.
ye are not My People = No People of Mine are ye. Hebrew. Lo-'ammi 'attem. Quoted in Romans 9:25 , not of the Gentiles, but as an illustration of what may be true in their case as it will he in Israel's. In 1 Peter 2:10 the address is to the Diaspora : i.e. the "scattered strangers" of Israel, who are now afar off". Compare Daniel 9:7 . Acts 2:32 .
the living GOD. Always used in contrast with false gods, which have no life. Compare 1 Thessalonians 1:9 , &c.
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