Now when she had weaned ... - Eastern women very commonly nursed their children two, or even three years. The weaning then of the child port…

The weaning the Prophet mentions here is by some understood allegorically, as if he said that the people would for a time be deprived of p…

Now when she had weaned Loruhamah
That is, when Gomer had weaned her daughter of this name, (Hosea 1:6) …

The rejection of Israel for a time is signified by the name of another child: call him Lo-ammi, not my people. The Lord disowns all relati…