Shall eat them as common things – Rather, shall eat the fruit. Literally, as in the margin. For three years the fruit of a newly-planted tre…

You shall yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria ... —The mention of Samaria shows that the prophet is thinking of…

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your tabrets, and shall go forth in the dan…

The verb חלל, chelal, means to profane, but it also means to apply to common use. The expression is taken from the Law, for it was not law…

You shall yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria Mountains are proper places for vines, and which generally produc…

God assures His people that He will again take them into a covenant relationship with Himself. When brought very low and difficulties appear, it is…

1. Here, the prophet consoles them with the promise of prosperity. On this topic, he makes two points.