Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 2:21-23

"And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth; and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel. And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God." — Hosea 2:21-23 (ASV)

Will hear. —More correctly, I will answer (the prayer of) the heavens. A sublime personification! Heaven pleads with Jehovah, the earth pleads with heaven, and the products of the soil plead with the earth.

To all these prayers an answer is granted. Jehovah answers the heavens with the gifts of dew and rain, with which the heavens answer the cravings of the earth, and the earth answers the cravings of the corn, wine, and oil.

And these last, in their turn, answer the needs of Jezreel, a name which, like Achor, is to be invested with brighter meanings. It is to represent a Divine seed—the people whom the Lord has blessed. (See Stanley, Lectures on the Jewish Church, II. Series, Lecture 32, near the end, where this idea is eloquently set forth.)