Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hosea 2
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Hosea 2
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Hosea 2
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This author has written multiple commentaries over their lifetime on this chapter. We have grouped their commentaries for easier reading."for their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink." — Hosea 2:5 (ASV)
She attributed to false gods the gifts that God had given to her.
This was great ingratitude to God, and a high insult to His holy majesty.
"Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths." — Hosea 2:6 (ASV)
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
That is what God does to sinners whom he means to save. He will not let them take their own course.
He gives them thorny trials which hedge up their way. He puts an obstacle in their path, perhaps some sickness or poverty.
When people are desperate in wickedness, God has a way of stopping them. Even in their mad career, his mighty grace comes in and says, "So far you shall go, but no further."
"And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now." — Hosea 2:7 (ASV)
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them:
Thus sinners go after the pleasures of the world, and the pleasures run away from them. They make one thing their god, and then another; and they put out all their strength to attain the object of their ambition; and God thwarts them. In infinite love, he baffles all their endeavors because he means to bring them to himself.
Then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now (Hosea 2:7).
That is what He brings us to; weary of the world, yes, weary of life itself, we get worn out in the ways of evil, and then we say, "I will go to God." What a blessed conclusion to come to! However terrible the whip with which He scourges us, it does us good. The fierce billow that washes the mariner upon the rock of safety is a blessing to him.
"Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths." — Hosea 2:6 (ASV)
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
God will cause sin to be painful; he will make the way of it difficult; he will do everything to prevent the sinner running in it: She shall not find her paths.
"And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now." — Hosea 2:7 (ASV)
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them;
They cannot find satisfaction in sinful pleasure; what they once easily obtained, they will no longer be able to procure.
And she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Am I addressing a backslider? Has God hedged up your way? Is there a whisper in your heart which reminds you of better days and happier times? Oh, do not stifle that whisper! Let it be heard within your spirit; if it is only a gentle voice, listen to it until it increases in force and sounds like the very voice of God in your soul; it will be for your present and eternal good if you do so.
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