Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hosea 2:16

"And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali." — Hosea 2:16 (ASV)

And it shall be at that day, says the LORD, that you shall call me Ishi; and shall call me no more Baali.

"You shall call me, My man, my husband," – a name of sweet endearment, "and shall call me no more Baali," that is, "my lord, my lordly husband," for the Lord's love shall not be galling to you, but it shall sweetly and gently rule you. Oh, what a sweet change this is, when we no longer tremble before God with slavish fear, but love him with intense affection, and see in him our soul's Husband in whom is all our delight!

And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

"Baali" means "my lord" in the sense of domination; but God will not seem to us any more like a domineering governor, as we once thought him; but we shall call him "Ishi," "my husband."

There shall be such nearness of love, such confidence of hope, between the restored soul and her God, that she shall call him no more Baali, but Ishi.