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So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;
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A Slave's Price
Commentators agree that the price Hosea paid—fifteen shekels of silver plus a measure of barley—was equivalent to the value of a slave. This wasn't a dowry but a redemption price. It powerfully illustrates the degraded and worthless state Gomer (representing Israel) had fallen into through her unfaithfulness. Her sin had reduced her to the lowest status in society, highlighting the depth of God's grace in buying her back.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver - The fifteen shekels were half the price of a common slave (Exodus 21:32), a…
19th Century
Anglican
Pieces of silver.— Shekels.
So I bought her. —Gomer was treated as no longer a wife, but requiring to be restored to such …
16th Century
Protestant
These verses have been read together, for in these four the Prophet explains the vision presented to him. He says, first, that he had done what God…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber His nuptial chamber, on wh…
People's dislike of true religion is because they love objects and forms that allow them to indulge, instead of mortifying, their lusts. How wonder…