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Hosea 2:16
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In that day—
It will be in that day," says the LORD, "That you will call me 'my husband,' And no longer call me 'my master.'
And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord , that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
"And in that day, declares the Lord , you will call me ‘My Husband,' and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.'
"And it will come about on that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me my husband And no longer call Me my Baal.
The Lord says, "In the future she will call me ‘my husband'; no longer will she call me ‘my baal.'
"It shall come about in that day," says the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi (my husband) And will no longer call Me Baali (my Baal).
And at that day, sayeth the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.
"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.
And it will be in that day," declares Yahweh,"That you will call Me IshiAnd will no longer call Me Baali.
In that day," declares the LORD, "you will call Me 'my husband,' and no longer call Me 'my Master.'
I promise that from that day on, you will call me your husband instead of your master.
"But now I am going to woo her — I will bring her out to the desert and I will speak to her heart.
And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [that] thou shalt call me, My husband, and shalt call me no more, Baali;
And it shall be on that day, says the LORD, that you shall call me, my husband, and shall call me no more Baali.
Then once again she will call me her husband—she will no longer call me her Baal.
And on that day— a declaration of Yahweh— you will call me, "My husband;" you will no longer call me, "My Baal."
And at that day, says Jehovah, you shall call Me, My husband; and you shall no more call Me, My Baal.
Then (saieth the LORDE) she shal saye vnto me: O my hou?bande, & shal call me nomore Baal:
And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.
And in that day, says the Lord, you will say to me, Ishi; and you will never again give me the name of Baali;
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her.
And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call mee Ishi; and shalt call mee no more Baali.
And at that day (saith the Lord) thou shalt call me, O my husbande, and shalt call me no more Baal.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.
And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "That you will call me 'my husband,' And no longer call me 'my master.'
And it schal be in that dai, seith the Lord, sche schal clepe me Myn hosebonde, and sche schal no more clepe me Baalym;
And it shall be at that day, says Yahweh, that you shall call: Ishi; and shall call me no more: Baali.
And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
"At that time," declares the Lord , "you will call, ‘My husband'; you will never again call me, ‘My master.'
"And it shall be, in that day,"Says the Lord,"That you will call Me 'My Husband,' [fn] And no longer call Me 'My Master,' [fn]
When that day comes," says the Lord , "you will call me ‘my husband' instead of ‘my master.'
In that day" says the Lord, "you will call Me, ‘My Husband.' And you will no longer call Me, ‘My Baal.'
On that day, says the Lord , you will call me, "My husband," and no longer will you call me, "My Baal."
And it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth Yahweh, that she will call me Ishi, and will not call me any more, Baali.
And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord: That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Banli.
"And in that day, says the LORD, you will call me, 'My husband,' and no longer will you call me, 'My Ba'al.'
And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me -- My husband, And dost not call Me any more -- My lord.
"At that time"—this is God 's Message still— "you'll address me, ‘Dear husband!' Never again will you address me, ‘My slave-master!' I'll wash your mouth out with soap, get rid of all the dirty false-god names, not so much as a whisper of those names again. At the same time I'll make a peace treaty between you and wild animals and birds and reptiles, And get rid of all weapons of war. Think of it! Safe from beasts and bullies! And then I'll marry you for good—forever! I'll marry you true and proper, in love and tenderness. Yes, I'll marry you and neither leave you nor let you go. You'll know me, God , for who I really am.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ishi: that is, My husband, Hosea 2:7, Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 3:14, John 3:29, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:25-27, Revelation 19:7
Baali: that is, My lord
Reciprocal: Psalms 16:4 - take Isaiah 2:11 - in that day Micah 5:13 - graven
Cross-References
So the earth, the sky, and everything in them were finished.
God finished the work he was doing, so on the seventh day he rested from his work.
Then the Lord God caused all the beautiful trees that were good for food to grow in the garden. In the middle of the garden, he put the tree of life and the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil.
But Samuel answered, "Which pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices or obeying his commands? It is better to obey the Lord than to offer sacrifices to him. It is better to listen to him than to offer the fat from rams.
Everything that God made is good. Nothing he made should be refused if it is accepted with thanks to him.
Give this command to those who are rich with the things of this world. Tell them not to be proud. Tell them to hope in God, not their money. Money cannot be trusted, but God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything to enjoy.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord,.... The Gospel day, the times of the Gospel dispensation, the latter part of them; at the time of the conversion of the Jews, and the bringing in of the fulness of the Gentiles; at the time when God will allure and persuade them to seek the Messiah, and they shall turn to him; when he shall speak comfortably to them, and give them a door of hope, and all spiritual blessings, and cause them to sing as when they came out of Egypt:
that thou shalt call me Ishi; or, "my husband" x; returning to Christ their first husband, and being received by him, shall have faith and interest in him, and full assurance of it; and shall not only be allowed to call him their husband, but in the strength of faith, and with great freedom of soul, shall call him so, and say as the church did, "my beloved is mine, and I am his", Song of Solomon 20:16: or, "my man" y; the man the Lord, the man Jehovah's fellow, Immanuel God with us, God in human nature; and so more manifestly points at Christ, who, most properly speaking, stands in the relation of a husband to his people: or, "my strength", as some interpret it; the husband being the strength, protection, and defence of the wife, the weaker vessel; so Christ is the strength of his saints, in whom they have righteousness and strength, and through whose strength they can do all things:
and shalt call me no more Baali; which signifies my husband too, and is used of God and Christ; he is called Baal, and the church is called Beulah, because married together, Isaiah 45:5 but it signifies a lordly and imperious husband; and the other word, "Ishi", a loving one: so Jarchi observes that the sense is, that they should serve the Lord from love, and not fear; "Ishi" being a word expressive of marriage and love, and "Baali" of lordship and fear: hence some have thought this to be the reason why the one should be used, and the other not, under the Gospel dispensation; because saints now have not the spirit of bondage to fear, but the spirit of adoption, whereby they call God their Father, and Christ their husband: though rather the reason is, because the word "Baal", as R. Marinns observes, is of doubtful signification, an ambiguous word, used for the idol Baal, as well as signifies lord and husband; and therefore to be laid aside, lest, when they mentioned it, it should be thought they spoke of Baal, and not of the Lord; or should be led to think of that idol, and remember him.
x ×××©× "maritus meus", Vatablus, Pagninus, Montanus, "marite mi", Schmidt. y "Vir meus", V. L. "mi vir", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Liveleus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And it shall be ... thou shall call Me Ishi - (my Husband) and shalt call Me no more Baali (my Baal, Lord). âBaal,â originally Lord, was a title sometimes given to the husband. âThe lord of the woman,â âher lord,â âthe heart of her lord,â stand for âthe husband,â âher husbandâ (Exodus 21:22; 2 Samuel 11:26; Proverbs 31:11, ...). God says, âso wholly do I hate the name of idols, that on account of the likeness of the word Baal, âmy Lord,â I will not be so called even in a right meaning, lest, while she utter the one, she should think on the other, and calling Me her Husband, think on the idol.â Yet, withal, God says that He will put into her mouth the tenderer name of love, ×××©× 'ıÌysh, literally, âmy man.â In Christ, the returning soul, which would give herself wholly to God, however far she had wandered, should not call God so much her Lord, as her Husband. : âEvery soul, although laden with sins, meshed in vices, snarcd by a captive in exile, imprisoned in the body, sticking fast in the mud, fixed in the mire, affixed to its earthly members, nailed down by cares, distracted by turmoils, narrowed by fears, prostrated by grief, wandering in errors, tossed by anxieties, restless through suspicions, in fine, a captive âin the land of the enemy, defiled with the dead, accounted with them who go down in the graveâ (Baruch 3:10, 11), although she be thus condemned, in state thus desperate, yet she may perceive that in herself, from where she may not only respire to hope of pardon and of mercy, but from where she may dare to aspire to the nuptials of the Word, tremble not to enter into alliance with God, be not abashed to take on her the sweet yoke of love with the Lord of Angels. For what may she not safely dare with Him, with whose image she seeth herself stamped, and glorious with His likeness?
To this end God Himself, the Author of our being, willed that the ensign of our divine nobleness of birth should ever be maintained in the soul, that she may ever have that in herself from the Word, whereby she may ever be admonished, either to stand with the Word, or to return to Him, if she have been moved. Moved, not as though removing in space, or walking on foot, but moved (as a spiritual substance is moved) with its affections, yea, its defections, it goes away from itself, as it were, to a worse state, making itself unlike itself and degenerate from itself, through pravity of life and morals; which unlikeness, however, is the fault, not the destruction, of nature. Contrariwise, the return of the soul is its conversion to the Word, to be re-formed by Him, conformed to Him. Wherein? In love. For He saith, âbe ye followers of me, as dear children, and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us.â Such conformity marries the soul to the Word, when she, having a likeness to Him by nature, also maketh herself like to Him in will, loving as she is loved. Wherefore, if she loveth perfectly, she is married. What sweeter than this conformity? What more desirable than this love? For by it, not content with human guidance, thou approachest, by thyself, O soul, confidentially to the Word; to the Word thou constantly cleavest; of the Word thou familiarly inquirest, and consultest as to all things, as capacious in understanding as emboldened in longing. This is contract of marriage, truly spiritual and holy. Contract! I have said too little. It is embrace. For embrace it is, when to will the same and nill the same, maketh of twain, one spirit.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. Thou shalt call me Ishi — That is, my man, or my husband; a title of love and affection; and not BAALI, my master, a title exciting fear and apprehension; which, howsoever good in itself, was now rendered improper to be applied to Jehovah, having been prostituted to false gods. This intimated that they should scrupulously avoid idolatry; and they had such a full proof of the inefficacy of their idolatrous worship that, after their captivity, they never more served idols.
