FALSE Companion Dealt Deceived Declares Departeth Departs Faithless Friend Husband Leaves Lover O Says Surely Treacherously Truly Unfaithful Wife
3:20 Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her {t} husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
(t) The Hebrew word signifies a friend or companion, and here may be taken for a husband, as it is used also in Ho 3:1.
3:12-20 See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. These words were proclaimed toward the north; to Israel, the ten tribes, captive in Assyria. They are directed how to return. If we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just to forgive them. These promises are fully to come to pass in the bringing back the Jews in after-ages. God will graciously receive those that return to him; and by his grace, he takes them out from among the rest. The ark of the covenant was not found after the captivity. The whole of that dispensation was to be done away, which took place after the multitude of believers had been greatly increased by the conversion of the Gentiles, and of the Israelites scattered among them. A happy state of the church is foretold. He can teach all to call him Father; but without thorough change of heart and life, no man can be a child of God, and we have no security for not departing from Him.
Affirmation Companion Dealt Deceived Declares Departeth Departs Faithless False. Friend House Husband Israel Lover Surely Treacherously Unfaithful Wife
Affirmation Companion Dealt Deceived Declares Departeth Departs Faithless False. Friend House Husband Israel Lover Surely Treacherously Unfaithful Wife
