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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. Oh, the love of God! He does not want us to recollect our old ways. I do not like to hear people talk about their old habits, except they do it very tenderly, with many a tear and many a sigh, and tell the story to the praise and glory of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. The word Baalim had been profaned, they had applied it to other lords; and when they used it concerning Jehovah, it sounded harsh, as if he, too, was a tyrant master.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: So that the insects should not devour the crops, and the foxes should not spoil the vines, and the birds should not steal the seeds, so will God take care of his people still. It does seem that,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: Everything is in covenant with me if I am in covenant with God; there is nothing so high that it can hurt me, there is nothing so low that it can injure me, there is nothing so great that it need...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; What, this woman that had gone so far into evil? Can a man receive such an one back? No; but God can. He says there shall be a new betrothal, a new marriage: “I will betroth thee unto me for ever.” Blessed word!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. Thou shalt know Jehovah; thou shalt know that there is none like him, passing by iniquity, transgression, and sin; and faithful to his people even when they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. What a glorious promise is this! It is marvellous that our wayward, wanton, wicked souls should be brought back by infinite mercy, and then that God should be so enamoured of us as to declare, “I will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. It is said three times that he will betroth us unto himself, as if the Lord knew that we should hardly be able to believe it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. God would send rain when it was wanted. He would be all ear to hear on behalf of his people. He would not only hear them, but hear the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil and they shall hear Jezreel. So that there shall be no famine to try God’s people; their prayers shall be abundantly answered, and all their needs shall be supplied.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; He would make the people to be like the seed which he himself would sow, and cause to spring up, and abide. Hos_2:23. And I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; I would like to read that again. Somebody has, perhaps, come in here tonight, who has never obtained mercy. Perhaps you have been...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. Oh, blessed Scripture! May the Lord write it on all our hearts! Amen.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: Not to his God. It matters not how much fruit we bear — if it is for self, we are really fruitless. A thing which is good in itself may lose all its goodness because stained with a selfish motive. We are to live unto God; and we must always be watchful about this; otherwise we may be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: A half-heart is no heart at all; and when men seem to go after God, and at the same time to go after their idols, they are not going after God. Their religion is vain. The good side is but a pretense; the evil side is the real thing. Hos_10:2. He shall break down their altars, he shall spoil...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? Their king was slain, but if he had lived, what would be the good of him without God? What is the good of any temporal blessing if God be not in it? It is the husk with the kernel gone; and if we are able to enjoy the husk, it looks as if we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They have spoken words, That which they spoke was not truth. We cannot speak without words, but it is an evil thing when our speech is nothing but words. Words, words, words! — no heart, no truth. “They have spoken words.” Hos_10:4. Swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. God keep...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: Why, those calves are their trust. They rely upon those images of false gods — those images which they set up in the place of the true God. Pretending thereby to worship him, they trusted in these; and now they shall become their fear. He who will have a confidence apart from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the people thereof shall mourn over it. and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: The spiteful king.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. These golden calves excited the desires of the king of Assyria, and he book them away. These gods were baits, to their enemies, instead of basis for their confidence. They were carried away captive of the people with them — their god captive — their god melted down to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. God’s love was very early love. He began with the nation of Israel when it was a mere handful of men in Egypt. There he multiplied them; and, in due time, he called them out from among the heathen. God’s love to some of us manifested itself at a very early period of our...