Hosea 2:8

“For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, etc.] This is a reason, not of her resolution to return to her first husband, but to go after lovers, and of her ascribing these things to them, (<280205>Hosea 2:5), and why the Lord would behave towards her as he determined to do, (<280206>Hosea 2:6,7), this ignorance was wilful and affected, and therefore blameable; she might have known, but she would not; she did not set her mind to know; she did not consider who gave her these things, nor behave as if she knew, as Jarchi: or she did not own and acknowledge God to be the author and giver of them, as she should have done; which was ingratitude rather than ignorance, and is a…”

“she did not know that I--not the idols, as she thought: the "lovers" alluded to in Hos 2:5. which they prepared for Baal--that is, of which they made images of Baal, or at least the plate covering of them (Hos 8:4). Baal was the PhÅ“nician sun-god: answering to the female Astarte, the moon-goddess. The name of the idol is found in the PhÅ“nician Hannibal, Hasdrubal. Israel borrowed it from the Tyrians.”

“For she did not know - The prophet having, in summary Hosea 2:5-7, related her fall, her chastisement, and her recovery, begins anew, enlarging both on the impending inflictions, and the future mercy. She “did not know,” because she would not; she “would not retain God in her knowledge” Romans 1:28. “Knowledge,” in Holy Scripture, is not of the understanding, but of the heart and the will. That I gave her corn ... - The I is emphatic (אנכי( ci). “She did not know, that it was I who gave her.” God gave them the “corn, and wine, and oil,” first, because He gave them the land itself. They held it of Him as their Lord. As He says, “The land is Mine, and ye are strangers and sojourners with Me”…”

“Did not know - Did not consider. They - The body of the Jews. Prepared - Dedicated to the service of the idol. Hosea 2:9”

“2:8 She doesn’t realize (literally she doesn’t know): Israel needs to know God personally and experientially. Had the Israelites known the Lord in this way, they would have realized that every good thing in their lives came from him, not from the baals.”

“she: Isa 1:3; Hab 1:16; Act 17:23-25; Rom 1:28 her corn: Hos 2:5, Hos 10:1; Jdg 9:27; Jer 7:18, Jer 44:17, Jer 44:18; Eze 16:16-19; Dan 5:3, Dan 5:4, Dan 5:23; Luk 15:13, Luk 16:1, Luk 16:2 wine: Heb. new wine, Hos 4:11; Isa 24:7-9 which they prepared for Baal: or, wherewith they made Baal, Hos 8:4, Hos 13:2; Exo 32:2-4; Jdg 17:1-5; Isa 46:6 Hosea 2:9”