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John Gill's Exposition on Hosea 1:6
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And she conceived again, and bare a daughter, etc.] One of the weaker sex; denoting the weaker state of the kingdom of Israel after Jeroboam, as Kimchi thinks; Zachariah his son reigning but six months, and Shallum the son of Jabesh, his successor, reigned but one month, (<121508>2 Kings 15:8,13): and God said unto him, call her name Loruhamah; which signifies, “she hath not obtained mercy”: and what follows explains it to the same sense. The Targum is, “and they added and did evil works; and he said unto him call their name, who obtained not mercy by their works:” for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; as he had heretofore, sparing them time after time, though they continued to sin against him; but now he would spare them no longer, but deliver them up into the hands of their enemies, as he did a part of them, first into the hands of Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and then to Shalmaneser, (<121529>2 Kings 15:29 <121703>17:3,6), otherwise, in the latter day, mercy will be shown them again, especially in a spiritual way, when they shall be converted, and believe in Christ, and all Israel shall be saved, as well as possess their own land again; (see <280110>Hosea 1:10,11 <451126>Romans 11:26): but I will utterly take them away; out of their land, from being a kingdom and nation, which was done by Shalmaneser, another king of Assyria, (<121706>2 Kings 17:6), or, “bringing I will bring into them”, or “against them”f21; that is, an enemy, the same king of Assyria: or, “but forgetting I will forget them”f22, as some render it, and remember them no more, till the fulness of time comes: or, “through pardoning I have pardoned”, or “spared them”f23; that is, in times past. The Targum is, “but if they return, pardoning I will pardon them;” which will be done in the latter day.
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