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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Hosea 2:16

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Ishi . . . no more Baali--"my Husband . . . no more my Lord." Affection is the prominent idea in "Husband"; rule, in "Lord." The chief reason for the substitution of Husband for Lord appears in Hos 2:17; namely, Baali, the Hebrew for my Lord, had been perverted to express the images of Baal, whose name ought not to be taken on their lips (Exo 23:13; Zac 13:2).
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