Hos 2:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. Plead —expostulate. mother —that is, the nation collectively. The address is to "her children," that is, to the individual citizens of the state (compare ). for she is not my wife —She has deprived herself of her high privilege by spiritual adultery. out of her sight —rather, "from her face." Her very countenance unblushingly betrayed her lust, as did also her exposed "breasts."

Hosea 2:2

2. Plead—expostulate.

mother—that is, the nation collectively. The address is to "her children," that is, to the individual citizens of the state (compare Isa 50:1).

for she is not my wife—She has deprived herself of her high privilege by spiritual adultery.

out of her sight—rather, "from her face." Her very countenance unblushingly betrayed her lust, as did also her exposed "breasts."