Hosea 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 2:15

There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

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ASV

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

KJV

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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Commentary

5 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And I will give her her vineyards from thence - God’s mercies are not only in word, but in deed. He not only speaks to her heart, but he restores to her what He had taken from her. He promises, not only to reverse His sentence, but that He would make the sorrow itself the source of the joy. He says, I will give her back her vineyards “thence,” i. e., from the wilderness itself; as elsewhere, He says, “The wilderness shall be a fruitful field” Isa 32:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is expressed here with an allusion to God's dealings with that people when he brought them out of Egypt, through the wilderness to Canaan, as their forlorn and deplorable condition in their captivity was compared to their state in Egypt in the day that they were born,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This promise of Israel's singing has its accomplishment in the gospel of Christ, which furnishes us with abundant matter for joy and praise, and wherever it is received in its power enlarges the heart in joy and praise; and this is that land flowing with milk and honey which the valley of Achor opens a door of hope to.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Or, if the allusion be to the name, it intimates that trouble for sin, if it be sincere, opens a door of hope; for that sin which truly troubles us shall not ruin us. The valley of Achor was a very fruitful pleasant valley, some think the same with the valley of Engedi, famous for vineyards, Cant. i.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The valley of Achor, near Jericho, was specially fruitful (Isa 65:10); so "trouble" and "hope" are rightly blended in connection with it. sing . . . as . . . when she came . . . out of . . .

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַ֨תִּי	ve.na.Ta.ti	and I will give	H5414 →
לָ֤הּ	lah	to her
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כְּרָמֶ֙יהָ֙	ke.ra.Mei.ha	vineyards her	H3754 →
מִשָּׁ֔ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עֵ֥מֶק	'E.mek	[the] valley of	H6010 →
עָכ֖וֹר	a.Khor	Achor	H5911 →
לְפֶ֣תַח	le.Fe.tach	to a door of	H6607 →
תִּקְוָ֑ה	tik.Vah	hope	H8615 →
וְעָ֤נְתָה	ve.'A.ne.tah	and she will answer	H6030 →
שָּׁ֙מָּה֙	Sha.mah	there <towards>	H8033 →
כִּימֵ֣י	ki.Mei	like [the] days of	H3117 →
נְעוּרֶ֔יהָ	ne.'u.Rei.ha	youth<s> her	H5271 →
וִּכְי֖וֹם	vikh.Yom	and like [the] day	H3117 →
עֲלֹתָ֥הּ	'a.lo.Tah	went up she	H5927 →
מֵאֶֽרֶץ־	me.'e.retz-	from [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃ ס	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6030veanetahand she will answer331×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
leads to
- Matthew 2:15
  where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
- Exodus 4:22
  Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
Through
Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness,…
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:60
  But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
- Ezekiel 16:8
  Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a…
- Jeremiah 11:6
  Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
Through
Ezekiel 28:26
And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that…
leads to
- Ezekiel 28:24
  For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord…
- Ezekiel 28:22
  And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the…
Through
Ezekiel 16:22
And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:2
  “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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PlaceThe NileEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and…

Hope
A valley of trouble (Achor) turned into a doorway of hope.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Hosea