Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 2:16
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16. 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 Hosea 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 ( Exodus 23:13 ; Zechariah 13:2 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"
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