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Main point summary

God saves a people in order to be worshiped. He desires that He and He alone be given glory. For this reason, He continually strips our idols from "our mouths" and proves His faithfulness through the covenant He has made with us through His Son, Jesus. Because of this covenant, His people shall know the Lord!

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Hosea 2:16-20

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“And h in that day, declares the Lord , you will call me ‘My Husband,’

and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’

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For i I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,

and they shall be remembered by name no more.

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And j I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground.

And k I will abolish 1 the bow, the sword, and war from the land,

and I will make you lie down in l safety.

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And I will betroth you to me m forever .

n I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.

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n I will betroth you to me in faithfulness.

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And o you shall know the Lord .

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Bracket Notes

First Half The Action-Manner overshadows the entire passage. God tells His people that they will call Him husband. They had been unfaithful spiritually by whoring after the gods of other nations. But how will God accomplish this? He shall do it by the manner of a brand new covenant. This covenant will come through His Son, Jesus the Christ. This promise is Grounded in the fact the names of the Baals will no longer be present on their tongues. The Action-Result shows that God was serious that His people no longer syncretize their worship. They were still trying to maintain their appointed feasts, yet worship Yahweh. This leads to a Positive action is buttressed by the Negative side of this; namely that God Himself will accomplish this action. Second Half An Action-Purpose is the main portion of this half. God's initiative is to make a covenant with the Temporal promise, "on that day." We know that "that day" refers to the advent of Jesus, who would save His people from their sin (Matthew 1:21). God's Purpose was so that His treasured people would know Him, worship Him, and ascribe glory to Him alone. The Action-Result coordinates this covenant by promising peace and safety as God abolishes all war. A second Action-Result shows the union of Christ and His bride, the Church and the resulting finality being that His people intimately know the Lord rather than simply "knowing" about Him. This is followed by an Idea-Explanation , fleshing out what God meant when He stated that Israel would be betrothed to Him. Finally, an Action-Manner describes briefly what this betrothal means: it is in righteousness, justice, love, and mercy.

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I see the pink block as the main "thought." The two gold boxes are designated as the other two secondary main thoughts.

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Hosea 2:16-20

“And in that day, declares the Lord,

Temporal

you will call me ‘My Husband,’

and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’

Result #1

For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,

Ground

and they shall be remembered by name no more.

Result #2

And I will make for them a covenant on that day

with the beasts of the field,

Series

the birds of the heavens,

and the creeping things of the ground.

And I will abolish the bow,

Separation

the sword,

and war from the land,

and I will make you lie down in safety.

Result

And I will betroth you to me forever.

I will betroth you to me in righteousness

Progression

and in justice,

in steadfast love

and in mercy.

I will betroth you to me in faithfulness.

Advantage

And you shall know the Lord.

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Wisdom, Works, & Worship

God has given His people the gift of Himself through the covenant with Jesus. His desire and purpose are to have a people for His own possession [so that] we may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9) . But we are sinful people by nature. We are bombarded by our Baals from society and our own desires. God desire to remove these Baals from our hearts and minds that we may call Him and only Him "husband." And the ultimate climax of this desire is that we would know His Son, the Lord of all creation, the King of Kings, and the Bridegroom.