John Trapp on Hosea 2:22
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Hosea2:22
Verſe 22. And the earth ſhall hear] That is, ſhall bear great ſtore of corn, wine, and oil; new and freſh oil the word ſignifies, newly expreſt, clear and ſhining, ſuch as is called golden oil, Deut. 28.14. Zech. 4. Gods dear children ſhall have the beſt of the beſt, Eſay 55. Even the kidneyes of wheat, or whatſoever dainties the earth can afford them. They ſhall ſuck honey out of the Rock; or, if it be but water, yet it ſhall be to them as ſweet as hony, becauſe therein they taſte and ſee the Lords goodneſſe, and they have meat to eat that the world wots not of.
and they ſhall hear Jezreel] that is they ſhall anſwer the pains and prayers of Gods people, who are here called Jezreel ſtill (though the Septuagint [illegible: 1 letter]ead it Iſrael) not to upbraid them with their former wickedneſs and calamities thereby procured (which yet was the firſt reaſon of that name given them Ch. 1.) but rather to ſet forth the riches of his grace imparted to ſuch a graceleſs people. And withall to ſhew that nothing could hinder them from partaking of thoſe covenant-mercies, and that happy communion with God whereto they were now reſtored. This very name of theirs (once their ſhame ſhould now turn to their glory. O[illegible: 1 letter] Jezreel ſcattered by God (which is one ſignification of the name) they ſhould become Jezreel a ſeed of God (which is another) that they might comfort themſelves with the hope of Chriſt the promiſed ſeed, and know that their poſteritie ſhould not to degenerate into Gentility, but that many of them ſhould embrace Chriſt and inherite the promiſes, as did Araunah the Jebuſite who became a ſamous Proſelyte Zack. 9.7. (ſee the Note there) and as Jether the Iſmaelite, 1 Chron. 7.17. [illegible: 1 span] ſaith and religion called an Iſraelite 2 Sam. 17.25. and as Chriſt [illegible: 4 letters]eth himſelf [illegible: 1 word] of Nazareth as a title of honour, which was once caſt upon him as a reproach.
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