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Hosea 2:10
And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Hosea to apostate Israel, declaring judgment immediately after withdrawing the grain, wine, and clothing that sustained her. This pronouncement bridges the removal of her provisions and the cancellation of her religious calendar.
The words — The Hebrew אֲגַלּ֥ה ('a.ga.Leh) means "I will uncover," and נַבְלֻתָ֖הּ (nav.lu.Ta/h) denotes "her lewdness." These terms describe a forced, public revelation of hidden shame before her lovers.
The thread — This pattern of exposed shame and inescapable judgment runs through Ezekiel 23:29, Luke 12:2, and Psalms 50:22. Each passage confirms that concealed actions will be laid bare and no human agent will intervene to rescue the target.
Why it lands — The text states that divine judgment operates beyond human evasion and leaves the accused without deliverance. It requires the reader to accept that hidden transgressions will be publicly revealed and that rescue is impossible once the judgment is enacted.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 23:29 They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
- Luke 12:2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
- Psalms 50:22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Proverbs 11:21 Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
- Isaiah 3:17 the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
- Jeremiah 13:22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
- Jeremiah 13:26 So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
- Ezekiel 16:36 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
- Hosea 2:3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
- Hosea 5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.