Hosea 2:2 (YLT)

Passage

Plead ye with your mother--plead, (For she <FI>is<Fi> not My wife, and I <FI>am<Fi> not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:1 `Say ye to your brethren--Ammi, And to your sisters--Ruhamah.

Hosea 2:2 Plead ye with your mother--plead, (For she <FI>is<Fi> not My wife, and I <FI>am<Fi> not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

Hosea 2:3 Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as <FI>in<Fi> the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.

Hosea 2:4 And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms <FI>are<Fi> they,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "plead", "mother--plead", "wife", "husband", "turneth", "whoredoms", "before", and "adulteries". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "plead" and "mother--plead", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Say ye to your brethren--Ammi And to..." into verse 3's "Lest I strip her naked And have...", so "plead" and "mother--plead" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "plead" and "mother--plead" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.