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text: Rashi on Hosea
  רש"י על הושע
  Sefaria Community Translation
  
  
  Rashi on Hosea
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Verse 2
  
  
  
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  Verse 16
  
  Therefore behold I will seduce her…I will persuade or appease her to draw her after me. And what is the seduction and the leading into the wilderness?  Exile which will be like a wilderness and a draught to her, and there she will do tshuvah (return her heart) for it is better when she does My will than when she rebels against Me.”  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Verse 1
  
  1. Shomron is made guilty- at this point, her guilt will be revealed.
  2. the pregnant women in her midst
  
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  Verse 3
  
  
  
  Verse 4
  
  1. Assyria will not save us- Even more say before Him that we don't want any help from man. Not from Assyria. Not from Egypt.
  2. On a horse we will not ride- This refers to the assistance of Egypt that they sent horses. Like it says in Isiah 50. and we will no longer say
  3. To the works of our hands- ie our gods/idols
  4. Because with You- and only You rests the hope for mercy on orphans 