A Sanctified Knowledge of God
George Hutcheson. Hosea 2:20 I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness: and you shall know the LORD. This passage teaches — 1. God is the undertaker for, and worker in His people of all that is required on their part for entering into, and keeping covenant with Him. 2. A right and sanctified knowledge of God is the root and companion of all sanctifying graces and covenant dispositions; therefore all are comprehended in this, to "know the Lord." Faith gets that name, not only because of the certitude and evidence it brings with it, but because it is begotten by His Word, and by the knowledge of Him in it, and is cherished and confirmed by taking Him up still more, as He is revealed there. (George Hutcheson.) Parallel Verses KJV: I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. WEB: I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.