Book of Hosea Chapter 2 Vs. 2

 Israel's Unfaithfulness Punished

Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; Hos. 2:2

with your mother... Gomer of Hos. 1:3.

she is not... Just as Gomer had left Hosea, so Israel had left God—for whoredoms. In both cases the marriage was dissolved for a time.

Although the language is applicable to Gomer, it depicts a courtroom scene in which the Lord, as the plaintiff, brings charges against the defendant.

let her therefore... Individual Israelites, depicted as the children, are commanded to bring charges against their mother, Israel as a nation. The physical immorality of Gomer pictures the spiritual idolatry of Israel.

The same message is in this chapter (that was in chapter one). It is just expressed more fully. The "mother" is speaking of the harlot wife, Israel. Christians must remember that Jesus is coming back for a bride that is without spot or wrinkle. He does not want a bride that is committing spiritual adultery either. The worship of false gods is spiritual adultery. We must be faithful to Him, if we are to be His bride.

and her adulteries...The "adulteries from between her breasts", possibly, speaks of hidden sin. This is just another warning to keep the first commandment.

Mark 12:30 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment."

To not keep this commandment is spiritual adultery. Sins that are hidden are just as bad as those out in the open.

Restoration through punishment

Hosea’s relationship with Gomer was designed to reflect the Lord’s experience of being rejected by His covenant people Israel (cf. Hos. 1:2). In Hos. 2:2-23 the Lord described this rejection in detail, comparing Israel to an unfaithful wife who chased after lovers. In the process of confirming the nation’s guilt, the Lord announced coming punishment. This judgment, however, would not be final, for God intended to draw Israel back and restore the broken covenantal relationship. Thus this section, like the preceding one (1:2-2:1) progresses from judgment (Hos. 2:2-13) to salvation (Hos. 2:14-23, along with Hos. 3:1-5).

The Lord’s Punishment of Israel

Included in this section are an introductory summons (Hos. 2:2), an appeal for repentance (Hos. 2:2) accompanied by a threat of punishment (Hos. 2:3-4), and two judgmental speeches (Hos. 2:5-7, 2:8-13), each containing an accusation (Hos. 2:5, 2:8) and an announcement of punishment (Hos. 2:6-7, 2:9-13).

Punishment threatened

The section opens with the Lord calling for a formal accusation to be brought against Israel. The covenant relationship is likened to marriage, the Lord being the husband and Israel the wife. The children addressed (cf. your mother) need not represent any specific group within Israel. They are included for rhetorical effect and add to the realism of the figurative portrayal. The word translated rebuke (rı̂ḇ) is used here of a formal legal accusation. A related noun often refers to a lawsuit (cf. Exo. 23:2-3, 23:6). In Hos. 4:1 this same noun is translated “charge.” The reason for the accusation was the disrupted relationship between the covenant partners. The Lord, speaking as the Husband who had been severely wronged, declared, She is not My wife, and I am not her Husband. Some have interpreted this statement as a formal declaration of divorce, which is unlikely in this context. The Lord’s ultimate purpose was to heal the relationship, not terminate it (cf. Hos. 2:2, 2:6-7, 2:14-23). Thus the statement was probably an acknowledgment that “no reality remained in the relationship” (Derek Kidner, Love to the Loveless, p. 27). The Lord’s wife, by her unfaithful behavior, had for all practical purposes severed the relationship with her Husband.

Rather than exercising His legal prerogative by having His wayward wife executed (cf. Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:22), the Lord issued a call for repentance, urging the nation to abandon its adulterous activity (Hos. 2:2).