Book of Hosea Chapter 2 Vs. 17

 The Lord's Mercy on Israel

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. Hos. 2:17

For I will... God's stipulation was that she should abide with him for many days. This was to be a time of testing, with the assurance that, if she were penitent and faithful, she would be perfectly restored.

(In verse 13), Israel forgot her true God; God said she would forget her false gods. What the outward conformity to the Mosaic Covenant could not do, God does through a new, regenerated heart in the New Covenant for Israel now (Jer. 31:31-34; Zec. 13:1-2).

Just as God discredited the false gods of Egypt, He takes the names of her false gods away here and will remember them no more. She will have totally forgotten them.

and they shall... Therefore God will prohibit its use, and Israel will no longer use the names of the Baals (cf. the pl. “Baals” in Hos. 2:13; Hos. 11:2).

However, the word ba‛al would be a reminder of Israel’s former Baal worship. Therefore God will prohibit its use, and Israel will no longer use the names of the Baals (cf. the pl. “Baals” in Hos. 2:13; 11:2).