Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. REJOICE NOT, O ISRAEL, FOR JOY ... FOR THOU HAST GONE A WHORING FROM THY GOD - literally, to exultation. Thy exultation at the league made by the Israelite k... [ Continue Reading ]
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. THE FLOOR AND THE WINEPRESS SHALL NOT FEED THEM ( ; ), AND THE NEW WINE SHALL FAIL - disappoint her expectation.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. THEY SHALL NOT DWELL IN THE LORD'S LAND; BUT EPHRAIM SHALL RETURN TO EGYPT - (note, ). As in , it is said, "He shall not return into ... Egypt," Fairbairn thinks it is not the... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. THEY SHALL NOT OFFER WINE OFFE... [ Continue Reading ]
What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? WHAT WILL YE DO IN THE SOLEMN DAY, AND IN THE DAY OF THE FEAST OF THE LORD? (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. FOR, LO, THEY ARE GONE BECAUSE OF DESTRUCTION - to escape from the devastation of their coun... [ Continue Reading ]
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. THE DAYS OF VISITATION ARE COME - "visitation," vengeance: punishment (). ISRAEL SHALL KNOW IT - t... [ Continue Reading ]
The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. THE WATCHMAN OF EPHRAIM WAS WITH MY GOD. The spiritual watchman, the true prophets, formerly consulted my God (; ); but their so-called prophet is a snare, entrapp... [ Continue Reading ]
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. THEY HAVE DEEPLY CORRUPTED THEMSELVES, AS IN THE DAYS OF GIBEAH - as in the days of the perpetration of the atrocity of Gibeah, narrated in , etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. I FOUND ISRAEL LIKE GRAPES IN THE WILDERNESS - as the tra... [ Continue Reading ]
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. AS FOR EPHRAIM, THEE GLORY SHALL FLY AWAY. Fit retribubution to these who "separated themselves unto that shame" (). Children were accounted the glory of parents; sterility a repro... [ Continue Reading ]
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! THOUGH THEY BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN, YET WILL I BEREAVE THEM, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE A MAN LEFT - even though they should rear their children, yet wil... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. EPHRAIM, AS I SAW TYRUS, IS PLANTED IN A PLEASANT PLACE - i:e., in looking toward Tyrus (on whose borders Ephraim lay), I saw Ephraim beautiful in situation like her, (Ezekiel 26:... [ Continue Reading ]
Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. GIVE THEM, O LORD: WHAT WILT THOU GIVE? As if overwhelmed by feeling, he deliberates with God what is most desirable. GIVE THEM A MISCARRYING WOMB - of two evils he chooses the least. So great will be the cal... [ Continue Reading ]
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. ALL THEIR WICKEDNESS IS IN GILGAL - (see note, ). This was the scene of their first contumacy in "rejectin... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. EPHRAIM IS SMITTEN, THEIR ROOT IS DRIED UP, THEY SHALL BEAR NO FRUIT. The figures, "root," "fruit," are suggested by the word. "Ephraim" - i:e... [ Continue Reading ]
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. MY GOD WILL CAST THEM AWAY, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HEARKEN UNTO HIM - "My God;" "my" in contrast to "them" - i:e., the people whose God Yahweh no longer is. Also, Hosea appeals to God... [ Continue Reading ]