Yet let no man strive nor reprove another, that is, conditions being as they are, all attempts to change the corruption would be vain; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest, that is, they are rebellious against the decisions which the priests were authorized to make in minor controversies, Deuteronomy 17:12, they no longer regarded the authority established by God.
Verse Hosea 4:4. _YET LET NO MAN STRIVE_] Or, _no man contendeth_. All these evils stalk abroad unreproved, for all are guilty. None can say, "Let me pluck the _mote_ out of thy eye," because he knows...
YET LET NO MAN STRIVE, NOR REPROVE ANOTHER - Literally, “Only man let him, not strive, and let not man reprove.” God had taken the controversy with His people into His own hands; the Lord, He said , “...
II. THE MESSAGE OF EXPOSTULATION, JUDGMENT, AND MERCY CHAPTER 4 The Lord's Controversy with His People _ 1. The condition of the people (Hosea 4:1) _ 2. The loss of their priestly relation (Hosea 4...
THE UTTER CORRUPTION OF THE NATION TRACED TO IRRELIGION. (The text of Hosea 4:15 is hopelessly corrupt. Marti regards Hosea 4:3 as an insertion and Hosea 4:5_ a_ as foreign to their present context.)...
LET NO MAN. The reason being given in Hosea 4:4. THEY THAT STRIVE WITH THE PRIEST. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 16:1, &c. Deuteronomy 17:12). App-92....
_Yet let no man strive … as they that strive with the priest_ The view of the meaning of this verse suggested by A.V. may be expressed in the words of Henderson. -All reproof on the part of their frie...
It is not you, the laity, bad as you are, who are most to blame; do not waste your time in mutual recrimination. The real blame lies with the priests. Jehovah has a solemn word for thee, O priest; thy...
_A CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL -- HOSEA 4:1-5:_ When people depart from God's arrangement of things then no one is faithful or loyal or truly cares about God. Without God these people turned to other gods...
YET LET NO MAN STRIVE, &C.— _Let no one expostulate or reprove;_ for all expostulation and reproof will be lost upon this people, such is their stubbornness and obstinacy. _FOR THY PEOPLE ARE AS THEY...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDEA LACK OF KNOWLEDGE TEXT: Hosea 4:1-5 1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no tru...
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. YET LET NO MAN STRIVE, NOR REPROVE ANOTHER - great as is the sin of Israel, it is hopeless to re...
CONDEMNATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD An arraignment against Israel as a whole, because of all manner of wickedness against God and man. Prophet and priest, who ought to have taught them better, are only to...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 4 THE *LORD ACCUSES ISRAEL V1 People of Israel, listen to the *Lord’s message! The *Lord will argue against the people that liv...
YET LET NO MAN STRIVE, NOR REPROVE ANOTHER. — Better, _Nevertheless, let no one contend, let no one reprove,_ for the voices of wise counsel, the warnings of the prophet, will be silenced. Ephraim wil...
אַ֥ךְ אִ֛ישׁ אַל ־יָרֵ֖ב וְ אַל ־יֹוכַ֣ח
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
“LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE PRIEST” Hosea 4:1-10 This chapter contains a terrible indictment against the whole kingdom. There was neither truth nor mercy in the land, but swearing, lying, and adultery. Apart...
In any attempt to analyze and tabulate the teaching in this second division of the Book it must be remembered that the prophetic utterances cannot be treated as verbatim reports. As they here appear,...
Yet (c) let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest. (c) As though he would say that it was in vain to rebuke them, for no man can endure it: inde...
_Judge, &c. As if he would say: It is in vain to strive with them, or reprove them, they are so obstinate in evil. (Challoner) --- Priest. Such must be slain, Deuteronomy xvii. 12. (Calmet) --- Septua...
Here the Lord follows the sins of his people with his threatened punishments. And it is not the smallest in the account, that the priest and Prophet shall have no weight with the people. Where the Lor...
The rest of the prophecy consists of the indignant appeals of the Holy Spirit to conscience because of the increasing evils of Israel not so much the judgment of God on a grand scale, and His grace at...
The Futility of Sin I. INTRODUCTION A. As we continue the study of Hosea this morning - chapter 4 marks a turn that continues through the rest of the book. 1. Hosea 8:7 a (NASB) Give us a hint as t...
The Prophet here deplores the extreme wickedness of the people, that they would bear no admonitions, like those who, being past hope, reject every advice, admit no physicians, and dislike all remedies...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5. In chapter 4 we see that the prophet addresses the whole people together. In Verse 15 (Hosea 4:15) he distinguishes Judah from Israel, warning the fo...
YET, LET NO MAN STRIVE, NOR REPROVE ANOTHER,.... Or rather, "let no man strive, nor any man reprove us" q; and are either the words of the people, forbidding the prophet, or any other man, to contend...
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest. Ver. 4. _Yet let no man strive nor reprove another_] Let him not lose so much good labour, and sp...
_Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another_ Bishop Horsley translates this clause, _By no means let any one expostulate, nor let any one reprove;_ adding, by way of paraphrase, “For all expostulation...
1-5 Hosea reproves for immorality, as well as idolatry. There was no truth, mercy, or knowledge of God in the land: it was full of murders, 2 Kings 21:16. Therefore calamities were near, which would...
YET; though judgments great and wasting are so sure, though the approaching calamities will lay all utterly waste. LET NO MAN; none of private capacity, no priest or prophet, any more open their mouth...
Hosea 4:4 man H376 contend H7378 (H8799) rebuke H3198 (H8686) another H376 people H5971 contend H7378 ...
‘Yet let no man strive, nor let any man reprove, for your people are as those who strive with the priest.' But none of the people of Israel will have any cause to grumble, or disagree with YHWH's acti...
ISRAEL'S GROWING SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY AND DEGRADED BEHAVIOUR ARE DESCRIBED ALONG WITH THEIR RELIANCE ON IDOLS, FOREIGNERS, UNWORTHY KINGS AND THEMSELVES, AND THIS IN CONTRAST WITH YHWH'S STEADFAST LOV...
YHWH'S INDICTMENT OF ISRAEL AND WARNING OF THE CONSEQUENCES (HOSEA 4:1). YHWH now charges ‘the people (children) of Israel' with being bereft of all truth and compassion because of their lack of the k...
CONTENTS: Charges against Israel for their sinfulness, idolatry and ignorance. CHARACTERS: God, Hosea. CONCLUSION: It is a sad and sore judgment for men when God has to say, «let them alone» giving...
Hosea 4:1. _Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel._ Here a new sermon is built upon a new revelation. Hosea 4:2. _Blood toucheth blood,_ as explained in the words preseding, adultery upon a...
_Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another._ RESTRAINT OF CONVERTING AGENCIES Here is given an order of court that no pains should be taken with the condemned criminal to bring him to repentance, a...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 4:1 Accusations, Warnings, and Promises for Israel. In the rest of the book, Hosea details the aspects of Israel’s life that show her unfaithfulness to the Lord, urges her to repen...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 4:1. CONTROV.] = a legal action (cf. Micah 6:2; Joel 3:2), or ground of complaint with the ten tribes (Hosea 4:15). Truth] _i.e._ truthf
EXPOSITION HOSEA 4:1 A new and distinct division of the book commences with this fourth chapter and continues till the close. What had previously been presented in figure and symbol is now plainly an...
Now we enter into the second part of the book of Hosea, where he declares: HEAR the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land (Hsa Hosea...
Amos 5:13; Amos 6:10; Deuteronomy 17:12; Hosea 4:17; Jeremiah 18:18;...
Let no man strive — They are so hardened, it is to no purpose to warn them any more. As they that strive — There is no modesty, or fear of God or man left among them, they will contend with their teac...