Hosea 9:1-9
WARNING AGAINST FALSE SECURITY... [ Continue Reading ]
WARNING AGAINST FALSE SECURITY... [ Continue Reading ]
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people, rather, "unto exultation," like the heathen, with a joy which, after the fashion of the heathen, attributed a bountiful harvest to the idols; FOR THOU HAST GONE A-WHORING FROM THY GOD, in the idolatry which the Lord had so earnestly rebuked; THOU HAST... [ Continue Reading ]
The floor, the corn-floor or threshing-floor, AND THE WINE-PRESS, these two representatives of the products of the country, SHALL NOT FEED THEM, AND THE NEW WINE, the must as pressed out of the grapes, SHALL FAIL IN HER, so that they would be sorely disappointed in their hopes of a rich harvest.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, which is here once more representative of the land of bondage, the name standing for any kind of captivity, AND THEY SHALL EAT UNCLEAN THINGS IN ASSYRIA, which to them was the real land of the exile. Their food in the land o... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not offer wine-offerings to the Lord, in the drink-offerings, as representative of all unbloody sacrifices, NEITHER SHALL (THEY) BE PLEASING UNTO HIM THEIR SACRIFICES, for the bloody offerings which they might consider bringing to Him would not be pleasing in His sight; (the food which th... [ Continue Reading ]
What will ye do in the solemn day and in the day of the feast of the Lord? Since the Temple and its cult would be missing in the land of their exile, festal days with their solemn joy would not be possible.... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, they are gone because of destruction, the prophet already seeing them in banishment. EGYPT, the land of bondage, SHALL GATHER THEM UP, 8:13; MEMPHIS, the capital of the land of their captivity, SHALL BURY THEM; THE PLEASANT PLACES FOR THEIR SILVER, their houses and palaces filled and decked... [ Continue Reading ]
The days of visitation are come, with the Lord's punishment descending upon the apostate people, THE DAYS OF RECOMPENSE ARE COME, with the Lord repaying the sins of Israel in His holy vengeance; ISRAEL SHALL KNOW IT, at last be fully aware of it; THE PROPHET IS A FOOL, will become foolish with the i... [ Continue Reading ]
The watchman of Ephraim was with my God, literally, "A seer (or searcher) is Ephraim with my God," beside the true God; that is, instead of relying upon the revelations received by Hosea, the children of Israel were on the lookout for other revelations, from sources more acceptable to them. BUT THE... [ Continue Reading ]
They have deeply corrupted themselves, becoming guilty of the most horrible abominations, AS IN THE DAYS OF GIBEAH, when the moral sense of the Israelites was very low, Judges 19; THEREFORE HE WILL REMEMBER THEIR INIQUITY, HE WILL VISIT THEIR SINS. By such powerful appeals the Lord tried to work rep... [ Continue Reading ]
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness, at the time when Jehovah chose them as His people and led them forth from the land of bondage; I SAW YOUR FATHERS AS THE FIRST-RIPE IN THE FIG-TREE AT HER FIRST TIME, the description being expressive of the high regard in which the Lord held them at that... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CORRUPTION OF ISRAEL AND ITS CONSEQUENCES... [ Continue Reading ]
As for Ephraim, their glory, that of which they boast, of which they are proud, SHALL FLY AWAY LIKE A BIRD, swiftly taken from them, FROM THE BIRTH AND FROM THE WOMB AND FROM THE CONCEPTION, the population being decreased even by the prevention of births, by the Lord's withholding His blessing of fr... [ Continue Reading ]
Though they bring up their children, those whom the Lord would still permit them to have, YET WILL I BEREAVE THEM, depriving them of their children by death, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE A MAN LEFT, Cf Deuteronomy 32:25; YEA, WOE ALSO TO THEM WHEN I DEPART FROM THEM! It is a terrible thing when the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus (is) planted in a pleasant place, that is, the Lord had intended for it the growth, wealth, and power of the mighty Phoenician city; BUT EPHRAIM SHALL BRING FORTH HIS CHILDREN TO THE MURDERER, that is, its citizens would be destined for violent deaths.... [ Continue Reading ]
Give them, O Lord; what wilt Thou give? the question interrupting the flow of thought showing the deep indignation of the prophet over the willful corruption of His people. GIVE THEM A MISCARRYING WOMB AND DRY BREASTS, sterility being considered a disgrace and a reproach, one of the sternest punishm... [ Continue Reading ]
All their wickedness is in Gilgal, which seems to have been one of the chief places of idolatrous worship, so that the wickedness of the nation was there concentrated; FOR THERE I HATED THEM. FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR DOINGS I WILL DRIVE THEM OUT OF MINE HOUSE, expelling them out of His congregati... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephraim is smitten, like a plant struck by the too direct rays of the sun, 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, by permitting their children to be killed.... [ Continue Reading ]
My God will cast them away, rejecting them as His people, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HEARKEN UNTO HIM, their disobedience to His revealed Word being their chief transgression; AND THEY SHALL BE WANDERERS AMONG THE NATIONS, exiles, fugitives, and vagabonds. Cf Deuteronomy 28:65.... [ Continue Reading ]