PART II., HOSEA 4-14. A series of addresses which give a summary of
Hosea's prophetic teaching. The period presupposed seems to be the
time of anarchy which followed the death of Jeroboam II (_c._ 743
B.C.). But there is no reason to suppose that the sections are
arranged in chronological order. In... [ Continue Reading ]
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.) The
complete lack of knowledge of God in the land (_cf. Hosea 4:6_, Hosea
5:4; Hosea 6:3) has, as it... [ Continue Reading ]