Verse Hosea 13:15. _THOUGH HE BE FRUITFUL_] יפריא _yaphri_; a paronomasia on the word אפרים _ephrayim_, which comes from the same root פרה _parah_, to be fruitful, to _sprout_, to _bud_. _AN EAST WIN...
THOUGH - (literally, “when”) he (shall) be fruitful among his brethren Fruitfulness was God’s promise to Ephraim, and was expressed in his name. It was fulfilled, abused, and, in the height of its ful...
CHAPTER 13 EPHRAIM'S RUIN AND JUDGMENT _ 1. Ruin and judgment (Hosea 13:1) _ 2. It is thy destruction, O Israel! (Hosea 13:9) 3. Mercy to follow wrath (Hosea 13:12) 4. The desolation of the nearin...
HOSEA 13:1 (= Heb. Hosea 13:1 to Hosea 14:1). FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNO. Israel has persistently lapsed into the Baal-worship and idolatry, and therefore shall be swept away as the chaff ...
HE. i.e. Ephraim. FRUITFUL. Used by Figure of speech _Irony_, his name being Ephraim. fruitful. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 41:52; Genesis 48:19). AN EAST WIND. Hebrew. _kadim_. not. scorching w...
_Though he be fruitful_, &c. Rather, FOR THOUGH HE BEAR FRUIT, &c. Evidently there is an allusion to the meaning of the word Ephraim (-fruitfulness"?); for another see Hosea 14:8. The verse carries on...
An alternation of cries expressive of the contending thoughts and emotions of the tender-hearted but truthful prophet. The punishment is inevitable; yea, it is begun. Yet if Israel would only repent!...
_SAMARIA SHALL BECOME DESOLATE -- HOSEA 13:13-16:_ The sorrows of a travailing woman at childbirth were used to describe the misery that would come upon the nation of Israel. They would go through a t...
THOUGH HE BE FRUITFUL AMONG HIS BRETHREN— _Though he had been fruitful;_ יפריא _iaprii:_ in which word there is an allusion to the name _Ephraim;_ אפרי _apri,_ which comes from פרה _parah;_ and theref...
REQUITINGISRAEL WILL PERISH TEXT: Hosea 13:9-16 9 It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help. 10 Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? a...
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shal...
ISRAEL'S IDOLATRY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES The main thought of this c., which is a continuation of the last (cp. Hosea 12:9; Hosea 13:4), is the folly of Israel incurring the enmity of God, who had shown...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 13 FINAL *JUDGEMENT ON ISRAEL V1 *Ephraim made himself very important in Israel. *Ephraim spoke and people shook with fear....
FRUITFUL. — Observe the play on Ephraim’s name. WIND OF THE LORD stands in apposition to _east wind._ Render _a wind of the Lord rising from the wilderness._ The armies of Assyria are referred to. BE...
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THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvation: "How am I to give thee, up, Ephraim? how am I to let thee...
“I WILL HEAL THEIR BACKSLIDING” Hosea 13:15-16; Hosea 14:1-9 The prophet here ransacks the world of nature for phrases sufficiently expressive of his transports of joy. The whole world seems laid und...
Turning from this main line of the divine message, we now examine the prophet's interpolations. These set forth the history of Israel indicating their relation to Jehovah, and pronounce judgment. They...
_Springs of death; or the sins which Christ, born of a virgin, shall destroy, and liberate the vessels of election from hell. (St. Jerome) (Haydock)_...
Some have thought that it is the Lord Jesus Christ that is spoken of as fruitful among his brethren. And no doubt Christ is abundantly fruitful; as Jacob prophesied of him, as a fruitful bough whose b...
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...
God again confirms what had been said that Israel in vain trusted in their strength and fortresses and that certain destruction was nigh them on account of their sins which they followed without any l...
Chapter 13 is the perpetual conflict of the affections and the judgment of God. The thought of their sin calls forth the announcement of the necessary and inevitable judgment. As soon as the judgment...
THOUGH HE BE FRUITFUL AMONG [HIS] BRETHREN,.... This is not spoken of Christ, as some think, who take the words to be a continuation of the prophecy concerning the Redeemer, who should increase his br...
Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he sha...
_Though he be fruitful among his brethren_ The name Ephraim denotes fruitfulness, and this tribe answered its name, being the most numerous of all the ten tribes. _An east wind shall come_ The east wi...
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, the Hebrew text here containing a play upon the name Ephraim, which means fruitfulness, AN EAST WIND SHALL COME, with its parching heat, THE WIND OF THE LORD,...
THE RETRIBUTION COMING...
PLEASANT VESSELS: _ Heb._ vessels of desire...
9-16 Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state...
THOUGH HE, Ephraim, BE FRUITFUL, at present, as a flourishing tree seems to be fruitful; things in the state seem to be well settled; peace at home, under Hoshea, and peace abroad with Assyria and Egy...
Hosea 13:15 fruitful H6500 (H8686) brethren H251 wind H6921 come H935 (H8799) wind H7307 LORD H3068 up...
‘Though he be fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, The breath of YHWH coming up from the wilderness, And his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up, He will make...
BECAUSE EPHRAIM HAVE OFFENDED SO DEEPLY, AND HAVE REJECTED THEIR DELIVERER, JUDGMENT UPON THEM IS INEVITABLE (HOSEA 13:1). The crimes of Israel are again laid bear. They are guilty of idolatry (Hosea...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's response, continued. Israel's ruin. Ultimate blessing in the kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Worldly prosperity, which feeds men's pride, makes them forgetful of God, a...
Hosea 13:2. _Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves._ The readings vary here. The LXX, “You must sacrifice men, for there are no more calves.” The Vulgate Latin reads, “Sacrifice the men that wors...
_An east wind shall come._ REVERSES OF FORTUNE IN HUMAN LIFE This and the following verse set forth the devastation and destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes which was to precede the delivera...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 13:9 Ephraim, by its stubborn refusal to return to the Lord, rejects the only hope that God offers. Three figures of judgment are pronounced in these verses: the incompetent king ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] HOSEA 13:10. WHERE] thy king to save when Assyrians attack cities? Where thy judges who surround the king and help to administer right? God gave and God punished them through a king....
EXPOSITION The first eight verses of this chapter form the premises from which the prophet, in the ninth verse, draws the conclusion that the conduct of Israel had been suicidal; that they had brought...
Now when Ephraim was speaking trembling (Hsa Hosea 13:1), That is, when Ephraim was not proud and exalted, but recognized their own weakness and all, then the LORD exalted himself in Israel; but whe...
He — Ephraim. His brethren — Either the rest of the tribes, or the nations who by league are become as his brethren. An east — wind — An enemy as pernicious to his estate as the east — wind is to frui...