Hosea 7 - Introduction
* The manifold sins of Israel. (1-7) Their senselessness and hypocrisy. (8-16)... [ Continue Reading ]
* The manifold sins of Israel. (1-7) Their senselessness and hypocrisy. (8-16)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-7 A practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on every side of them. Their hearts were inflamed by evil desires, like a heated oven. In the midst of their troubles as a nation, the people n... [ Continue Reading ]
8-16 Israel was as a cake not turned, half burnt and half dough, none of it fit for use; a mixture of idolatry and of the worship of Jehovah. There were tokens of approaching ruin, as grey hairs are of old age, but they noticed them not. The pride which leads to break the law of God leads to self-fl... [ Continue Reading ]