The sorrows — The punishment of his sins will overtake him suddenly, with great anguish. An unwise son — A foolish son, who endangers himself and his mother. He should not stay — As a child that sticks in the birth, so is Ephraim, one while will, another while will not return to God; and thus dies under the delay.
Verse Hosea 13:13. _THE SORROWS OF A TRAVAILING WOMAN_] These judgments shall come suddenly and _unavoidably_. THE PLACE OF _THE BREAKING FORTH OF CHILDREN._] As there is a critical time in parturit...
THE SORROWS OF A TRAVAILING WOMAN ARE COME UPON HIM - The travail-pangs are violent, sudden, irresistible. A moment before they come, all is seemingly perfect health; they come, increase in vehemence,...
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 ...
SHALL COME, &C. Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 30:6; Matthew 24:8. AN UNWISE SON. Note the Figure of speech _Meiosis_ (App-6), for emphasis, meaning. most foolish son. STAY LONG. linger. in the place,
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!...
These verses, at least down to the last clause of Hosea 13:14, seem a slight digression. The prophet declares that the troubles which are already closing around Israel, are in reality a last opportuni...
_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...
THE SORROW, &C.— _The sorrrows of a travailing woman shall come on his account: But he is a foolish infant; nor will he place himself where is the breaking forth of children._ Houbigant....
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...
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children. THE SORROWS OF A TRAVAILING WOMAN - calamiti...
HE _is_ AN UNWISE SON, etc.] Ephraim is like a foolish child that delays his own birth by staying in the passage from the womb. In other words, he has not the wisdom to rouse himself in this great cri...
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....
TRAVAILING WOMAN. — Ephraim is first addressed as a travailing woman; but the imagery passes to the condition of the unborn child, which tarries just where it should issue into the light of the world....
חֶבְלֵ֥י יֹֽולֵדָ֖ה יָבֹ֣אוּ לֹ֑ו הוּא ־בֵן֙...
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...
TO OPPOSE GOD IS DESTRUCTION Hosea 13:1-14 Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt. But when we turn to Baal, the emblem of self-confiden...
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...
In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading be adopted, are both declared. The sin of Ephraim...
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the (i) breaking forth of children. (i) But would come out of the womb, tha...
_Him. He shall be taken when he least expects it. His fruit shall come forth, Jeremias iv. 31. --- Children. He shall have no share in the division of property, or shall not escape when the father sha...
All that is here said may be considered as the natural effect of sin, which self-destroyers bring upon themselves. Here is an allusion perhaps to Israel's history, in the case of Saul, king of Israel,...
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...
He afterwards says, that the _sorrows of one in travail would come _on this proud and rebellious people. He pursues the same subject, but under another figure; for by the sorrows of one in travail he...
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...
THE SORROWS OF A TRAVAILING WOMAN SHALL COME UPON HIM,.... Upon Ephraim, or the ten tribes; that is, afflictions, distresses, and calamities, which are often in Scripture compared to the pains and sor...
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the breaking forth of children. Ver. 13. _The sorrows of a travailing woman...
_The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up_ This verse may be better rendered, _The iniquity of Ephraim is treasured up, his sin is laid up _ That is, laid up in my memory, as that which ought to be punishe...
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him, in the most violent pains accompanying the Lord's punishment. HE IS AN UNWISE SON, foolish as a baby detained; FOR HE SHOULD NOT STAY LONG IN THE...
THE RETRIBUTION COMING...
LONG: _ Heb._ a time...
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...
THE SORROWS OF A TRAVAILING WOMAN: by this simile, well known in Scripture, the prophet assures Ephraim that the punishment of his sins will overtake him suddenly, with very great anguish, and with as...
Hosea 13:13 sorrows H2256 childbirth H3205 (H8802) come H935 (H8799) unwise H2450 son H1121 stay H5975 ...
‘The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him, He is an unwise son, For it is time he should not tarry, In the place of the breaking forth of children.' But there could be only one consequenc...
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...
Hosea 13:1. _When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel;_ When we are little in our own esteem, when we are full of fears concerning ourselves, when we dare not think of boasting, the...
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...
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 ...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 13:12 THE INIQUITY OF EPHRAIM IS BOUND UP; HIS SIN IS KEPT IN STORE probably suggests that Ephraim holds on to its sins and will not ask the Lord to forgive them. HE DOES NOT PRESE...
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...
1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Corinthians 6:2; 2 Kings 19:3; Acts 16:29;...