Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hosea 6:11
He — But God hath appointed an harvest for thee; thou shalt not as Israel be cut off; a seed of thee shall be sowed, and thou shalt reap the harvest with joy.
He — But God hath appointed an harvest for thee; thou shalt not as Israel be cut off; a seed of thee shall be sowed, and thou shalt reap the harvest with joy.
Verse Hosea 6:11. _O JUDAH, HE HATH SET A HARVEST FOR THEE_] Thou also hast transgressed; thy _harvest_ will come; thou shalt be _reaped_ _down_ and sent into captivity. The _sickle_ is already thrust...
ALSO, O JUDAH, HE HATH SET A HARVEST FOR THEE, WHEN I RETURNED - (rather, when I return) the captivity of My people. The “harvest” may be either for good or for bad. If the harvest is spoken of, as be...
CHAPTER 6:4-11 Divine Mourning over Ephraim and Judah _ 1. What shall I do to thee? (Hosea 6:4) _ 2. Their transgression (Hosea 6:7) Hosea 6:4. The Lord grieves and mourns over the condition of the...
HOSEA 6:4 TO HOSEA 7:2. ISRAEL'S MORAL CONDITION HOPELESSLY CORRUPT. The shallow expressions of loyalty by the fickle people mean nothing, and cannot avert Yahweh's inevitable judgment. He looks for r...
HE HATH SET. there is appointed. HARVEST: i.e.. reaping time of judgment. See Jeremiah 51:33.Joel 3:13. and compare Proverbs 22:8; Galatian
Jehovah is still the speaker. From his heavenly -place" he points indignantly (as Hosea 6:7) to the abominations practised -there", i.e. in the whole land of Israel, for even Judah has not escaped the...
_RETURNING THE COVENANT OF GOD'S PEOPLE HOSEA 6:9-11:_ Both Israel and Judah had become very corrupt. Instead of helping the hurting they had become a “troop of robbers” waiting to harm some individua...
ALSO, O JUDAH— _But for thee, O Judah, a harvest is prepared, then when I shall bring back the captivity of my people._ Houbigant. See ch. Hosea 2:15; Hosea 2:21. Harvest-work is cut out for Judah at...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDEHER INCONSTANCY TEXT: Hosea 6:1-11 1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days wil...
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. ALSO, O JUDAH...
HE HATH SET] RV 'there is appointed.' WHEN I RETURNED] RV 'when I bring again.' This v. is often understood of the harvest of judgment (cp. Joel 3:13), but the phrase 'to turn, or bring again, a natio...
THE SHALLOWNESS OF ISRAEL'S REPENTANCE Hosea now represents the people as counselling one another to repentance in presence of the impending danger; and goes on to point out the futility of a hurried...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 6 THE PEOPLE ARE NOT TRUE TO GOD V1 ‘Come, let us return to the *Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but he will bring us health....
AN HARVEST. — The harvest is not of joy, but of sorrow and affliction, befalling Judah, like Israel, for her sins: a contrast to the usual accompaniments of the season when the Feast of Tabernacles wa...
גַּם ־יְהוּדָ֕ה שָׁ֥ת קָצִ֖יר לָ֑ךְ בְּ שׁוּב
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
“LET US RETURN UNTO THE LORD” Hosea 6:1-11 How full Scripture is of tender invitations: _Come, and let us return!_ This opening verse is closely connected with Hosea 5:15. The hand that smote was th...
Here we have the prophet's appeal in consequence of the judgment threatened. It was first a message calling the people to return to Jehovah. It was based on the certainty of divine pity; and a promise...
Also, O Judah, he hath set an (i) harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. (i) That is, imitates your idolatry, and has taken grafts of your trees....
_Harvest. This implies punishment or felicity. The turn of Juda shall come, and he shall be chastised; but after the captivity, he shall enjoy plenty, chap. ii. 15., and Isaias ix. 3. (Calmet)_...
REFLECTIONS READER! it is blessed amidst the general; yea, universal corruption of our poor fallen nature, to behold, even in a few instances here and there afforded, of the sovereignty of the Lord's...
We find here the same melancholy account, as in the other parts of this prophecy; the Lord complaining of his people's apostacy; Gilead and the house of Israel; Ephraim and Judah; all alike transgress...
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...
VII. HOSEA 6:1-2 (NASB) "COME, LET US RETURN TO THE LORD. FOR HE HAS TORN [US,] BUT HE WILL HEAL US; HE HAS WOUNDED [US,] BUT HE WILL BANDAGE US. 2 "HE WILL REVIVE US AFTER TWO DAYS; HE WILL RAISE U...
Then he adds, _Judeah also has set a plantation for thee _That I may finish the chapter, I will briefly notice this verse. Interpreters render it thus, “Also Judah, thou hast set for thyself an harves...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7. Chapter 6 calls forth a touching address from the prophet, in which he entreats the people to return to Jehovah. Faith has always this resource, beca...
ALSO, O JUDAH, HE HATH SET AN HARVEST FOR THEE,.... That is, God hath set and appointed a time of wrath and vengeance for thee, which is sometimes signified by a harvest, Revelation 14:15; because tho...
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. Ver. 11. _Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee_] This is a very difficult text, and much vexed by...
_I have seen a horrible thing_ Such an apostacy from God as cannot be mentioned without horror. _There is the whoredom of Ephraim _ Or rather, _there_, namely, in the house of Israel, BY _the whoredom...
AN EARNEST INVITATION AND A FURTHER ADMONITION. Having stated his threat in a most uncompromising form, the prophet adds a powerful appeal to the people of his nation to heed the warning of the Lord...
Also, O Judah, He hath set an harvest for thee, the harvest of the judgment of the Lord being prepared, WHEN I RETURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF MY PEOPLE. The great misery of the entire nation of the Jews co...
4-11 Sometimes Israel and Judah seemed disposed to repent under their sufferings, but their goodness vanished like the empty morning cloud, and the early dew, and they were as vile as ever. Therefore...
This verse is confessedly very dark to interpreters, who agree not whether Judah be vocative or nominative; or who it is that setteth, whether Ephraim, Judah, or God; or what captivity is here meant,...
Hosea 6:11 Judah H3063 harvest H7105 appointed H7896 (H8804) return H7725 (H8800) captives H7622 people H5971...
Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you. In a quick change of tack Hosea turns on Judah. If many Judeans were attending the cult festival at which he was speaking these words, this might...
CONTENTS: The voice of the remnant of Israel in the last days. Jehovah's response. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The consideration of God's judgments upon us because of sin should awaken us to return...
Hosea 6:2. _After two days will he revive us._ The Chaldaic paraphrase gives a double acceptation to this text, that the Messiah should raise the dead, and that he should also revive and heal the chur...
_Also, O Judah, He hath set an harvest for thee._ NATURALNESS OF RETRIBUTION Divine punishment for sin is elsewhere spoken of as a harvest. I. Retribution is natural in its season. There are the “ap...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 6:8. GILEAD] A city of refuge, the residence of priests, and the centre or metropolis of the hilly region beyond Jordan, yet polluted and the leader of ruin! HOSEA 6:9.] Even p...
EXPOSITION HOSEA 6:1 These three verses have, by the division into chapters, been violently and improperly torn from the preceding chapter, to which they naturally belong. Their connection with the f...
And they will say, Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up (Hsa Hosea 6:1). This is the prayer that they will be offerin...
Jeremiah 51:33; Job 42:10; Joel 3:13; Micah 4:12; Psalms 126:1;...