Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hosea 7:12
Go — To seek aid of Egypt or Assyria. Bring them down — Though they attempt to fly, yet as fowls in the net they shall certainly fall. Hath heard — From the prophets whom I have sent unto them.
Go — To seek aid of Egypt or Assyria. Bring them down — Though they attempt to fly, yet as fowls in the net they shall certainly fall. Hath heard — From the prophets whom I have sent unto them.
Verse Hosea 7:12. _WHEN THEY SHALL GO_] To those nations for help - _I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM_] I will cause them to be taken by those in whom they trusted. _I WILL BRING THEM DOWN_] They sha...
WHEN THEY GO - (Literally, “according as” they go, in all circumstances of time or place or manner, when whithersoever or howsoever they shall go,) I “will spread My net upon them,” so as to surround...
CHAPTER 7 The Moral Depravity of Israel _ 1. Their moral depravity (Hosea 7:1) _ 2. Mingling with heathen nations (Hosea 7:8) Hosea 7:1. All the gracious efforts of the Lord to heal Israel resulted...
HOSEA 7:8 TO HOSEA 8:3. POLITICAL DECAY THE OUTWARD SIGN OF ISRAEL'S MORAL DECAY. The attempts to cure national ills and secure safety by foreign aid, instead of by turning to Yahweh, are foredoomed t...
WHEN. Howsoever. AS THEIR CONGREGATION HATH HEARD. Those who know not the Pentateuch may call this "unintelligible"; but see Leviticus 26:14; Leviticus 26:28; Deuteronomy 27:14. congregati
_When they shall go_ Rather, AS SOON AS THEY GO. _I will spread my net_ The image of Jehovah's net is not a frequent one; see however Job 19:6; Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20;...
_ISRAEL TRIED EVERYTHING BUT GOD -- HOSEA 7:11-13:_ Israel sought the strength of other nations as a replacement for their dependence upon God. Ephraim is like a silly dove. She does not have heart or...
I WILL CHASTISE THEM, &C.— _I will then chastise them, when they shall follow the counsel given them._ That is, "I will make those very nations, whose aid they implore, the means of punishing them....
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDELOVE OF SIN TEXT: Hosea 7:8-16 8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea...
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. WHEN THEY SHALL GO - to seek aid from...
THEY SHALL GO] i.e. for help. This courting of alliances will inevitably, by God's providence, end in their destruction. The metaphor of the dove suggests that of the fowler. Jehovah will through thei...
CORRUPTION OF THE COURT In this chapter the tone again becomes despondent. How can Israel be saved when her iniquity is so deep, so glaring, so obstinate? Samaria is especially instanced as the centr...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 7 V1 I want to heal my people Israel! Then people will know that *Ephraim has *sinned....
WHEN THEY SHALL GO. — Best rendered, _Whenever they go,_ &c. The ultimate ruin produced by this policy of dependence on foreign states and of doubledealing intrigue was even at this early stage forese...
כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵלֵ֗כוּ אֶפְרֹ֤ושׂ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ רִשְׁתִּ֔י...
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
1. THE CONFUSION OF THE NATION Hosea 7:8; Hosea 8:1 Hosea begins by summing up the public aspect of Israel in two epigrams, short but of marvelous adequacy:-Hosea 7:8 "Ephraim-among the nations he...
INIQUITY UNCOVERED Hosea 7:1-16 The last clause of the previous chapter belongs to this. God desired to turn aside the captivity of His people and to heal Israel, but His pleading was unavailing beca...
The prophet then declared more particularly the true state of affairs. The divine desire to heal was frustrated by the pollution and the people's persistent ignoring of God. Hosea graphically describe...
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their (i) congregation hath heard. (i) According to my curses made to t...
_Heard the menaces of Moses, (Deuteronomy xxvii.) and of the prophets, 4 Kings xxvii. 13. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "I will instruct (or chastise) them by the hearing of their misery," (Haydock) when i...
We have here a continuation of the same subject, namely, the Lord's remonstrance with Israel. But I pray the Reader to observe, how many sweet and gracious expressions of our God are mingled with his...
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...
IX. HOSEA 7:8-9 (NASB) EPHRAIM MIXES HIMSELF WITH THE NATIONS; EPHRAIM HAS BECOME A CAKE NOT TURNED. 9 STRANGERS DEVOUR HIS STRENGTH, YET HE DOES NOT KNOW [IT]; GRAY HAIRS ALSO ARE SPRINKLED ON HIM,...
But a denunciation of punishment afterwards follows, _Wheresoever, _he says, _they shall go, I will expand over them my net, and will draw them down as the birds of heaven _God shows that though the I...
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...
WHEN THEY SHALL GO,.... That is, to Egypt or Assyria: I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM; bring them into great straits and difficulties; perhaps the Assyrian army is meant, which was the Lord's net, gui...
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. Ver. 12. _When they go_] Yea, flee (as t...
_Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart_ Which has neither courage to defend itself, nor cunning to prevent its falling into the snares that are laid for it. _They call to Egypt_, &c. Sometimes th...
When they shall go, when their embassies are dispatched to seek the aid of the great foreign nations, I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM, using the foreigners as His instruments to carry out His punishmen...
HYPOCRISY REBUKED...
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...
WHEN THEY SHALL GO, whensoever they shall send their ambassadors to seek aid of Egypt or Assyria, I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM; as fowlers spread the net, watch the birds, and cast it over them to c...
Hosea 7:12 go H3212 (H8799) spread H6566 (H8799) net H7568 down H3381 (H8686) birds H5775 air...
‘When they will go, I will spread my net on them, I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens, I will chastise them, In accordance with the announcements of their assembly.' The idea of the...
EPHRAIM (ISRAEL) ARE PICTURED AS A HAPLESS DOVE FLUTTERING BETWEEN EGYPT AND ASSYRIA AS THEY ENDEAVOUR TO AVOID YHWH'S NET (HOSEA 7:11). Ephraim are now depicted as being willing to do anything rather...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's response to Israel's, cry, continued. Israel's sad state. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If sinful souls are not healed and helped, but perish in their sin and misery, they cannot...
Hosea 7:1. _When I would have healed Israel,_ by Jehu's zeal for the Lord, then the idolatrous priests, like troops of robbers, gathered round him with lies in their mouth, and persuaded him to retain...
_I will spread My net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven._ THE FOWLER OF RETRIBUTION Trans. “As they go, I spread My net over them, I bring them down as fowls of the heaven...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 7:4 Hosea compares Israel to an oven (vv. Hosea 7:4), a half-baked cake (vv. Hosea 7:8), a silly dove (vv....
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 7:11. DOVE] A type of simplicity (Matthew 10:16). SILLY] Simplicity. WITHOUT HEART] Lit, without understanding, easily taken in the net (Ezekiel 12:13)....
EXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1, the prophet reproves with much but deserved severity the depraved morals of king and princes. In...
The Lord continues His response to them. When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in...
2 Kings 17:13; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 29:22; Deuteronomy 31:16;...