Darby's translation notes (1890)
Hosea 3:4
3:4 statue, (a-20) Or 'pillar,' 'column,' as 1 Kings 14:23 ; Isaiah 19:19 , &c.
3:4 statue, (a-20) Or 'pillar,' 'column,' as 1 Kings 14:23 ; Isaiah 19:19 , &c.
Verse Hosea 3:4. _MANY DAYS WITHOUT A KING_] Hitherto this prophecy has been literally fulfilled. Since the destruction of the temple by the Romans they have neither had _king_ nor _prince_, nor any...
FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL ABIDE MANY DAYS - The condition described is one in which there should be no civil polity, none of the special temple-service, nor yet the idolatry, which they had hit...
CHAPTER 3 ISRAEL'S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE _ 1. The past (Hosea 3:1) _ 2. The present (Hosea 3:4) 3. The future (Hosea 3:5) Hosea 3:1. The
The prophet, bidden yet again to love a woman, who is loved by another and is an adulteress, in this respect imitating Yahweh's love for His unfaithful people, buys her out of slavery and subjects her...
ISRAEL. Not merely Judah, but the twelve tribes. Not "British" or any other "Israel". MANY DAYS. All the days of the present Dispensation; "many" implying length of time; "days" implying the _i_. lim...
_For_ The explanation of this latter part of the prophet's acted allegory. As he has restrained his erring wife from even the legitimate gratification of her natural instincts, so Jehovah will chastis...
_THE UGLINESS OF SIN -- HOSEA 3:1-5:_ When you begin to talk about sin some get angry and others mourn its ugliness. Gomer had proven herself to be an unfaithful wife to the prophet of God. Israel had...
WITHOUT AN IMAGE, AND WITHOUT AN EPHOD, AND WITHOUT TERAPHIM.— After much consideration of the passage, and of much that has been written upon it by expositors, I rest in the opinion strenuously maint...
FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL ABIDE, &C.— This threatening was fulfilled upon the ten tribes, when they were carried captive by Salmaneser; but was fulfilled in a remarkable manner upon the whole n...
LOVE RECONCILINGGOMER LOVED TEXT: Hosea 3:1-5 1 And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they...
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: FOR THE CHILDREN OF...
THE ATTEMPTS TO RECLAIM THE ERRING WIFE In an episode in the life of Hosea and his relations with Gomer (cp. Hosea 2:14) the prophet finds a parable of Jehovah's punishment of Israel. Having bought ba...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 3 HOSEA RETURNS TO HIS WIFE V1 Then the *Lord said to me again, ‘Go and show your love to your wife again. You must love her al...
The prophet suddenly passes from his personal history to that of Israel, which it symbolised. WITHOUT A KING... — The isolation of Gomer’s position pre-figured that of Israel in the exile. Her bitter...
כִּ֣י ׀ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים יֵֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1 THE SIN AGAINST LOVE Hosea 1:1; Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1;
“A DOOR OF HOPE” Hosea 2:14-23; Hosea 3:1-5 The valley of Achor was a long wild pass up through the hills. The prophet says that a door of hope would open there, like the Mont Cenis tunnel which lead...
Finally, the prophet was commanded to love and find and restore his sinning and wandering bride. Through his obedience he entered into fellowship with the amazing tenderness of God, and was thereby pr...
For the children of Israel shall (e) abide many days without a king, and without a (f) prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim: (e) Meaning...
Altar. Hebrew, "statue;" matseba instead of mozbe, as (Haydock) others agree with St. Jerome, and there seems to have been no variation in his time. --- Theraphim. Images or representations, (Challone...
I beg the Reader to pause over these verses, and when he hath duly pondered their meaning, to consider at this moment the state of the Jews, and behold, how for ages and generations past, the predicti...
The prophecy of Hosea naturally divides itself into two principal divisions with minor sections. The first consists of Hosea 1:1-11; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5; the second, of the rest of the book. Wit...
Death - Redemption Restoration I. INTRODUCTION A. Chapter 3 is only 5 verses but has been claimed, "One of the greatest prophetic passages in the Word of God." (J. Vernon McGee - Through The Bible V...
He afterwards adds_, For many days shall the children of Israel abide _He says, for many days, that they might prepare themselves for long endurance, and be not dispirited through weariness, though th...
Chapter 3 reveals another detail of the people's history during the time of their rejection, a rejection followed by their return to God. Israel should remain for a long time apart to wait for their G...
FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL ABIDE MANY DAYS WITHOUT A KING, AND WITHOUT A PRINCE,.... Without any form of civil government, either regal or without any civil magistrate, either superior or subord...
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim: Ver. 4. _For the ch...
_For the children of Israel shall abide many days_ Here begins a more plain and full explication of the symbolical action of the prophet, namely, that it signified what should befall the children of I...
THE NEW MARRIAGE OF THE ADULTERESS. In a second symbolical marriage the faithful love of God, which for that very reason is also jealous and intends to lead to repentance, is pictured....
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king and without a prince, without a government of their own, AND WITHOUT A SACRIFICE, namely, those of public worship in the Temple, AND WIT...
AN IMAGE: _ Heb._ a standing or statue...
4-5 Here is the application of the parable to Israel. They must long sit like a widow, stripped of all joys and honours; but shall at length be received again. Those that would seek the Lord so as to...
Now the parable is unfolded and made plain; it shall be with Israel much like as with such a woman, they and she guilty of adultery, both punished with a divorce, both punished long with such afflicte...
Hosea 3:4 children H1121 Israel H3478 abide H3427 (H8799) many H7227 days H3117 king H4428 prince H8269 sacrifice...
‘For the children of Israel will abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim,' Israel's desolate state would be indicated...
HOSEA IS CALLED ON TO TAKE ANOTHER WOMAN AS WIFE WHO WAS AN ADULTERESS, BUT WAS NOT TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH HER. THIS WAS AS A SIGN THAT ISRAEL TOO WAS TO LOSE HER RELATIONSHIP WITH YHWH, ALTHOU...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's undying love to Israel. The future kingdom on earth. CHARACTERS: God, Hosea. CONCLUSION: God's people (Israel) who have gone awhoring from Him must take upon themselves the shame...
Hosea 3:1. _Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress._ This action is forbidden by the law of Moses, and also by our Saviour. What then would become of the prophet's moral charact...
_For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king._ PRESENT CONDITION OF THE JEWS Into the state here described the Ten Tribes were brought upon their captivity, and (those only except...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 3:1 Hosea returns to his marriage, which is still an image for God and Israel. Israel’s hope, like Judah’s, lies with the house of David. ⇐...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 3:3 YOU MUST DWELL AS MINE has the force of a command. The separation of Gomer/Israel will lead to her purification, rededication, and renewal. This separation will mean giving up...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 3:1.] The significant pair is introduced again with a fresh application. In a second symbolic marriage, the faithful, chastening love of God is set forth to adulterous Israel. L...
EXPOSITION This short chapter contains two sections, of which the first, comprising Hosea 3:1, is a symbolic representation; and the second, consisting of Hosea 3:4 and Hosea 3:5, gives the explanatio...
Then said the LORD unto me (Hsa Hosea 3:1), Hosea is speaking here. Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, wh...
1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samue
For — Now the parable is unfolded, it shall be with Israel as with such a woman, they and she were guilty of adultery, both punished long, both made slaves, kept hardly, and valued meanly, yet in merc...