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Verse Hosea 10:11. _EPHRAIM_ IS AS _A HEIFER_ THAT IS _TAUGHT_] One
thoroughly broken in to the yoke.
_AND LOVETH TO TREAD OUT_] Goes peaceably in the yoke; and is pleased
because, _not being nuzzled...
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EPHRAIM IS AN HEIFER THAT IS TAUGHT AND THAT LOVETH TO TREAD OUT THE
CORN - The object of the metaphor in these three verses seems to be,
to picture, under operations of husbandry, what God willed and...
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CHAPTER 9:10-11:11 RETROSPECT, ISRAEL'S FAILURE AND RUIN
_ 1. Israel once beloved, now fugitive wanderers (Hosea 9:10) _
2. Their guilt and punishment (Hosea 10:1)
3. Exhortation and rebuke (Hosea...
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ISRAEL MUST REAP THE RUIN HE HAS SOWN. From the days of Gibeah Israel
has sinned, and never progressed since (Hosea 10:9, but see notes);
Yahweh comes to punish them, and gather the peoples against th...
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AND EPHRAIM. i.e. the land of Ephraim. Here is the contrast. See note
on "watchman", Hosea 9:8.
AN HEIFER. Compare Jeremiah 50:11.Micah 4:13.
PASSED OVER UPON. put. yoke upon.
JACOB. Put here by Fig...
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A fresh demonstration of Israel's guiltiness. The prevalent depravity
is comparable only to that of the men of Gibeah (see on Hosea 9:9).
-The times are out of joint"; all Israel's doings are against...
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_And Ephraim_, &c. Rather, EPHRAIM INDEED IS A HEIFER BROKEN IN AND
LOVING TO THRESH, AND I HAVE SPARED THE BEAUTY OF HER NECK; (BUT NOW)
WILL I MAKE EPHRAIM TO DRAW. Israel's punishment is enhanced b...
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SOW IN RIGHTEOUSNESS; REAP IN MERCY -- HOSEA 10:9-12 : Israel had
never stopped sinning since that time at Gibeah. Now they faced
attacked at Gibeah. Gibeah will always be remembered for the horrible...
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AND EPHRAIM, &C.— Houbigant renders the verse thus, _Ephraim is a
heifer, accustomed to tread out the corn, which she loves; but I will
submit her neck to the yoke: I will tame Ephraim. Judah shall pl...
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REPROVINGISRAEL FELL INTO ANARCHY
TEXT: Hosea 10:1-11
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Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to
the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to...
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And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out
the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to
ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods....
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DENUNCIATIONS AND ENTREATIES
This prophecy appears to have been uttered at a later date than the
last. There is no longer any mention of Egypt, but the calamity from
Assyria seems imminent. Again Hos...
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THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING
HOSEA
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 10
THE RICHES OF ISRAEL LEAD TO HER *WORSHIP OF *IDOLS
V1 Israel is like a *vine that grows plenty of fruit.
But Israel became...
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HEIFER. — Translate, _Ephraim is a trained heifer, which loves to
thresh._ Here the idea may be that Ephraim loves the easy and free
work of treading out the corn, and so becomes fat and sleek; or the...
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וְ אֶפְרַ֜יִם עֶגְלָ֤ה מְלֻמָּדָה֙
אֹהַ֣בְתִּי לָ...
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5. ONCE MORE: PUPPET-KINGS AND PUPPET-GODS
Hosea 10:1
For another section, the tenth chapter, the prophet returns to the
twin targets of his scorn: the idols and the puppet-kings. But few
notes are...
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“BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND”
Hosea 10:1-15
Israel brought forth fruit, but not such as God could delight in. It
was corrupt and evil. How great a disappointment to the Great
Cultivator! The land was...
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The section dealing with pollution and its punishment closes with the
prophet's recapitulation and appeal. The whole case is first stated
under the figure of the vine. Israel was a luxuriant vine, and...
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And Ephraim [is as] an heifer [that is] taught, [and] loveth to (p)
tread out [the corn]; but I passed over upon her (q) fair neck: I will
make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall bre...
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_Neck. I will confine her to harder labour. While the oxen tred out
corn, they may eat, Deuteronomy xxv. 4. --- Himself. Juda shall be
chastised after the ten tribes; so that none of my people shall
e...
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The expressions and the figure of an heifer, in these verses, are not
so clear so as to enter into the full apprehension of them. But
generally speaking, they describe the Lord's grace, and Israel's
u...
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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...
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Some read the two words, “taught,” and “loveth,” separately,
מלמדה, _melamde, _and אהבתי, _aebti_; for they think that at
the beginning of the verse a reproach is conveyed, as though the
Prophet had s...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11.
In CHAPTER 9 we have here that touching mixture of affection and
judgment which we find again and again in this prophet. Ephraim should
not rem...
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AND EPHRAIM [IS AS] AN HEIFER [THAT IS] TAUGHT, [AND] LOVETH TO TREAD
OUT [THE CORN],.... Like a heifer taught to bear the yoke, and to
plough; but learned it not, as the Targum; does not like it; cho...
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And Ephraim [is as] an heifer [that is] taught, [and] loveth to tread
out [the corn]; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make
Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his c...
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Hos. 10:11. "I will make Ephraim to ride, Judah shall plough, and
Jacob shall break his clods." In the preceding words, God hath
threatened that he would put a yoke on Ephraim's fair neck, that she
mi...
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_Ephraim is a heifer that is taught_ Or, _that is teachable; and
loveth to tread out the corn_ In opposition to ploughing; that is,
loves the booty not gained by its own labour; or to tread out, and
f...
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And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, trained for some
particular work, AND LOVETH TO TREAD OUT THE CORN, which was a
pleasant task because the animals were permitted to eat as much as
they like...
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THE KINGDOM DEVASTATED...
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HER FAIR NECK:
_ Heb._ the beauty of her neck...
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9-15 Because God does not desire the death and ruin of sinners,
therefore in mercy he desires their chastisement. The children of
iniquity still remained in Israel. The enemies would be gathered
agai...
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AS AN HEIFER; a young and wanton heifer, unaccustomed to the yoke, not
used to hard labour. TAUGHT; used to, and so skilled in or acquainted
with. LOVETH TO TREAD OUT THE CORN: what we do by thrashing...
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‘And Ephraim is a heifer which is trained,
Which loves to tread out the grain.
But I have passed over (a harness) on her fair neck,
I will set a rider (or ‘a yoke') on Ephraim,
Judah will plough,...
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ISRAEL ARE WARNED THAT THEY FACE ANOTHER GIBEAH BECAUSE ALTHOUGH HE
HAD CHOSEN THEM AS HIS SERVANT (LIKE A TRAINED HEIFER) THEY HAVE
RESPONDED WITH DISOBEDIENCE AND WICKEDNESS. A FINAL WAR OF DESTRUCT...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's response, continued. Further reproof for Israel's
impiety.
CHARACTERS: God, Jareb, King of Israel.
CONCLUSION: If the grace of God prevail not to destroy the love of sin
in us, i...
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Hosea 10:1. _Israel is an empty vine._ So is the Hebrew, but the LXX
read, “a well-branched vine;” that is, full of leaves, but
destitute of fruit. Their fruits are the fruits of idolatry. The
figures...
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_Render thus,--Ephraim indeed is a heifer, broken in and loving to
thresh, and I have spared the beauty of her neck; but now will I make
Ephraim to draw._
CHANGES FOR EPHRAIM
Israel’s punishment is e...
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_O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah._
SIN AND PUNISHMENT
“The days of Gibeah” recall the hideous story of lust and crime,
which was the low-water mark of the lawless days of old. That...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 10:11 EPHRAIM WAS A TRAINED CALF is another
reference to Israel’s beginnings. Israel once loved to thresh in his
field (see Deuteronomy 25:4
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
HOSEA 10:11. TAUGHT] Trained, accustomed to work. Threshing easier
than ploughing; an image of freedom and enjoyment (Deuteronomy 25:4;
Deuteronomy 32:15), of productive labour and pr...
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EXPOSITION
The concluding thought of the last chapter is the commencing one of
this; while the sad subject of Israel's guilt being resumed continues
in the first section (Hosea 10:1) of the chapter, a...
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Shall we turn to Hosea, chapter 10.
It is God's purpose for our lives that we bring forth fruit. In Isaiah
chapter 6 God likens the nation of Israel to a vineyard that was
planted with good plants, th...
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2 Chronicles 28:5; Deuteronomy 25:4; Hosea 11:4; Hosea 2:5; Hosea 3:1;
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Taught — Used to, and so skilled in. Passed over — I laid some
lighter yoke upon her, brought some gentle afflictions upon that
people to tame them, but this hath not prevailed. Ride — I will ride
on...