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Verse Hosea 13:2. _AND NOW THEY SIN MORE AND MORE_] They increase in
every kind of vice, having abandoned the great Inspirer of virtue.
_LET THE MEN THAT SACRIFICE KISS THE CALVES._] This was the _t...
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AND NOW THEY SIN MORE AND MORE - Sin draws on sin. This seems to be a
third stage in sin. First, under Jeroboam, was the worship of the
calves. Then, under Ahab, the worship of Baal. Thirdly, the
mult...
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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...
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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 ...
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UNDERSTANDING. notion.
OF THEM. to them: i.e. to the People.
KISS THE CALVES. Kissing was fundamental in all heathen idolatry. It
is the root of the Latin _ad-orare_. to [bring something to] the
mou...
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Israel signed his own death-warrant when he lapsed into Baal-worship.
Foolish as it is to -kiss calves", they persist in the practice.
Therefore the nation can but drift away, like cloud, or chaff, or...
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_And now_, &c. The present race is no better; they go on adding to
their guilt.
_idols according to their own understanding_ Sarcastically. Sept.,
Targ., Vulg., however, read -according to the patter...
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_ISRAEL SINNED MORE AND MORE -- HOSEA 13:1-4:_ There was a time when
the leaders in Israel spoke for God and the people showed great
respect for Him. As long as Israel had respect for God she enjoyed...
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LET THE MEN THAT SACRIFICE KISS THE CALVES— Or it should rather be
rendered, _Let the sacrificers of men kiss the calves._ It appears
from this passage, that superstition and idolatry had made such a...
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REQUITINGGOD WILL PUNISH
TEXT: Hosea 13:1-8
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When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel;
but when he offended in Baal, he died,
2
And now they sin more and more, and ha...
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And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of
their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of
it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men th...
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13:2 more, (h-7) See Note b, Judges 10:6 . understanding, (i-22) Or
'skilfulness.'...
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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...
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KISS] as an act of worship. For men that sacrifice RM has 'sacrificers
of men.' Murder is combined with sacrifice: cp. Isaiah 1:15....
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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....
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Ewald, following the hint of the LXX. (who had a slightly different
text), renders “according to their pattern of idols.” (Comp. the
language of satire in Psalms 115; Isaiah 44:10.)
MEN THAT SACRIFICE...
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וְ עַתָּ֣ה ׀ יֹוסִ֣פוּ לַ חֲטֹ֗א וַ
יַּעְשׂ֣ו
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of
their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of
it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, (d) Let the m...
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_Calves. A cutting reproach! Those who could stoop to adore a calf,
might be so blind as to sacrifice men! Hebrew, "sacrifice, ye men
who," &c. Jeroboam issues this edict. (Calmet) --- Septuagint,
"im...
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Here is a striking representation made in the character of Ephraim,
and which suits all backsliders like Ephraim. First, departures are
made with trembling: After falls are in more confidence. Hence t...
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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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In this verse the Prophet amplifies the wickedness of the people, and
says, that they had not only in one day cast aside the pure worship of
God, and entangled themselves in superstitions; but that th...
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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...
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AND NOW THEY SIN MORE AND MORE,.... Since the times of Jeroboam, and
also of Ahab, adding other deities to the calves, and to Baal, as
follows; increasing the number of their idols, and their idolatro...
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And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of
their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of
it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men t...
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_And now they sin more and more_ They did not content themselves with
worshipping the golden calves only, which they made to be symbols of
Jehovah the true God, but made themselves images of various i...
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And now, after idolatry had thus been introduced, THEY SIN MORE AND
MORE, multiplying their transgressions, AND HAVE MADE THEM MOLTEN
IMAGES OF THEIR SILVER AND IDOLS ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN UNDERSTAND...
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GOD'S BENEFITS SCORNED BY ISRAEL...
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THEY SIN MORE AND MORE:
_ Heb._ they add to sin
MEN THAT SACRIFICE:
Or, the sacrificers of men...
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1-8 While Ephraim kept up a holy fear of God, and worshipped Him in
that fear, so long he was very considerable. When Ephraim forsook God,
and followed idolatry, he sunk. Let the men that sacrifice k...
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AND NOW, though they are admonished, threatened, and in part punished,
yet now that Baal is taken in for a god and worshipped, THEY SIN MORE
AND MORE; they go on to sin, and add new idolatries to the...
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‘And now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molten images from their silver,
Even idols according to their own understanding,
All of them the work of the craftsmen.
They say of t...
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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...
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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...
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Hosea was full of complaints against the people of God; for, in his
day, they had very sadly wandered from the Lord. They had even
forgotten him. In Hosea's prophecy, we have the plaintive voice of a...
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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...
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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...
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_They sin more and more._
STEPS IN APOSTASY
There is no stop in apostasy. Let men once apostatise from God, there
is no stop then; they cannot tell whither they may go, when once they
begin to roll...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 13:1 The man-made gods that Israel worships are
nothing compared to their actual God, who is living, active, and true
to his word.
⇐...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 13:2 WHO OFFER HUMAN SACRIFICE. Child sacrifice
was part of Baal worship (Isaiah 57:5). KISS CALVES. Kissing is a way
of show
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
HOSEA 13:1. EPH.] formerly enjoyed great distinction in Israel. Men
listened with fear and trembling to him (Job 29:21); he exalted
himself, secured the rule among the tribes, and the...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 19:18; 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Chronicles 28:13; 2 Chronicles 33:23;...
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Of them — Of the idols. Let the man — Let all that bring their
offerings to these idols, worship and adore, and shew they do so by
kissing the calves....