Hosea 11:1

I LOVED HIM. Compare Jeremiah 2:2.Malachi 1:2. CALLED MY SON, &C.. called to My son. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 4:22; Exodus 4:23). App-92. Quoted in Matthew 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:2

THEY. The callers: i.e. the prophets, &c. who called to them. THEM. The Septuagint and Syriac read "Me". THEY. Israel. SACRIFICED. kept sacrificing. Compare Hosea 2:13. Hos 13:2. 2 Kings 17:16.... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:3

I TAUGHT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 32:10; Deuteronomy 32:11; Deuteronomy 32:12). Compare Isaiah 46:3. GO. walk. See Acts 13:18 margin TAKING. I used to take. I HEALED THEM. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:26).... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:4

I DREW. I would draw. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. TAKE OFF. lift up, or loosen: viz. the straps which hind the yoke to the neck. I LAID MEAT. holding out [food] to him. let him eat.... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:5

NOT. Connect this with Hosea 11:4, for he is to return to Assyria (Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:3). SHALL BE. he [became].... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:6

BRANCHES. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for "sons", as being the progeny and defenders.... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:7

BENT TO BACKSLIDING. Compare Hosea 4:16. THOUGH THEY CALLED THEM, &C.. though they call upon the Most High. MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _'al._ NONE AT ALL WOULD EXALT HIM. He shall not altogether lift them up.... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:8

HOW... ? Figures of speech _Erotesis_ and _Pathopoeia._ App-6. ADMAH... ZEBOIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 10:19; Genesis 14:2; Genesis 14:8; Deuteronomy 29:23). App-92. These places are not mentioned elsewhere. REPENTINGS. compassions.... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:9

I AM GOD, AND NOT MAN. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6): put both ways for emphasis. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 23:19). Compare Isaiah 55:8; Isaiah 55:9; Malachi 3:6. GOD. Hebrew. _'El._ App-4. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. IN THE MIDST. [will not come] into the midst. Reference to Pentat... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:10

WALK AFTER. return to. The Structure (p. 1215) shows that verses: Hosea 11:10; Hosea 11:11 are not an "exilic insertion". THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HE SHALL ROAR. [when] He shall summon them with. lion's roar. CHILDREN. sons [of Israel]. TREMBLE. come, or hasten, trembling. FROM THE W... [ Continue Reading ]

Hosea 11:12

EPHRAIM COMPASSETH ME, &C. The Structure (p. 1221) shows the change of subject in Hosea 11:12 Hosea 12:8, which is "incorrigibility". The Chapter s are badly divided here. WITH DECEIT. See Isaiah 29:13.Ezekiel 33:31.Matthew 15:8; Matthew 15:9; Mark 7:6; Mark 7:7. JUDAH YET RULETH, &C. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]

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