THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. children. sons. A CONTROVERSY. a judicial inquiry and cause. Compare Hosea 12:2.Isaiah 1:18, and Isaiah 3:13; Isaiah 3:14.Jeremiah 25:31.Micah 6:2. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. KNOWLEDGE: or, acknowledgement. See note on Hosea 2:20. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
BY SWEARING, &C. These are the evils which flow from. want of the knowledge of God. Compare Hosea 4:6; Hosea 2:20. Rom 1:21. 1 John 2:3 1 John 2:4. 1 John 4:7; 1 John 4:8. BLOOD TOUCHETH BLOOD: or, murder follows murder; "blood" being put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for bl... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE SHALL THE LAND MOURN. Compare Jeremiah 4:28, and Jeremiah 12:4.Amos 5:16, and Amos 8:8. THE BEASTS. the very beasts (_Beth essentioe)._ BE TAKEN AWAY. be gathered [into the ranks of the mourners].... [ Continue Reading ]
LET NO MAN. The reason being given in Hosea 4:4. THEY THAT STRIVE WITH THE PRIEST. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 16:1, &c. Deuteronomy 17:12). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
FALL. stumble. IN THE DAY. Compare Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 6:5 and Hos 15:8. DESTROY. lay prostrate. THY MOTHER: i. e. the whole nation is referred to, as is clear from verses: Hosea 4:4; Hosea 4:3, &o.; Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:9; Hosea 2:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE ARE. Not "is", because the noun though singular is collective, with plural verb. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. See note on Hosea 2:20. KNOWLEDGE. the knowledge [of Me]. THOU HAST FORGOTTEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
SINNED. Hebrew chata'. App-44. THEREFORE WILL. CHANGE THEIR GLORY INTO SHAME. The _Sopherim_ confess (App-33) that they altered thus the primitive Hebrew text: which read "My glory have they changed into shame": i. e. they altered the verb _hemiru_ (they have changed) to _'amir_ (I shall change); a... [ Continue Reading ]
EAT UP THE SIN. the sin-offering. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:30): i. e. those sin-offerings which should have been wholly burnt, and not eaten. See notes on Leviticus 6:26; Leviticus 6:30. App-92. SET THEIR HEART. lift up their soul: i. e. desire. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. INIQUITY. wro... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE PEOPLE, &C. Compare Isaiah 24:2.Jeremiah 5:31. PUNISH. visit. REWARD. requite.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT HAVE ENOUGH. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:26). The same words. App-92. SHALL COMMIT. have committed. WHOREDOM. idolatry. See note on Hosea 1:2. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ (with. _eth)_. Jehovah Himself. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. NEW WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27. HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for understanding. See Isaiah 28:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASK COUNSEL. inquire of (habitually). Compare Jeremiah 2:27; Habakkuk 2:19. STOCKS. idols made of wood. STAFF, &C. Referring to divination by rods. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Compare Hosea 5:4.Isaiah 44:20. GONE. WHORING: i. e. gone away into idolatry. Compare Ezekiel 23:5. FROM UNDER. from... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SACRIFICE, &C. Compare Isaiah 1:29, and Isaiah 57:5; Isaiah 57:7; Ezekiel 6:13, and Ezekiel 20:28. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 12:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
DAUGHTERS: who became Temple-women. See next verse. THEMSELVES. [the men] themselves. SEPARATED. secluded. HARLOTS. Hebrew. _kedeshah =_ the Temple-women, consecrated to the unclean "worship" of the Canaanites, by which the foulest corruption became. holy duty. Reference to Pentateuch. Found only... [ Continue Reading ]
HARLOT. wanton. Not the same word as in Hosea 4:14, though the symbol is similar. JUDAH. Compare Hosea 1:7. GILGAL. Jeroboam had erected an idolatrous temple there. See Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:11.Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5. Compare Judges 3:19. There, too, they had rejected Jehovah as king (1 Samuel 7:16;... [ Continue Reading ]
SLIDETH BACK. hath been stubborn, restive, or intractable, refractory. A LAMB. a young ram of more than. year old. IN. LARGE PLACE. an uninclosed space: i. e. the lands of the heathen.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOINED. mated, or united to.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUR. Hebrew turned, turned back, thrust aside as having turned bad. GIVE YE. By the Figure of speech _Metallage_ (App-6) the fact of continual whoredom (or idolatrous worship) is changed to the new thought of the rulers loving to continually command, "Give ye [sacrifices]", with contempt for the s... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND, &C.. the spirit of whoredoms (Hosea 4:12) has bound itself up. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. IN HER WINGS. in her skirts (so as to impede her gait). THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED. Compare Isaiah 1:29; Jeremiah 2:26. This verse is not "in confusion", as alleged. These verses (16-19) are not "scraps", as al... [ Continue Reading ]