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 sacrifices Jehovah commanded. See Hosea 8:13. Thus, the verse is not "untranslatable", as alleged.
Verse Hosea 4:18. _THEIR DRINK IS SOUR_] Or rather, _he is gone after their_ _wine_. The enticements of idolatry have carried them away. _HER RULERS_ WITH _SHAME DO LOVE_] Rather, _have loved shame_;...
THEIR DRINK IS SOUR - Literally, “turned,” as we say of milk. So Isaiah says, “Thy silver is become dross; thy wine is mingled,” i. e., adulterated, “with water” Isaiah 1:22; and our lord speaks of “s...
II. THE MESSAGE OF EXPOSTULATION, JUDGMENT, AND MERCY CHAPTER 4 The Lord's Controversy with His People _ 1. The condition of the people (Hosea 4:1) _ 2. The loss of their priestly relation (Hosea 4...
THE UTTER CORRUPTION OF THE NATION TRACED TO IRRELIGION. (The text of Hosea 4:15 is hopelessly corrupt. Marti regards Hosea 4:3 as an insertion and Hosea 4:5_ a_ as foreign to their present context.)...
_Their drink is sour_ This translation is cannot be sustained philologically. If the text is correct, the only version at once intelligible and philologically sound is, -Their drunkenness has passed b...
Judah is cautioned not to fall into the same ruin as Israel, of which a deterrent picture is given....
_A BACKSLIDING HEIFER -- HOSEA 4:16-19:_ In their relationship with God Israel was nothing more than a stubborn cow. They had thrown off the yoke and refused submission to God. God would now deal with...
THEIR DRINK IS SOUR— _Drunkenness hath turned them away._ Houbigant. Those who understand it according to our translation, suppose that the prophet means the wine which was poured out in libations to...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDEJUDAH IS TO DEPART FROM HER TEXT: Hosea 4:15-19 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor...
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. THEIR DRINK IS SOUR - metaphor for utter degeneracy of principle (Isaiah 1:22). Or, unbridled...
4:18 sour; (g-4) Or 'their orgies are vile.' men (a-13) Lit. 'shields,' see Psalms 47:9 ....
CONDEMNATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD An arraignment against Israel as a whole, because of all manner of wickedness against God and man. Prophet and priest, who ought to have taught them better, are only to...
THEIR DRINK IS SOUR] RM 'their carouse is over.' Hosea is referring to some idolatrous festival. WITH SHAME.. GIVE YE] RV 'dearly love shame,' with reference probably to licentious practices connected...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 4 THE *LORD ACCUSES ISRAEL V1 People of Israel, listen to the *Lord’s message! The *Lord will argue against the people that liv...
The Authorised version is here very defective. Translate, _Their carousal hath become degraded; with whoring they whore. Her shields love shame. A blast hath seized her in its wings, so that they are...
סָ֖ר סָבְאָ֑ם הַזְנֵ֣ה הִזְנ֔וּ אָהֲב֥וּ הֵב֛וּ...
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
“JOINED TO IDOLS” Hosea 4:11-19 The prophet does not mince his words in describing the morals of his time. We are reminded of Bunyan's words: “My original and inward pollution was my plague. It was a...
In any attempt to analyze and tabulate the teaching in this second division of the Book it must be remembered that the prophetic utterances cannot be treated as verbatim reports. As they here appear,...
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, (x) Give ye. (x) They are so shameless in receiving bribes, that they command men to bring them to them...
_Separated from that allowed to God's people, Deuteronomy xii. 12. Hebrew, "insipid," or spoiled. Chaldean, "their princes have sought after banquets." Septuagint, "He has provoked ( surpassed) the Ch...
I beg the Reader to observe, for I think it is very observable, and very blessed it is in the observance, what sweet minglings of grace is here amidst the solemn and awful account the Lord gives of hi...
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...
The Futility of Sin I. INTRODUCTION A. As we continue the study of Hosea this morning - chapter 4 marks a turn that continues through the rest of the book. 1. Hosea 8:7 a (NASB) Give us a hint as t...
The Prophet, using a metaphor, says here first, that their drink had become putrid; which means, that they had so intemperately given themselves up to every kind of wickedness, that all things among t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5. In chapter 4 we see that the prophet addresses the whole people together. In Verse 15 (Hosea 4:15) he distinguishes Judah from Israel, warning the fo...
THEIR DRINK IS SOUR,.... In their stomachs, having drank so much that they cannot digest it; hence nauseous eructations, with a filthy stench, are belched out; so it is a charge of drunkenness which E...
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, Give ye. Ver. 18. _Their drink is sour_] That is, they are past grace, and it is now past time a day to...
_Ephraim_, &c. The Ephraimites were numerous and potent, and are here put for the whole ten tribes. _Is joined to idols_ The word עצבים, here rendered _idols_, properly means, _sorrows_ and _pains_, i...
Their drink is sour, or, "they are abandoned to their carousing"; THEY HAVE COMMITTED WHOREDOM CONTINUALLY, in an excess of lewdness; HER RULERS WITH SHAME DO LOVE, GIVE YE, literally, "loving have lo...
THE SECOND PART OF THE ACCUSATION...
IS SOUR: _ Heb._ is gone RULERS: _ Heb._ shields...
12-19 The people consulted images, and not the Divine word. This would lead to disorder and sin. Thus men prepare scourges for themselves, and vice is spread through a people. Let not Judah come near...
Though in their idol feasts they drink wine and strong drinks, yet this is either sour and unpleasant, or corrupt and hurtful, there is no good savour in it; therefore, O Judah, decline thou the intim...
Hosea 4:18 drink H5435 rebellion H5493 (H8804) harlotry H2181 (H8689) continually H2181 (H8687) rulers H4043 love...
STRONG WINE AND ILLICIT SEX HAVE TURNED THE PEOPLE'S MINDS SO THAT THEY LOOK TO BITS OF WOOD CONCERNING THEIR FUTURE AND PLAY THE HARLOT ON THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS AND UNDER SACRED TREES RATHER THAN LOO...
‘Their drink has become sour, they play the harlot continually, her rulers dearly love shame, the wind has wrapped her up in its wings, and they will be put to shame because of their sacrifices.' Hose...
IMAGE; the, of Nebuchadnezzar, (_ See Scofield) - (Daniel 2:31). _ IMMANUEL; a name of Christ, See Passage (Isaiah 7:14). IMPUTATION; illustrated, ( See Scofield) - ...
CONTENTS: Charges against Israel for their sinfulness, idolatry and ignorance. CHARACTERS: God, Hosea. CONCLUSION: It is a sad and sore judgment for men when God has to say, «let them alone» giving...
Hosea 4:1. _Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel._ Here a new sermon is built upon a new revelation. Hosea 4:2. _Blood toucheth blood,_ as explained in the words preseding, adultery upon a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 4:18. SOUR] A metaphor for degeneracy in principle (Isaiah 1:22); turned, as we say of milk. They had lost all their life and taste of goodness [_Pusey_]. RULERS] Lit. shields,...
EXPOSITION HOSEA 4:1 A new and distinct division of the book commences with this fourth chapter and continues till the close. What had previously been presented in figure and symbol is now plainly an...
Now we enter into the second part of the book of Hosea, where he declares: HEAR the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land (Hsa Hosea...
1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; 1 Samuel 8:3; 2 Kings 17:7; Amos 5:12;...
Their drink — Their wine is corrupt and hurtful. Continually — Without ceasing from Jeroboam's time to this day. Give ye — Beside there is shameful oppression and bribery among them....