Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Hosea 10:4
Judgment — i.e., Divine judgments shall prevail not as a blessing, but as a curse; not as a precious harvest, but as a poisonous plant (poppy or hemlock) in the ridges of the field.
Judgment — i.e., Divine judgments shall prevail not as a blessing, but as a curse; not as a precious harvest, but as a poisonous plant (poppy or hemlock) in the ridges of the field.
Verse Hosea 10:4. _THEY HAVE SPOKEN WORDS_] Vain, empty, deceitful _words_. _SWEARING FALSELY_] This refers to the alliances made with strange powers, to whom they promised fidelity without intendin...
THEY HAVE SPOKEN WORDS - The words which they spoke were eminently “words;” they were mere “words,” which had no substance; “swearing falsely in making a covenant, literally, swearing falsely, making...
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...
GOD'S ANNIHILATING JUDGMENT ON THE MIXED CULTUS. With the land's abounding prosperity Israel has multiplied altars in the service of the mixed cultus; these Yahweh will destroy (Hosea 10:1 f.) Their p...
HEMLOCK. poppy. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:18; Deuteronomy 32:32; Deuteronomy 32:33). App-92. Elsewhere only in Job, Psalms, Jeremiah, and...
ISRAEL IS AN EMPTY VINE -- HOSEA 10:1-4 : Israel was a very selfish and idolatrous nation. God had made them into a healthy vine covered with grapes. Sadly, the more prosperous they became the more al...
THUS JUDGMENT SPRINGETH, &C.— "Injustice, being publicly countenanced, encourages the same practices in the dealings of private men." Thus injustice increaseth everywhere, as bitter and poisonous weed...
REPROVINGISRAEL FELL INTO ANARCHY TEXT: Hosea 10:1-11 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to...
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. THEY HAVE SPOKEN WORDS - mere empty words. SWEARING FALSELY IN MA...
10:4 covenant; (k-10) Or 'they pronounce words, they swear falsely, they make a covenant.'...
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...
THEY.. COVENANT] They have spoken words, i.e. mere words not followed by deeds, and sworn falsely to agreements which they have not kept. The reference is probably to their commercial dealings with ea...
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...
דִּבְּר֣וּ דְבָרִ֔ים אָלֹ֥ות שָׁ֖וְא כָּרֹ֣ת בְּרִ֑ית...
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...
“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...
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...
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making (e) a covenant: thus (f) judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. (e) In promising to be faithful toward God. (f) In this way...
_Covenant with Phul, who seeks only your destruction, 4 Kings xv. 19. (Calmet) --- Bitterness. Hebrew, "poison," (Haydock) or a bitter herb. (Calmet)_...
Alas! how often do the Lord's people still find a divided heart! Precious Jesus! though I am fully convinced that there can be no happiness but in thee, yet how frequently is my poor heart going after...
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...
_They have spoken words, they have uttered words_. Some give this explanation, that they daringly followed their own counsels, as the despisers of God are wont to settle and determine what comes to th...
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...
THEY HAVE SPOKEN WORDS, SWEARING FALSELY IN MAKING A COVENANT,.... Those are other crimes they were guilty of, for which the wrath of God could not be awarded from them by a king, if they had one, or...
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. Ver. 4. _They have spoken words_] Bubbles of words, great swelling wo...
_They have spoken words_ Mere _empty words; swearing falsely in making a covenant_ This may be spoken either of their breaking their solemn covenant with God, (see Hosea 5:7,) or of their treachery to...
THE SEATS OF WORSHIP DESTROYED...
They have spoken words, empty, vain statements, SWEARING FALSELY IN MAKING A COVENANT; for they were not fair and honest in their treaties with other nations, keeping them only as long as they hoped t...
1-8 A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart; he will have all, or none. Were the stream of t...
THEY, the nobles and great men in Israel, the heads of the parties, or the counsellors of the kingdom, HAVE SPOKEN WORDS; have in long and repeated consultations and debates contrived and laid forth t...
Hosea 10:4 spoken H1696 (H8765) words H1697 Swearing H422 (H8800) falsely H7723 making H3772 (H8800) covenant...
‘They speak but words, Swearing falsely in making covenants, Therefore judgment springs up as poisonous weeds In the furrows of the field.' Hosea points out the folly of their words. They should re...
ISRAEL'S ‘FRUITFULNESS' IS REVEALED BY THEIR SETTING UP A MULTIPLICITY OF ALTARS AND RELIGIOUS PILLARS, DECLARING THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO NO ONE, AND DO NOT FEAR GOD, BUT THEY WILL SHORTLY DISCOV...
Hosea 10:1. _Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself:_ Not to his God. It matters not how much fruit we bear if it is for self, we are really fruitless. A thing which is good in...
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...
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...
_They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus Judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of a field._ SOCIAL SINS AND THEIR RESULT I. Social sins. 1. Vain speech. “They...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:1. EMPTY] Luxuriant. Lit. poureth out, emptying itself into leaves; stretching itself far and wide towards foreign alliances (Psalms 80:9; Psalms 80:12); outwardly prosperous...
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...
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...
2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Timothy 3:3; Acts 8:23; Amos 5:7;...
Words — Vain words. Swearing falsely — By perjury deceiving those they treated with. A covenant — With the Assyrian king. Judgment — Divine vengeance. As hemlock — A proverbial speech, expressing the...