Verse Hosea 10:3. We have no king] We have rejected the King of kings; and had we any king, he would be of no service to us in this state, as he would be a captive like ourselves; nor could we have the approbation of God, as we now justly lie under his displeasure.
FOR NOW THEY SHALL SAY, WE HAVE NO KING - These are the words of despair, not of repentance; of people terrified by the consciousness of guilt, but not coming forth out of its darkness; describing the...
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...
DO TO US: do for us, or, profit us....
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...
FOR NOW, &C.— _Surely presently shall they say, We have no king, because we feared not the_ JEHOVAH; _and a king, what could he do for us?_ "After Israel shall be brought into captivity, and shall hav...
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...
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? FOR NOW THEY SHALL SAY, WE HAVE NO KING, BECAUSE WE FEARED NOT THE LORD; WHAT THEN SHOULD...
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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...
WHAT.. US] RV 'and the king, what can he do for us?' They have no king, because they have not submitted themselves to their natural king, Jehovah; and they realise too late the impotence of him who is...
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...
TO US. — Better, _as for a king, what will he do for us?_ The prophet having witnessed a succession of Israelite kings overthrown, and anarchy as its consequence, predicts yet another time of confusio...
כִּ֤י עַתָּה֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ לָ֑נוּ...
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...
For now they shall say, We have no (d) king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? (d) The day will come that God will take away their king, and then they will feel the fr...
_No king, in captivity; or they give this title to the golden calf. Manahem had destroyed one, so that they could not but see its vanity. The neighbouring nations looked upon their idols as their king...
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...
He explains more at large what he had briefly referred to, when he said, that the condemnation, which would discover their wickedness, was now near at hand. He now adds, that even they themselves woul...
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...
FOR NOW THEY SHALL SAY, WE HAVE NO KING,.... This they would say, either when they had one; but by their conduct and behaviour said they had none; because they had no regard unto him, no affection for...
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? Ver. 3. _For now they shall say, We have no king_] _sc._ to do us good; he is no better to u...
_Their heart is divided_ Between God and their idols, or between God and the world. _Now shall they be found faulty_ As this was their sin, so it is here threatened, that the effects thereof should pr...
For now, when the punishment of the Lord would strike them, THEY SHALL SAY, WE HAVE NO KING BECAUSE WE FEARED NOT THE LORD, for the man whom they selected for the position against the Lord's will was...
THE SEATS OF WORSHIP DESTROYED...
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...
FOR; surely. _Now_; ere long. THEY SHALL SAY; see, and feel, and be convinced too of this truth. We have no king; either no king at all, as in an interregnum, or no such king as we expected and hoped:...
Hosea 10:3 say H559 (H8799) king H4428 fear H3372 (H8804) LORD H3068 king H4428 do H6213 ...
‘Surely now will they say, “We have no king. For we do not fear YHWH, And the king, what can he do for us?” But their response will be to declare a reckless independence. They will declare, ‘We hav...
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...
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...
Genesis 49:10; Hosea 10:15; Hosea 10:7; Hosea 11:5; Hosea 13:11;...
Say — See and feel. No king — Either no king at all, or no such king as we expected. What then — For kings are not able to save without the God of kings....