Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Hosea 4:10
Verse Hosea 4:10. They shall eat, and not have enough] Whatever means they may use to satisfy or gratify themselves shall be ineffectual.
Verse Hosea 4:10. They shall eat, and not have enough] Whatever means they may use to satisfy or gratify themselves shall be ineffectual.
FOR THEY SHALL EAT, AND NOT HAVE ENOUGH - This is almost a proverbial saying of Holy Scripture, and, as such, has manifold applications. In the way of nature, it comes true in those, who, under God’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.)...
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...
_they shall eat_ Greed is punished retributively by insufficiency of food (Micah 6:14; Leviticus 26:26); whoredom by childlessness....
Here the priests are referred to in the third person; they have been degraded from a great position; how sore must be the punishment!...
_A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE -- HOSEA 4:6-11:_ Religious ignorance is always sad. This is especially true when people have had the opportunity to know what is right. These people and these priests were destro...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDEFORGETTING THEIR GOD TEXT: Hosea 4:6-10 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no pri...
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. FOR THEY SHALL EAT, AND NOT HAVE ENOUGH - just retr...
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...
EAT.. ENOUGH, ETC.] Greed and lust were both violations of God's natural laws, and would therefore have an un natural result....
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...
As the people will be punished, so will the priest. The latter will not be saved by wealth or dignity. _And I will visit upon him his ways_ (observe here the collective singular in the pronoun), _and...
וְ אָֽכְלוּ֙ וְ לֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔עוּ הִזְנ֖וּ וְ
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
“LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE PRIEST” Hosea 4:1-10 This chapter contains a terrible indictment against the whole kingdom. There was neither truth nor mercy in the land, but swearing, lying, and adultery. Apart...
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,...
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall (l) commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. (l) Showing that their wickedness will be punishe...
_Ceased. Hebrew, "increased." They have no children living. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "let them not succeed."_...
The first verse in this paragraph is a very striking scripture. In some of our old Bibles the margin hath it in yet stronger terms; they eat up the excrement of my people, meaning that which is most t...
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...
I now return to that passage of the Prophet, in which he says, _They shall eat and shall not be satisfied_, and again, _They shall play the wanton and shall not increase; because Jehovah have they lef...
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...
FOR THEY SHALL EAT, AND NOT HAVE ENOUGH,.... Namely, the priests; for of them the words are continued, who ate of the sacrifices of the people, and of feasts made in honour of idols; and yet, either w...
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. Ver. 10. _For they shall eat and not have enough_] On...
_They eat up the sin of my people_ These priests, mentioned Hosea 4:6, live upon the sin-offerings of the people; and are so far from restraining them, that they take delight in seeing them commit ini...
THE FIRST PART OF THE ACCUSATION...
For they shall eat, in unsatiable greediness, AND NOT HAVE ENOUGH; THEY SHALL COMMIT WHOREDOM, the entire nation being involved in immoral practices, AND SHALL NOT INCREASE, namely, in number, by grow...
6-11 Both priests and people rejected knowledge; God will justly reject them. They forgot the law of God, neither desired nor endeavoured to retain it in mind, and to transmit the remembrance to thei...
FOR, or _And_, Heb. This is another part of their punishment, and it is better rendered as a particular part of their curse, than as a cause of that which was spoken in the former verse. THEY SHALL EA...
Hosea 4:10 eat H398 (H8804) enough H7646 (H8799) harlotry H2181 (H8689) increase H6555 (H8799) ceased...
YHWH ATTACKS BOTH PRIESTS AND PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO TAKEN UP WITH SIN THAT THEY NO LONGER HEED HIM (HOSEA 4:6). Here we may see YHWH as attacking the priests for failing to teach the people, with...
‘And they will eat, and not have enough, they will play the harlot, and will not increase, because they have left off taking heed to YHWH.' And part of their punishment will lie in the fact that when...
ISRAEL'S GROWING SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY AND DEGRADED BEHAVIOUR ARE DESCRIBED ALONG WITH THEIR RELIANCE ON IDOLS, FOREIGNERS, UNWORTHY KINGS AND THEMSELVES, AND THIS IN CONTRAST WITH YHWH'S STEADFAST LOV...
AARON; type of Christ, (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 28:1). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Leviticus 8:12). _ AARON'S ROD; typical meaning, (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 7:12). _
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...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 4:10 THEY SHALL PLAY THE WHORE. By worshiping Baal. ⇐ ⇔
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 4:10. ENOUGH] Not be satisfied. LEFT OFF] keeping, observing Jehovah (Zechariah 11:11). All other means of increase failed. Polygamy against the law, and will bring the curse o...
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...
2 Chronicles 24:17; 2 Peter 2:20; Ezekiel 18:24; Haggai 1:6; Hosea
Not have enough — They shall not be nourished, nor satisfied with what they eat. Shall not increase — They shall not hereby increase the number of their children, either the women shall not bear, or t...