And Ephraim [is as] an heifer [that is] taught, [and] loveth to (p) tread out [the corn]; but I passed over upon her (q) fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his clods.
(p) In which is pleasure, whereas in plowing there is labour and pain.
(q) I will lay my yoke upon her fat neck.
Verse Hosea 10:11. _EPHRAIM_ IS AS _A HEIFER_ THAT IS _TAUGHT_] One thoroughly broken in to the yoke. _AND LOVETH TO TREAD OUT_] Goes peaceably in the yoke; and is pleased because, _not being nuzzled...
EPHRAIM IS AN HEIFER THAT IS TAUGHT AND THAT LOVETH TO TREAD OUT THE CORN - The object of the metaphor in these three verses seems to be, to picture, under operations of husbandry, what God willed and...
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...
ISRAEL MUST REAP THE RUIN HE HAS SOWN. From the days of Gibeah Israel has sinned, and never progressed since (Hosea 10:9, but see notes); Yahweh comes to punish them, and gather the peoples against th...
AND EPHRAIM. i.e. the land of Ephraim. Here is the contrast. See note on "watchman", Hosea 9:8. AN HEIFER. Compare Jeremiah 50:11.Micah 4:13. PASSED OVER UPON. put. yoke upon. JACOB. Put here by Fig...
A fresh demonstration of Israel's guiltiness. The prevalent depravity is comparable only to that of the men of Gibeah (see on Hosea 9:9). -The times are out of joint"; all Israel's doings are against...
_And Ephraim_, &c. Rather, EPHRAIM INDEED IS A HEIFER BROKEN IN AND LOVING TO THRESH, AND I HAVE SPARED THE BEAUTY OF HER NECK; (BUT NOW) WILL I MAKE EPHRAIM TO DRAW. Israel's punishment is enhanced b...
SOW IN RIGHTEOUSNESS; REAP IN MERCY -- HOSEA 10:9-12 : Israel had never stopped sinning since that time at Gibeah. Now they faced attacked at Gibeah. Gibeah will always be remembered for the horrible...
AND EPHRAIM, &C.— Houbigant renders the verse thus, _Ephraim is a heifer, accustomed to tread out the corn, which she loves; but I will submit her neck to the yoke: I will tame Ephraim. Judah shall pl...
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...
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods....
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...
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...
HEIFER. — Translate, _Ephraim is a trained heifer, which loves to thresh._ Here the idea may be that Ephraim loves the easy and free work of treading out the corn, and so becomes fat and sleek; or the...
וְ אֶפְרַ֜יִם עֶגְלָ֤ה מְלֻמָּדָה֙ אֹהַ֣בְתִּי לָ...
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...
_Neck. I will confine her to harder labour. While the oxen tred out corn, they may eat, Deuteronomy xxv. 4. --- Himself. Juda shall be chastised after the ten tribes; so that none of my people shall e...
The expressions and the figure of an heifer, in these verses, are not so clear so as to enter into the full apprehension of them. But generally speaking, they describe the Lord's grace, and Israel's u...
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...
Some read the two words, “taught,” and “loveth,” separately, מלמדה, _melamde, _and אהבתי, _aebti_; for they think that at the beginning of the verse a reproach is conveyed, as though the Prophet had s...
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...
AND EPHRAIM [IS AS] AN HEIFER [THAT IS] TAUGHT, [AND] LOVETH TO TREAD OUT [THE CORN],.... Like a heifer taught to bear the yoke, and to plough; but learned it not, as the Targum; does not like it; cho...
And Ephraim [is as] an heifer [that is] taught, [and] loveth to tread out [the corn]; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his c...
Hos. 10:11. "I will make Ephraim to ride, Judah shall plough, and Jacob shall break his clods." In the preceding words, God hath threatened that he would put a yoke on Ephraim's fair neck, that she mi...
_Ephraim is a heifer that is taught_ Or, _that is teachable; and loveth to tread out the corn_ In opposition to ploughing; that is, loves the booty not gained by its own labour; or to tread out, and f...
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, trained for some particular work, AND LOVETH TO TREAD OUT THE CORN, which was a pleasant task because the animals were permitted to eat as much as they like...
THE KINGDOM DEVASTATED...
HER FAIR NECK: _ Heb._ the beauty of her neck...
9-15 Because God does not desire the death and ruin of sinners, therefore in mercy he desires their chastisement. The children of iniquity still remained in Israel. The enemies would be gathered agai...
AS AN HEIFER; a young and wanton heifer, unaccustomed to the yoke, not used to hard labour. TAUGHT; used to, and so skilled in or acquainted with. LOVETH TO TREAD OUT THE CORN: what we do by thrashing...
Hosea 10:11 Ephraim H669 trained H3925 (H8794) heifer H5697 loves H157 (H8802) thresh H1758 (H8800) harnessed...
‘And Ephraim is a heifer which is trained, Which loves to tread out the grain. But I have passed over (a harness) on her fair neck, I will set a rider (or ‘a yoke') on Ephraim, Judah will plough,...
ISRAEL ARE WARNED THAT THEY FACE ANOTHER GIBEAH BECAUSE ALTHOUGH HE HAD CHOSEN THEM AS HIS SERVANT (LIKE A TRAINED HEIFER) THEY HAVE RESPONDED WITH DISOBEDIENCE AND WICKEDNESS. A FINAL WAR OF DESTRUCT...
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...
_Render thus,--Ephraim indeed is a heifer, broken in and loving to thresh, and I have spared the beauty of her neck; but now will I make Ephraim to draw._ CHANGES FOR EPHRAIM Israel’s punishment is e...
_O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah._ SIN AND PUNISHMENT “The days of Gibeah” recall the hideous story of lust and crime, which was the low-water mark of the lawless days of old. That...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 10:11 EPHRAIM WAS A TRAINED CALF is another reference to Israel’s beginnings. Israel once loved to thresh in his field (see Deuteronomy 25:4
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:11. TAUGHT] Trained, accustomed to work. Threshing easier than ploughing; an image of freedom and enjoyment (Deuteronomy 25:4; Deuteronomy 32:15), of productive labour and pr...
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 Chronicles 28:5; Deuteronomy 25:4; Hosea 11:4; Hosea 2:5; Hosea 3:1;
Taught — Used to, and so skilled in. Passed over — I laid some lighter yoke upon her, brought some gentle afflictions upon that people to tame them, but this hath not prevailed. Ride — I will ride on...