When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and (a) the thief cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoileth without.
(a) Meaning that there was no one type of vice among them, but that they were subject to all wickedness, both secret and open.
CHAPTER VII _Here God complains that though he had employed every means for_ _reforming Israel, they still persisted in their iniquity,_ _without fearing the consequences_, 1, 2; _that those who o...
WHEN I WOULD HAVE HEALED ISRAEL - God begins anew by appealing to Israel, that all which He had done to heal them, had but served to make their sin more evident, and “that,” from highest to lowest, as...
CHAPTER 7 The Moral Depravity of Israel _ 1. Their moral depravity (Hosea 7:1) _ 2. Mingling with heathen nations (Hosea 7:8) Hosea 7:1. All the gracious efforts of the Lord to heal Israel resulted...
HOSEA 6:4 TO HOSEA 7:2. ISRAEL'S MORAL CONDITION HOPELESSLY CORRUPT. The shallow expressions of loyalty by the fickle people mean nothing, and cannot avert Yahweh's inevitable judgment. He looks for r...
SPOILETH. strippeth....
The moral degradation of Israel, especially of its ruling class, which, so far from stemming the tide of corruption, applauds and encourages its progress 1. How foolish is the conduct of Israel! When...
_ISRAEL CONTINUED IN INIQUITY -- HOSEA 7:1-6:_ God attempted to heal Israel through corrective discipline. To His sorrow God discovered that Israel only became worse and worse. Their sin was so eviden...
WHEN I WOULD HAVE HEALED, &C.— Some commentators close the foregoing chapter with the former clause of the last verse; and read the present verse thus, _When I would have turned away the captivity of...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDELOVE OF SIN TEXT: Hosea 7:1-7 1 When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief ente...
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth with...
CORRUPTION OF THE COURT In this chapter the tone again becomes despondent. How can Israel be saved when her iniquity is so deep, so glaring, so obstinate? Samaria is especially instanced as the centr...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 7 V1 I want to heal my people Israel! Then people will know that *Ephraim has *sinned....
Translate, _When I heal Israel_ (referring to a cessation in the attacks of the menacing foe, or to such a thrill of finer feeling as that which is recorded in 2 Chronicles 28:8), _then is revealed th...
כְּ רָפְאִ֣י לְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְ נִגְלָ֞ה עֲוֹ֤
3. REPENTANCE FALLS Hosea 5:15 - Hosea 7:2 Seeing that their leaders are so helpless, and feeling their wounds, the people may themselves turn to God for healing, but that will be with a repentance s...
A PEOPLE IN DECAY: 1 MORALLY Hosea 4:1 - Hosea 7:7 PURSUING the plan laid down in the last chapter, we now take the section of Hosea's discourse which lies between chapter 4 and Hosea 7:7. Chapter 4...
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
INIQUITY UNCOVERED Hosea 7:1-16 The last clause of the previous chapter belongs to this. God desired to turn aside the captivity of His people and to heal Israel, but His pleading was unavailing beca...
The prophet then declared more particularly the true state of affairs. The divine desire to heal was frustrated by the pollution and the people's persistent ignoring of God. Hosea graphically describe...
_Israel. God divided the kingdom, that by this chastisement the people might be converted. But Jeroboam set up calves, and caused them to grow worse. (Worthington) --- How often did God send his proph...
CONTENTS The subject of reproof is continued through this Chapter. But it is mingled with mercy. Here are many blessed marks to show that the Lord had mercy in reserve for his people. Hosea 7:1 The...
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...
IX. HOSEA 7:8-9 (NASB) EPHRAIM MIXES HIMSELF WITH THE NATIONS; EPHRAIM HAS BECOME A CAKE NOT TURNED. 9 STRANGERS DEVOUR HIS STRENGTH, YET HE DOES NOT KNOW [IT]; GRAY HAIRS ALSO ARE SPRINKLED ON HIM,...
God, that he might show how corrupt was the state of all the people of Israel, compares himself here to a physician, who, while he wishes to try remedies, acknowledges that there are hid more grievous...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7. Chapter 6 calls forth a touching address from the prophet, in which he entreats the people to return to Jehovah. Faith has always this resource, beca...
WHEN I WOULD HAVE HEALED ISRAEL,.... Or rather, "when I healed Israel" k; for this is not to be understood of a velleity, wish, or desire of healing and saving them, as Jarchi; nor of a bare attempt t...
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoileth wit...
_When I would have healed Israel_ When I would have reclaimed them from their sins, and in consequence thereof have averted their judgments. The Hebrew, כרפאי, is, _as I was healing: dum in eo essem u...
THE MORAL CORRUPTION OF ISRAEL...
When I would have healed Israel, when the Lord attempted to remove their corruption, THEN THE INIQUITY OF EPHRAIM WAS DISCOVERED, it became known openly, AND THE WICKEDNESS OF SAMARIA; FOR THEY COMMIT...
WICKEDNESS: _ Heb._ evils SPOILETH: _ Heb._ strippeth...
1-7 A practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on every side of them. Their hearts were i...
HOSEA CHAPTER 7 Israel reproved for manifold sins, HOSEA 7:1. God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy, HOSEA 7:11. WHEN: whether this chapter be a new sermon, or a continuation of that begun HO 6...
Hosea 7:1 healed H7495 (H8800) Israel H3478 iniquity H5771 Ephraim H669 uncovered H1540 (H8738) wickedness H7451 Samaria...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's response to Israel's, cry, continued. Israel's sad state. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If sinful souls are not healed and helped, but perish in their sin and misery, they cannot...
Hosea 7:1. _When I would have healed Israel,_ by Jehu's zeal for the Lord, then the idolatrous priests, like troops of robbers, gathered round him with lies in their mouth, and persuaded him to retain...
_When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria._ THE GREAT DECEIVER AND SPOILER OF THE NATION We identify the deceiver as strong drink....
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 7:1.] Exposure of wickedness continued. HEALED] politically and morally. The danger of a wound only discovered when probed and healing attempted. SPOILETH] Heb. strippeth off a...
EXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1, the prophet reproves with much but deserved severity the depraved morals of king and princes. In...
The Lord continues His response to them. When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in...
Amos 8:14; Ezekiel 16:46; Ezekiel 23:4; Hosea 10:5; Hosea 11:12;...
Of Ephraim — Of Ephraim the chief tribe of this revolting kingdom....