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 unfaithfulness.
Verse Hosea 10:10. _WHEN THEY SHALL BIND THEMSELVES IN THEIR TWO FURROWS._] "When they are chastised for their two iniquities," i.e., the calves in Dan and Beth-el. - _Newcome_. But this double iniqui...
IT IS IN MY DESIRE THAT I SHOULD CHASTISE THEM - God “doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men” Lamentations 3:33. Grievous then must be the cause of punishment, when God not only ch...
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...
IT IS IN MY DESIRE, &C.. I am resolved to. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:63). PEOPLE. peoples WHEN THEY SHALL BIND. they being joined (or yoked) [in cohabitation. Put for idolatries] toget...
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...
Jehovah's rejoinder to this tacit challenge. _It is in my desire_ Rather, WHEN I DESIRE, I WILL CHASTISE THEM, AND PEOPLES (i. e. hostile armies), &c. _when they shall bind themselves_, &c. Rather, WH...
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...
IT IS IN MY DESIRE, &C.— Houbigant renders it, _I will come and chastise them: the nations shall assemble against them, when I shall chastise them for their two transgressions;_ meaning the two calves...
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...
It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. IT IS IN MY DESIRE THAT I SHOULD CHASTISE THEM -...
10:10 iniquities. (b-23) See Jeremiah 2:13 and 1 Kings 12:28 ....
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...
Translate (see Margin; so Jerome), _When I desire, I will chastise them, and peoples shall be gathered against them, when I chastise them for their two iniquities_ (_i.e.,_ the two calves which had be...
בְּ אַוָּתִ֖י וְ אֶסֳּרֵ֑ם וְ אֻסְּפ֤וּ עֲלֵי
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...
[It is] in my desire (n) that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two (o) furrows. (n) Because they are so desperate, I wil...
_Their two iniquities. Their two calves; (Challoner) or because they have abandoned God, and followed idols, Jeremias ii. 13. Many render, "when I shall have tied them, like oxen, in their two furrows...
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...
When God says that he desires to chastise the people, he intimates that this was his purpose, as when one greatly wishes for anything; and it may be an allowable change in the sentence, if the copulat...
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...
[IT IS] IN MY DESIRE THAT I SHOULD CHASTISE THEM,.... Or, "bind them" a, and carry them captive; and by so doing correct them for their sins they have so long continued in: this the Lord had in his he...
Hosea 10:10 [It is] in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. Ver. 10. _It is in my desire that I...
Hos. 10:9, 10, "O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah; there they stood, the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. It is my desire that I should chastis...
_It is my desire that I should chastise them_ Then I protected and gave them success, but now it is my desire that they should suffer due punishment; and I will bring punishment upon them. _And the pe...
It is in My desire that I should chastise them, the Lord had firmly made up His mind to that effect; AND THE PEOPLE, various heathen nations, SHALL BE GATHERED AGAINST THEM WHEN THEY SHALL BIND THEMSE...
THE KINGDOM DEVASTATED...
WHEN THEY SHALL BIND THEMSELVES IN THEIR TWO FURROWES: Or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or in their two habitations...
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...
Our version leaves this verse somewhat obscure, but our reading in the margin doth much clear the words, and maketh them much more easily intelligible. IT IS IN MY DESIRE THAT I SHOULD CHASTISE THEM;...
Hosea 10:10 desire H185 chasten H3256 (H8799) Peoples H5971 gathered H622 (H8795) bind H631 (H8800) two...
‘According to my desire, I will chastise them, And the peoples will be gathered against them, When they are bound to their two transgressions.' And this chastisement, severe as it would be (as it h...
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...
_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 10:10 WHEN I PLEASE, I WILL DISCIPLINE THEM. Israel’s discipline and downfall comes from the Lord. To do this, God uses the NATIONS that SHALL BE GATHERED AGAINST THEM (s
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:9.] A return to earlier days to prove deeper guilt. STOOD] As at the beginning, so now they stand, persisting in their sin. Others, though smitten in Gibeah, yet they avenge...
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...
Deuteronomy 28:63; Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 16:42; Ezekiel 23:46;...
The people — The Assyrians. For their two transgressions — Perhaps, their revolt from David's house, and their idolatry....