What does Hosea 10:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priestsb thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it."
Verse Hosea 10:5. _THE INHABITANTS OF SAMARIA SHALL FEAR_] According to _Calmet_, shall worship the calves of Beth-aven; those set up by Jeroboam, at Beth-el. _Fear_ is often taken for religious rever...
THE INHABITANTS OF SAMARIA SHALL FEAR BECAUSE OF - (i. e., for) the calves of Beth-aven He calls them in this place “cow-calves,” perhaps to denote their weakness and helplessness. So far from their i...
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...
SAMARIA. See Hosea 10:7; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:5; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 13:16. BETH-AVEN. See note on Hosea 4:15. PRIESTS. Hebrew. _kemarim =_ priests of Baal, or black ones, from _kamar =_ to be black, fro...
_shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven_ The statement is keenly ironical. So far from being able to help their worshippers, the -calves of Beth-aven" shall occasion the greatest anxiety to the...
IDOLATRY BROUGHT DESTRUCTION TO ISRAEL -- HOSEA 10:5-8 : The entire population of Samaria would come to tremble with regret concerning the practice of idolatry. The calves at Bethel and Dan led the pe...
SHALL FEAR BECAUSE, &C.— _Have feared, because of the famous calf,_ &c. _For the people mourn over it: its priests are distressed, because its glory is departed from it._ Houbigant; who, for _king Jar...
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...
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is...
10:5 calf (l-10) Or 'the calves,' (fem.). see Note, ch. 14.2. priests (m-24) See 2 Kings 23:5 ....
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...
It is hard to express the sarcastic force and concentrated scoff of the original: “calves,” literally, _she calves,_ the feminine form to express contempt, the plural in allusion to the scattered wors...
לְ עֶגְלֹות֙ בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן יָג֖וּרוּ שְׁכַ֣ן שֹֽׁמְרֹ֑ון כִּי ־אָבַ֨ל עָלָ֜יו עַמֹּ֗ו וּ כְמָרָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יָגִ֔ילוּ
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 wa...
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...
The inhabitants of Samaria shall (g) fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the (h) priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, becau...
_The kine of Bethaven. The golden calves of Jeroboam, (Challoner) one of which (Haydock) was set up at Bethel. (Worthington) --- The feminine cows, is spoken in ridicule; as (Calmet) O vere Phrygiæ, ...
It is remarkable what connection there is in the apprehension of sinners in their fears, how remote soever they are from their sinful transactions. A plain proof of the workings of conscience! Revelat...
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...
I shall first briefly touch on what I have mentioned in reading over the text; that is, that some interpreters expound this verse of the exile of the people. The word גור, _gur, _signifies to be banis...
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...
THE INHABITANTS OF SAMARIA SHALL FEAR BECAUSE OF THE CALVES OF BETHAVEN,.... Or, "the cow calves" w, as in the original; so called by way of derision, and to denote their weakness and inability to hel...
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is...
_The inhabitants of Samaria_ That is, the kingdom of Israel; _shall fear “Be in a consternation.”_ Horsley. _Because of the calves of Beth-aven_ The Jewish writers have a tradition, that the golden ca...
THE SEATS OF WORSHIP DESTROYED...
PRIESTS...: Or, Chemarims...
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 th...
The citizens who dwelt yet safe in Samaria, but knew that the Assyrian invaded the kingdom, beat Israel's army, and took his city; these idolatrous citizens were in bodily fear for their gods, lest th...
Hosea 10:5 inhabitants H7934 Samaria H8111 fear H1481 (H8799) calf H5697 Aven H1007 people H5971 mourn H56 (H8804) priests H3649 shriek H1523 (H8799) glory H3519 departed H1540 (H8804) the calves - H...
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...
_The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven._ These verses dilate, with keen irony, on the fate of the first half of Israel’s sin, the calf. It was thought a god, but its...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:5. PEOPLE] of the calf and idolatrous _priests_ shall mourn for the golden calf; their glory can neither help itself nor them. HOSEA 10:6. IT] Emphat. It itself, as well as...
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,...
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...
1 Kings 12:28; 1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 4:22; 2 Chronicles 11:15; 2 Chronicles 13:8; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 23:5; Acts 19:27;...
Because of the calves — Because they had sinned by these calves, therefore did this fear seize them. The people — They who dwelt at Beth — aven. That rejoiced on it — These priests formerly were fed,...