Hosea 4:8
What meaning of the hosea 4:8 in the Bible?
What does Hosea 4:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"They eat up the sin of my people, and they setd their heart on their iniquity."
What does Hosea 4:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"They eat up the sin of my people, and they setd their heart on their iniquity."
Verse Hosea 4:8. _THEY EAT UP THE SIN OF MY PEOPLE_] חטאת _chattath_, the _sin-offering_, though it be offered contrary to the law; for their _hearts are set on iniquity_, they _wish_ to do whatever i...
THEY EAT UP THE SIN OF MY PEOPLE - The priests made a gain of the sins of the people, lived upon them and by them, conniving at or upholding the idolatries of the people, partaking in their idol-sacri...
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.)...
EAT UP THE SIN. the sin-offering. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:30): i. e. those sin-offerings which should have been wholly burnt, and not eaten. See notes on Leviticus 6:26; Leviticus 6:30. A...
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...
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. THEY EAT UP THE SIN OF MY PEOPLE - i:e., the sin offerings (; ). The priests greedily devoured them. AND THEY SET THE...
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...
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...
The increase in numbers and prosperity probably refers to the priesthood, who, as they grew in numbers, became more alienated from the true God. These eat up, or fatten on, the very sins they ought to...
חַטַּ֥את עַמִּ֖י יֹאכֵ֑לוּ וְ אֶל ־עֲוֹנָ֖ם יִשְׂא֥וּ נַפְשֹֽׁו׃...
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1; Hosea 9:1; Hosea 10:1; Hosea 11:1; Hosea 12:1; Hosea 13:1;...
“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,...
(i) They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. (i) That is, the priests seek to eat the people's offerings, and flatter them in their sins....
_Sins: victims. (Worthington) --- Iniquity; or "they seek for support in their propitiatory offerings," and lull the people asleep in their sins. The priests of the golden calf imitated the sacred rit...
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...
This verse has given occasion to many interpreters to think that all the particulars we have noticed ought to be restricted to the priests alone: but there is no sufficient reason for this. We have al...
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...
THEY EAT UP THE SIN OF MY PEOPLE,.... That is, the priests did so, as the Targum, the priests of Jeroboam; they ate up the sacrifices which the people brought for their sins: and their fault was, eith...
_They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity._ Ver. 8. _They eat up the sin of my people_] That is, the sin offerings, as Exodus 29:14. This they might lawfully do, L...
_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...
SET THEIR HEART ON THEIR INIQUITY: _ Heb._ lift up their soul to their iniquity...
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...
THEY, the priests who minister to the idols, EAT UP THE SIN OF MY PEOPLE; live upon with delight, maintain themselves and theirs; either by conniving at their sins, not reproving as they deserve, lest...
Hosea 4:8 up H398 (H8799) sin H2403 people H5971 set H5375 (H8799) heart H5315 iniquity H5771 eat - Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 7:6-7 set their heart on their iniquity - Heb. lift up their soul to thei...
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...
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...
_They eat up the sin of My people._ FEEDING ON SIN Dr. Henderson renders these words, “They devour the sin-offering of My people.” The priests lived upon the sacrificial meat (Leviticus 6:26), and t...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 4:1 Accusations, Warnings, and Promises for Israel. In the rest of the book, Hosea details the aspects of Israel’s life that show her unfaithfulness to the Lord, urges her to repen...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 4:7. INCREASED] in number and wealth. SHAME] _i.e._ dishonoured by the loss of all. Some, in proportion as priests were elevated in power and dignity above the people, they sur...
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...
1 Samuel 2:29; 2 Peter 2:3; Ezekiel 14:3; Ezekiel 14:7; Isaiah 56:11; Leviticus 6:26; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 7:7; Malachi 1:10; Micah 3:11;...
They — The priests who minister to the idols. The sin — Probably by sin is meant sin — offering, in which the priest had his share. And they — Covetous, luxurious, idolatrous priests....