What does Hosea 7:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me."
Verse Hosea 7:14. _THEY HAVE NOT CRIED UNTO ME WITH THEIR HEART_] They say they have sought me, but could not find me; that they have cried unto me, but I did not answer. I know they have _cried_, yea...
AND THEY HAVE NOT CRIED UNTO HIM WITH THEIR HEART, WHEN THEY HOWLED UPON THEIR BEDS - Or, in the present time, “they cry not unto Me when they howl.” They did “cry,” and, it may be, they “cried” even...
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 7:8 TO HOSEA 8:3. POLITICAL DECAY THE OUTWARD SIGN OF ISRAEL'S MORAL DECAY. The attempts to cure national ills and secure safety by foreign aid, instead of by turning to Yahweh, are foredoomed t...
THEY HAVE NOT CRIED. Compare Job 35:9; Job 35:10; Psalms 78:36; Jeremiah 3:10; Zechariah 7:5. WITH THEIR HEART. They cried with their voice. ASSEMBLE THEMSELVES. In their idol temples. WINE. new wi...
_with their heart, when they howled_ Rather, IN THEIR HEART, BUT THEY HOWL. The prophet contrasts the quiet communion of the heart with Jehovah and the wild-beastlike -howling" of the impenitent Israe...
_ISRAEL REBELLED MORE AND MORE -- HOSEA 7:14-16:_ The rebellion of Israel against God has brought on devastation. God was their rightful king and ruler. He had always ruled fairly and with their good...
DISCOURSE: 1161 THE PRAYERS OF UNREGENERATE MEN CONSIDERED Hosea 7:14. _They have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds_. IT is not without reason that prayer has been...
AND THEY HAVE NOT CRIED UNTO ME, &C.— _Nor do they cry unto me from their heart: They howl on their beds, for the want of corn and wine. They are enraged, and take counsel_ or _rebel against me._ Houb...
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDELOVE OF SIN TEXT: Hosea 7:8-16 8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea...
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. AND THEY HAVE NOT CRIED UNTO ME WITH THEIR H...
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. Then people will know about the wicked t...
CRIED... HOWLED — God discriminates between a heart-cry to Him, and a howl of despair, resembling the yell of a wild beast. A howl upon their bed is not a sob of true repentance. THEY ASSEMBLE THEMSEL...
וְ לֹֽא ־זָעֲק֤וּ אֵלַי֙ בְּ לִבָּ֔ם כִּ֥י יְיֵלִ֖ילוּ עַל ־מִשְׁכְּבֹותָ֑ם עַל ־דָּגָ֧ן וְ תִירֹ֛ושׁ...
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;...
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 bec...
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...
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, (l) when they howled upon their beds: (m) they assemble themselves for corn and wine, [and] they rebel against me. (l) When they were in affliction,...
_Thought: "ruminated." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "assembled, or been afraid." Septuagint, "they were cut," (Calmet) in honour of idols, hoping to avert the famine. (St. Cyril)_...
We have here a continuation of the same subject, namely, the Lord's remonstrance with Israel. But I pray the Reader to observe, how many sweet and gracious expressions of our God are mingled with his...
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,...
The Prophet here again reproves the Israelites for having not repented, after having been so often admonished; for, as it was said yesterday, all the chastisements which God by his own hand inflicts o...
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...
AND THEY HAVE NOT CRIED UNTO ME WITH THEIR HEART,.... In their distress, indeed, they cried unto the Lord, and said they repented of their sins, and promised reformation, and made a show of worshippin...
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, [and] they rebel against me. Ver. 14. _And they have not cried unto me...
Hos. 7:14. "And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds." In their calamities which they suffered, they are compared to sick and wounded men, as chap. Hosea 5:13...
_Wo unto them_, &c. These are words both of menace and lamentation. The prophet at once foretels and bewails their miseries. _For they have fled from me_ As if it had not been enough that they at firs...
HYPOCRISY REBUKED...
8-16 Israel was as a cake not turned, half burnt and half dough, none of it fit for use; a mixture of idolatry and of the worship of Jehovah. There were tokens of approaching ruin, as grey hairs are o...
AND THEY, immersed in these troubles. taken in the net, have not cried unto me; either they cried to their idols, not to God, see HOSEA 7:7; or else their tongues made noise, their hearts were silent,...
Hosea 7:14 out H2199 (H8804) heart H3820 wailed H3213 (H8686) beds H4904 assemble H1481 (H8709) grain H1715 wine H8492 rebel H5493 (H8799) they have not - Job 35:9-10; Psalms 78:34-37; Isaiah 2
EPHRAIM (ISRAEL) ARE PICTURED AS A HAPLESS DOVE FLUTTERING BETWEEN EGYPT AND ASSYRIA AS THEY ENDEAVOUR TO AVOID YHWH'S NET (HOSEA 7:11). Ephraim are now depicted as being willing to do anything rather...
Hosea 7:14 I. The grand motive which should influence the sinner in turning to God is love to the kind and gracious Father, who has so long borne with his waywardness; and a sincere desire to promote...
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...
_They have not cried unto Me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds._ DEATH-BED REPENTANCE When called to encounter dangers, every possible precaution should be taken beforehand. Seasons...
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 7:4 Hosea compares Israel to an oven (vv. Hosea 7:4), a half-baked cake (vv. Hosea 7:8), a silly dove (vv. Hosea 7:11), and a treacherous bow (vv. Hosea 7:13), thus describing thei...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 7:14. CRIED] in anguish, not in penitence. HOWLED] in deep affliction and despair. ASSEMBLE] Crowd together in idol temple to deprecate famine and depart from God. REBEL] Lit....
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 2:8; Amos 8:3; Exodus 32:6; Hosea 3:1; Isaiah 29:13; Isaiah 52:5; Isaiah 65:14; James 4:3; James 5:1; Jeremiah 3:10;...
They assembled — In the houses of their idols....