Chapter 8:
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Hosea 8
Concise Complete
Destruction threatened for the impiety of Israel. (1-4)
For their idolatry. (5-10) Further threatenings for the same sins. (11-14)
Verses 1-4 When
Israel was hard pressed, they would claim protection from God, but this would be
disregarded. What stead will it stand in to say, My God, I know thee, if we
cannot say, My God, I love thee, serve thee, and cleave to thee only?
Verses 5-10 They
promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their
expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no blade, or, if it
have, the bud shall yield no fruit, there was nothing in them. The works of
darkness are unfruitful; nay, the end of those things is death. The hopes of
sinners will deceive them, and their gains will be snares. In times of danger,
especially in the day of judgment, all carnal devices will fail. They take a
course by themselves, and like a wild ass by himself, they will be the easier
and surer prey for the lion. Man is in nothing more like the wild ass's colt,
than in seeking for that succour and that satisfaction in the creature, which
are to be had in God only. Though men may sorrow a little, yet if it is not
after a godly sort, they will be brought to sorrow everlastingly.
Verses 11-14 It is
a great sin to corrupt the worship of God, and will be charged as sin on all who
do it, how plausible soever their excuses may seem to be. The Lord had caused
his law to be written for them, but they cared not to know, and would not obey
it. Man seems by the temples he builds to be mindful of his Maker, yet really he
has forgotten him, because he has cast off all his fear; but none ever hardened
his heart against God and prospered. So long as men despise the truths and
precepts of God's word, and the ordinances of his worship, all the observances
and offerings, however costly, of their own devising, will be unto them for sin;
for those services only are acceptable to God, which are done according to his
word, and through Jesus Christ.
Chapter 8:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Daniel Joel
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
