Chapter 9:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Daniel Joel
Hosea 9
Concise Complete
The distress to come upon Israel. (1-6) The approach of
the day of trouble. (7-10) Judgments on Israel. (11-17)
Verses 1-6 Israel
gave rewards to their idols, in the offerings presented to them. It is common
for those who are niggardly in religion, to be prodigal upon their lusts. Those
are reckoned as idolaters, who love a reward in the corn-floor better than a
reward in the favour of God and in eternal life. They are full of the joy of
harvest, and have no disposition to mourn for sin. When we make the world, and
the things of it, our idol and our portion, it is just with God to show us our
folly, and correct us. None may expect to dwell in the Lord's land, who will not
be subject to the Lord's laws, or be influenced by his love. When we enjoy the
means of grace, we ought to consider what we shall do, if they should be taken
from us. While the pleasures of communion with God are out of the reach of
change, the pleasant places purchased with silver, or in which men deposit
silver, are liable to be laid in ruins. No famine is so dreadful as that of the
soul.
Verses 7-10 Time
had been when the spiritual watchmen of Israel were with the Lord, but now they
were like the snare of a fowler to entangle persons to their ruin. The people
were become as corrupt as those of Gibeah,
judges 19; and their crimes
should be visited in like manner. At first God had found Israel pleasing to Him,
as grapes to the traveller in the wilderness. He saw them with pleasure as the
first ripe figs. This shows the delight God took in them; yet they followed
after idolatry.
11-17. God departs from a people, or from a person, when he withdraws his
goodness and mercy from them; and when the Lord is departed, what can the
creature do? Even though, for the present, good things seem to remain, yet the
blessing is gone if God is gone. Even the children should perish with the
parents. The Divine wrath dries up the root, and withers the fruit of all
comforts; and the scattered Jews daily warn us to beware, lest we neglect or
abuse the gospel. Yet every smiting is not a drying up of the root. It may be
that God intends only to smite so that the sap may be turned to the root, that
there may be more of root graces, more humility, patience, faith, and
self-denial. It is very just that God should bring judgments on those who slight
his offered mercy.
Chapter 9:
| 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
