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Hosea 8
Almost every verse of this chapter speaks both the sins and
punishment of Israel, ver. 1-14.
Verse 1. Set the trumpet - The Lord here commands the prophet to
publish, as by sound of trumpet, that which God will bring upon
apostate Israel. He - The king of Assyria. As an eagle - Swift,
hungry, surmounting all difficulties. House of the Lord - The
family of Israel, the Israelites church.
Verse 2. Shall cry - But not sincerely.
Verse 4. They - Israel. Kings - Shallum, Menahem, Pekah, and Hosea.
Not by me - Not by my direction. Knew it not - Did not approve
of it.
Verse 5. Thy calf - The chief idol set up in Samaria. Cast thee off - Hath
provoked God to cast thee off. Against them - Idols, and idol
worshippers. How long - How long will it be, ere they repent and
reform?
Verse 6. From Israel - By their invention. It - Both the idol and the
worshippers of it.
Verse 7. Sown the wind - A proverbial speech to denote lost labour.
Whirlwind - A tempest, which destroyeth all that is in its way; an
emblem of the wrath of God. No stalk - All your dependance on
idols, and foreign assistance, will be as seed that bear neither stalk
nor bud. No meal - Or suppose it produced stalk and bud, yet the
bud shall be blasted, and never yield meal.
Verse 9. Gone up - Israel is like a wild ass. A wild ass - Stubborn, wild,
untamed. Alone - Solitary, where is no path or tract; so they were
in their captivity.
Verse 10. Gather them - I will assemble them together, that they may be
taken and destroyed together. A little - For a while before their
final captivity. The burden - The tribute laid on them by the king.
Verse 11. Altars - Those which they shall find in Assyria. To sin - Shall
be the occasion of his greater guilt and punishment.
Verse 12. Written - By Moses first, by other prophets afterwards. But
they were counted - Israel looks on them, as nothing to them.
Verse 13. They shall return - Many shall fly from the Assyrian into
Egypt.
Verse 14. Temples - Idol temples. Devour the palaces - This was
fulfilled when all the cities of Judah and Israel were laid in ashes
by the king of Assyria.
Chapter 8:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
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| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Daniel Joel
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