Bible Commentary

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 9. Strangers have devoured his strength ] By heavy tribute and desolating invasions. The ‘strangers’ would be Hazael and Benhadad (2Ki 8:12; 2Ki 10:32-33; 2Ki 13:3; 2Ki 13:7), Pul (2Ki 15:19-20), and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:9”

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 8 16. The outward evidences of Israel’s decay 8. he hath mixed himself among the people ] Rather, he mixeth himself among the peoples. How? By courting the favour now of Egypt, now of Assyria ( Hos 7:11). a cake not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:8”

They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me. 7. The consequence of all this licence. King after king falls a victim to the violent passions he has fostered in his subjects. Four regicides are recorded within forty … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:7”

For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 6. For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait ] Better, with Ewald, ‘Yea, almost like the oven … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:6”

In the day of our king the princes have made [him] sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. 5. Here the figurative description is interrupted by one from real life. In the day of our king ] Either the coronation-day (so the Targum), or (comp. Mat 14:6) the royal birthday … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:5”

They [are] all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. 4. as an oven ] The fire corresponds to sensual lust, the oven is the heart. The baker ceaseth from kindling (so we should render), when the oven has reached … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:4”

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 3 6. The highest personages are not too refined for the most sensual pleasures. A consuming passion inflames them as if with the heat of a furnace. Their way of celebrating a royal commemoration is to indulge in monstrous excess. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:3”

And they consider not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. 2. they consider not in their hearts ] Rather, as margin, they say not to their heart. ‘Heart’ here = self; the meaning is therefore they have no pricks … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:2”

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 cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoileth without. 1 7. The moral degradation of Israel, especially of its ruling class, which, so far from stemming the tide of corruption, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 7:1”

Also, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. Also, O Judah, He hath set a harvest for thee, when I returned – (rather, when I return) the captivity of My people. The harvest may be either for good or for bad. If the harvest is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Hosea 6:11”