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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 13:1-4

Idolatry was the sin that did most easily beset the Jewish nation till after the captivity; the ten tribes from the first were guilty of it, but especially after the days of Ahab; and this is the sin which, in these verses, they are charged with. Observe, I. The provision that God made to prevent their falling into idolatry. This we have, Hos. 14:4. God did what was fit to be done to keep them close to himself; what could have been done more? 1. He made known himself to them as the Lord their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel ,.... Or, with trembling, as Jarchi: so Jeroboam, who was of the tribe of Ephraim, spake before Solomon, a great king, as he observes. R. Moses the priest interprets it of Jeroboam; but it may be understood of the tribe in general, and especially of the heads of it, at anytime before it fell into idolatry; when they spake with submission and humility, they were attended to by the other tribes in all consultations and debates, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more ,.... Since the times of Jeroboam, and also of Ahab, adding other deities to the calves, and to Baal, as follows; increasing the number of their idols, and their idolatrous sacrifices, rites, and ceremonies: this they did in the times the prophet, who prophesied after the times of as it is common with evil men and seducers to wax worse and worse, and to proceed to more ungodliness, and from evil to evil; such is the way of idolaters, they stop not, but run into... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud ,.... Which, however promising it is, soon disappears when the sun is risen; signifying that the idolatrous Israelites, king, priests, and people, should be no more; their kingdom would cease, all their riches and wealth would depart from them, and they and their children be carried captive into a strange land: and as the early dew it passeth away ; as soon as the heat of the sun is felt, when the earth is left dry; so these people, though... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spake trembling - When he was meek and humble, of a broken heart and contrite spirit. He exalted himself in Israel - He became great in God's sight; he rose in the Divine esteem in proportion as he sank in his own. But this did not continue. He offended in Baal - He became an idolater. He died - The sentence of death from the Divine justice went out against him. This has been differently understood: "As soon as Ephraim spake (To your tents, O Israel!) There was a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more - They increase in every kind of vice, having abandoned the great Inspirer of virtue. Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves - This was the test. If there be a Jew that pretends to sacrifice, and whose conversion is dubious, let him come openly and kiss the calves. This will show what he is; no real Jew will do this. If he be an idolater, he will not scruple. This was the ancient method of adoration. They kissed the idol. When the statue was too... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning Cloud - as the early Dew - as the Chaff - as the Smoke - Four things, most easy to be driven about and dissipated, are employed here to show how they should be scattered among the nations, and dissipated by captivity. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1

Verse 1 Interpreters agree not in their view of this verse. Some say that trembling was excited in Israel when Ephraim, that is, Jeroboam, who was born of that tribe, exhorted the people to worship the calves. By the word רתת, retat, “trembling,” they understand, that the people were so astonished, that they without thought immediately obeyed the will, or rather the humour, of their impious king. And if this sense be approved, the word, trembling, may be in another way explained, even in this,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:2

Verse 2 In this verse the Prophet amplifies the wickedness of the people, and says, that they had not only in one day cast aside the pure worship of God, and entangled themselves in superstitions; but that they had been obstinate in their own depravity. They have added, he says, to their sin, and have made a molten thing of their silver When Israel, as we have said, departed from the worship of God, they made calves, and made them under a specious appearance; but when many superstitions were... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:3

Verse 3 The Prophet employs here four similitudes to show the condition of Israel. How much soever they flourished for a time, and might be deemed happy, their state would yet be fading and evanescent. They shall be, he says, as the morning cloud: though they be loftily proud, the Lord will yet shake off from them whatever power they may have. Secondly, they shall be as the dew that rises up in the morning — having nothing substantial in them. Thirdly they shall be as the chaff which from the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 13:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:3

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