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The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12

Prepare for the time of Divine favor. This is one of many passages in which the inspired writers make use of imagery derived from the processes of nature and the practices of husbandry, with the view of explaining and enforcing spiritual truth and personal duty. I. HUMAN PREPARATION FOR DIVINE BLESSING . Man must do his part, and is admonished by authority to do so. The readiness which is here required, as a condition of heavenly blessing and spiritual prosperity, is twofold. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12

The Divine voice to a worthless people. "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." "Sow to yourselves for righteousness, reap according to love, plough for yourselves virgin soil; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you" (Delitzsch). Sowing and reaping are figures here used to denote the spiritual and moral conduct of the people. Indeed,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12-13

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy. These two verses contain a call to repentance and reformation of life, in figurative language borrowed from the same department of human industry, לצדי is "for righteousness;" that is, sow such seed as that righteousness may spring from it. לפי הי is "according to," or "in proportion to, mercy." When two imperatives are joined, is here, the latter indicates a promise, and may be expressed by a future, as, "Do this and live," ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12-15

Moral husbandry. Israel's duty is here contrasted with their practice. I. THE KIND OF HUSBANDRY ISRAEL OUGHT TO HAVE FOLLOWED . ( Hosea 10:12 ) 1. Preparation of the soil . Israel is first bid to sow; then going a step further back, the people are commanded, "Break up your fallow ground." If fruits of righteousness are to be produced, it needs, not simply a weeding and recultivation of the old soil—the natural, unrenewed heart—but the preparation of a soil... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:13

Ye have ploughed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies. Hitherto their course had been the very opposite of that which they are now exhorted to enter on. Hitherto their work had been wickedness, and their wages, as might be expected, the fruit of iniquity. What they had wrought for they reaped. Their plowing had been sin, their sowing wickedness, and their harvest sorrow. Wickedness against God and man was what they both ploughed and sowed; oppression at the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:13-15

The prolific fruits of evil. The Israelites are not only charged with neglect of duty, but with sins of commission. The concluding verses of the chapter point out this contrariety of their conduct to the foregoing exhortation, and its consequences; trace the source of their sinful courses to their carnal confidences; and foretell the coming calamities caused thereby. I. THE CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE HAD BEEN DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO THE ADMONITION JUST GIVEN . 1. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:12

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy - Literally, “in the proportion of mercy,” not in proportion to what you have sown, nor what justice would give, but beyond all deserts, “in the proportion of mercy;” i. e., “according to the capacity and fullness of the mercy of God; what becometh the mercy of God, which is boundless,” which overlooketh man’s failings, and giveth an infinite reward for poor imperfect labor. As our Lord says, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:13

Ye have plowed wickedness - They not only did not that which God commanded, but they did the exact contrary. They cultivated wickedness. They broke up their fallow ground, yet to sow, not wheat, but tares. They did not leave it even to grow of itself, although even thus, on the natural soil of the human heart, it yields a plenteous harvest; but they bestowed their labor on it, plowed it, sowed, and as they sowed, so they reaped, an abundant increase of it. “They brought their ill doings to a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 10:12

Hosea 10:12. Sow to yourselves in righteousness. Exercise yourselves in the works of righteousness and holiness, in the performance of all duties due both to God and man. Reap in mercy And then God, of his grace and mercy, will, in due time, bestow an abundant reward upon you. Break up your fallow ground Your hearts are as ground overrun with weeds, which have need to be ploughed and broken up by conviction, humiliation, and godly sorrow for sin, that good seed may be sown in them. For... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 10:13-15

Hosea 10:13-15. Ye have ploughed wickedness Instead of working righteousness, (Hosea 10:12,) you have taken a great deal of pains in the service of sin, to compass your wicked designs. Ye have reaped iniquity Ye have, in return, received the fruit of iniquity, namely, punishment, or calamity. Ye have eaten the fruit of lies Fed yourselves with vain hopes, which have deceived and will deceive you. Or, you have trusted to that which has been only specious, not really satisfying or... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:13-15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 10:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 10:13-15

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