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The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:6-10

Priestly neglect and its consequences. This section deals with the sin and punishment of the priests, as the preceding one had described the sin and punishment of the people. The priests here referred to were probably Levitical priests still scattered through the northern kingdom, since God speaks of them as his priests; while those which Jeroboam appointed out of other tribes than that of Levi, and from all, even the lowest, ranks of society, were rather priests for the worship of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:6-11

Priests and people. The prophet addresses himself in this section to both priests and people, but chiefly to the priests, whom he regards as mainly responsible for the people's defection. I. PRIESTS AND PEOPLE ALIKE IN THE REJECTION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD . ( Hosea 4:6 ) 1. The tack of the knowledge of God . Israel possessed this knowledge of God once. It did not possess it now. There was little right knowledge of God's character, of God's Law, and of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:6-14

Israel's guilt and punishment. Priests and people were guilty alike, and would be overtaken by one common doom. I. THE SIN OF THE PRIESTS . 1. They rejected the knowledge of God ( Hosea 4:6 ). They did not engage in the study of the Divine Law, and their lives were a violation of its precepts. 2. They consequently failed to teach the Law to the people ( Hosea 4:6 ). 3. They connived at the national idolatry, on account of the material profit which they obtained... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:7

Secular prosperity. "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame." The "increase" referred to in the text is in all probability an increase in the number of the population. Israel had become a numerous people. But it might also refer to their increase in wealth; this is the application that we shall make of it, and notice three points. I. SECULAR PROSPERITY ATTAINED BY THE WICKED . They were an idolatrous and rebellious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:7-8

As they were increased ; rather, multiplied . Whether כְּרֻבָּם be taken as infinitive with suffix and prefix, or as a noun, it will amount to the same. The reference is rather to the multitude of the population than to the greatness of their prosperity or the abundance of their wealth. In the latter sense it is understood by the Chaldee paraphrase, but in the former by the Syriac translator. So also Kimchi, where he says, "As for Aaron the priest their father, the Law of truth was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge - “My people are,” not, “is.” This accurately represents the Hebrew . The word “people” speaks of them as a whole; are, relates to the individuals of whom that whole is composed. Together, the words express the utter destruction of the whole, one and all. They are destroyed “for lack of knowledge,” literally, “of the knowledge,” i. e., the only knowledge, which in the creature is real knowledge, that knowledge, of the want of which he had before... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:7

As they were increased, so they sinned against Me - The “increase” may be, either in actual number or in wealth, power or dignity. The text includes both. In both kinds of increase, the bad abuse God’s gifts against Himself, and take occasion of them to offend Him. The more they were increased in number, the more there were to sin, the more they were who sinned. God promised to make Abraham’s seed, “as the stars of heaven.” They were to shine in the world through the light of the law, and the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 4:6

Hosea 4:6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge The ignorance of the nature, necessity, and excellence of true religion, which prevailed among the Jews and Israelites, was one principal cause of those sins which drew down such heavy judgments upon them. Because thou hast rejected knowledge That is, wouldest not use the means of knowledge which thou hadst. “But this lack of knowledge in the people was, in a great measure, owing to the want of that constant instruction which they... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 4:7

Hosea 4:7. As they were increased, so they sinned Or, The more they were increased, the more they sinned against me The greater the favours were which I heaped upon them, and the more I multiplied them, the more presumptuously they sinned against me: see Hosea 13:6. Instead of, as they were increased, Bishop Horsley reads, In proportion as they were magnified, (a translation the Hebrew word, כרבם , will well bear,) “the priesthood,” he observes, “among the Jews was, by God’s... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 4:1-19

4:1-8:14 ISRAEL’S MORAL CORRUPTIONHosea now turns from his personal experiences to the conditions in Israel that they illustrated. There appears to be little chronological order or logical development in this section. It consists of collections of numerous short messages that Hosea apparently delivered on various occasions over a number of years.Corrupt religion; corrupt people (4:1-5:7)The people have no knowledge of God or his law, and therefore they are unfaithful to him and deceitful in... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:6-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:6-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:6-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:7-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 4:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 4:7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 4:1-19

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