Though they bring up, &c Not "inappropriate after Hosea 9:11 ", but is part of the contrast commenced there. children = sons. will I bereave them. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:22 .Deuteronomy 28:41 , Deuteronomy 28:62 ). when I depart from them = when I take command from them. Hebrew. sur, as in Hosea 8:4 , and Hosea 12:3 (see notes there). Not the same word as "withdraw" in Hosea 5:6 , which is halaz. read more
"Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them."This, of course, is a continuation of the same pronouncement of judgment and death to the nation that forms the burden of the whole chapter. read more
12. Even though they should rear their children, yet will I bereave them (the Ephraimites) of them (Job 27:14). woe . . . to them when I depart—Yet the ungodly in their madness desire God to depart from them (Job 21:14; Job 22:17; Matthew 8:34). At last they know to their cost how awful it is when God has departed (Deuteronomy 31:17; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 28:16; compare Hosea 9:11; 1 Samuel 4:21). read more
Diminished fruitfulness 9:10-14"The gloomy, foreboding atmosphere of Hosea 9:1-9 changes now to one of pathos. The words here are at once tender and loving." [Note: McComiskey, p. 148.] read more
Israel’s humiliation 9:10-17This section is one in a series that looks back on Israel’s previous history, and its reflective mood colors its prophecies (cf. Hosea 10:1-15; Hosea 11:1-7)."Divine speech and prophetic speech combine in this passage to pronounce upon the disobedient Israelites the fulfillment of the curses for disobedience contained in the Mosaic covenant. Here for the first time Hosea himself calls down the wrath of God upon his own compatriots (Hosea 9:14; Hosea 9:17). He is thus... read more
Most of the children born would die prematurely, and few of them would remain, probably because of the coming invasion (cf. Deuteronomy 32:25). When Yahweh withdrew His protection from His people their doom would be great. He would no longer multiply the nation. read more
Exile is at HandThis prophecy appears to have been written in a time of rejoicing over a good harvest and vintage. Israel need not rejoice, says the prophet, with the wild joy of the heathen. Their praises to the local Baals are insults to Jehovah, whom they have denied. Their rejoicing will end in disaster, culminating in captivity either in Egypt or Assyria.1, 2. People] RV ’peoples,’ i.e. the heathen nations around. The allusion is probably to the orgies of the heathen festival. The sins of.... read more
4. "THE CORRUPTION THAT IS THROUGH LUST"Hosea 9:10-17 CF. Hosea 4:11-14Those who at the present time are enforcing among us the revival of a paganism-without the pagan conscience-and exalting licentiousness to the level of an art, forget how frequently the human race has attempted their experiment, with far more sincerity than they themselves can put into it, and how invariably the result has been recorded by history to be weariness, decay, and death. On this occasion we have the story told to... read more
CHAPTER 9:10-11:11 Retrospect, Israel’s Failure and Ruin 1. Israel once beloved, now fugitive wanderers (Hosea 9:10-17 ) 2. Their guilt and punishment (Hosea 10:1-11 ) 3. Exhortation and rebuke (Hosea 10:12-15 ) 4. The mercy of a merciful God (Hosea 11:1-11 ) Hosea 9:10-17 . Like a wayfaring man who finds grapes and figs in the desert and delights in them, so the Lord found Israel in the desert and they were His pleasure when He led them out of Egypt. But they requited His love by... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:1-17
9:1-13:16 ISRAEL’S PUNISHMENTPunishments to fit the sins (9:1-17)Baal worship and its accompanying immoral rituals were aimed at increasing the produce from farms and vineyards. As a punishment God will destroy the farms and vineyards and send the people into captivity. There they will be forced to eat food that to them is unclean (9:1-3). They will not be able to offer the usual food and wine offerings; in fact, they will barely have enough to keep themselves alive. Meanwhile the land in which... read more