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The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:8-9

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah. Intimation had been given in the preceding verse that the period of their fast-approaching destruction was at hand; that, as Kimchi expresses it, the now moon would soon come at which their enemies would destroy them. Now he pictures them as already on the march, and just advancing to execute the work of destruction; while the terror and alarm consequent thereon are here presented with great vividness, but at the same time with much... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:8-12

Ephraim and Judah. The judgment is represented in these verses as already fallen. Shrill cornet and trumpet blasts announce the presence of the invaders. They fill the land. They are at the borders of Judah. They menace Benjamin. I. IS THE GRASP OF THE DESTROYER . ( Hosea 5:8 , Hosea 5:9 ) 1. Ephraim ' s destruction came upon him suddenly . It was on him before he was aware. Ere almost he could realize the fact, the land was in possession of invaders. It is thus... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 5:8

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah - The evil day and destruction, denounced, is now vividly pictured, as actually come. All is in confusion, hurry, alarm, because the enemy was in the midst of them. The “cornet,” an instrument made of horn, was to be blown as the alarm, when the enemy was at hand. The “trumpet” was especially used for the worship of God. “Gibeah and Ramah” were cities of Benjamin, on the borders of Ephraim, where the enemy, who had possessed himself of Israel, would burst in upon... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 5:9

Ephraim shall be desolate - It shall not be lightly rebuked, nor even more grievously chastened; it shall not simply be wasted by famine, pestilence, and the sword; it shall be not simply desolate, but a desolation, one waste, in the day of rebuke, when God brings home to it its sin and punishment. Ephraim was not taken away for a time; it was never restored.I have made known that which shall surely be - o: “Doubt not that this which I say shall come upon thee, for it is a sure saying which I... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 5:8-9

Hosea 5:8-9. Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, &c. The prophet here calls upon the watchmen of Judah and Israel to sound an alarm, and give notice of the approach of the enemy: compare Joel 2:1. It was usual in those days, when a country was invaded, or was on the point of being so, to give notice of it by sounding cornets and trumpets from the towers and high places, on which the watchmen or sentinels were placed. Gibeah and Ramah were towns in the tribe of Benjamin; and Beth-aven, ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:8-15

Click image for full-size versionForeign policies (5:8-15)During the reigns of the Judean kings Jotham and Ahaz, Israel and Syria tried to persuade Judah to join them in an alliance aimed at resisting the spreading power of Assyria. When Judah refused to cooperate, Israel and Syria attacked Jerusalem, whereupon Ahaz, contrary to Isaiah’s advice, asked Assyria for help. Assyria replied by conquering Syria and much of Israel. But Judah’s independence also suffered, because in asking Assyria for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 5:8

cornet = horn. Beth-aven. See note on Hosea 4:15 . after thee, &c. Apparently a war-cry = "[Look] behind thee, O Benjamin! "Compare Judges 5:14 ; Judges 20:40 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 5:8

"Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Bethaven; behind thee, O Benjamin."This blowing of horns was an idiomatic expression that meant, arouse and warn the whole country against terrible and impending danger. In this case it was war."The cornet ... the trumpet ..." This symbol for general alarm had originated during the wilderness wanderings of the chosen people during which time the sounding of the shopar, or ram's horn, signaled the break of camp, or any... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 5:9

"Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.""Ephraim shall become a desolation ..." The disappearance from history of this once proud and mighty people eloquently underscores the sad truth of this prophecy. Ephraim simply refused to heed any warning or to make amends for their depravity in any way whatever; nor could they ever say that God had not warned them, a thing that Hosea stressed in the last clause of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 5:8

Hosea 5:8. Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah— Lo! the cornet is sounded in Gibeah; and the trumpet in Ramah: howlings are heard at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin. Houbigant. The prophet here declares the approach of the Assyrian, in the same animated style and manner as Isaiah, chap. Isaiah 10:28, &c. read more