何西阿書 13:4-5 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1-8

Ephraim, living and dead. This passage portrays anew the dreadful prevalence of apostasy and idolatry throughout the nation. "The same strings, though generally unpleasing ones, are harped upon in this chapter that were in those before" (Matthew Henry). Much of the imagery continues to be anthropopathic; the prophet exhibits an apparent tumult of contending passions in the Divine mind towards unfilial and rebellious Ephraim. I. EPHRAIM WAS ONCE ALIVE . He had been so, both... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:4

Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt . The prophet here commences a recital of God's favors to Israel from ancient times, all which they forgot, ungratefully and impiously turning aside from the worship of Jehovah. Jehovah had been Israel's God long before, but never before had the evidence of his power and love to his people been so signal and conspicuous as at the period of the Exodus and onward. And thou shalt know no god but me. The use of תֵדָע in the imperfect is to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:4

The only Savior. The prophets were in the habit of appealing to the past history of Israel as a nation when they would urge the people to repent of present sin, and would encourage them to seek Divine favor and acceptance. Certainly the records of the past proved that only in returning and in rest had the people ever been saved, and that when they had turned elsewhere than to Jehovah they had only met with disappointment and misery. I. THE VANITY AND INSUFFICIENCY OF ALL ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:4-5

These verses make it evident that the punishment inflicted on Israel could not reasonably be accounted too severe; such had been the goodness of Jehovah and the gross ingratitude of Israel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:5

I did know thee in the wilderness. The pronoun at the beginning of the verse is emphatic: As for me; or, I it was that knew thee . The meaning of the sentiment is: I acknowledged thee with kindness, with paternal care and kind providence watching over thee. "Thou shouldest gratefully acknowledge me," is the comment of Kimchi, "because I knew thee in the wilderness, and cared for thy necessity in the wilderness, in which there were no means of livelihood." In the land of great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:5

Remembrance in the wilderness. No more signal instance of Divine interposition is recorded, even in the wonderful history of Israel, than the care and guidance and protection vouchsafed to the chosen people in their desert-wanderings. No wonder that the inspired prophets should again and again refer to this marvelous record of Divine regard, remembrance, and assistance. I. THE OCCASION OF DIVINE REMEMBRANCE . 1. To Israel and to humanity (for of the race at large was the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:5-8

Mercy in beneficent action and in retributive displeasure. "I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought," etc. Mercy is the subject of these words; and mercy, like the mystic pillar that guided the Israelites in the wilderness, has two sides—a bright one to guide and cheer, and a dark one to confound and destroy. In these two aspects the text presents it. I. Here is mercy IN BENEFICENT ACTION . "I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:5-8

Self-exaltation. As Moses had foretold ( Deuteronomy 8:10-18 ; Deuteronomy 32:15 ), when Israel became prosperous, he forgot God, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation. The exaltation of Baal was itself an act of self-will—a species of self-exaltation. The egoistic principle, however, had more direct manifestations. We have in these verses— I. GOD KNOWN IN ADVERSITY . "I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought" ( Hosea 13:5 ). 1. God knew... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:4

Yet - , (literally, and) I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt God was still the same God who had sheltered them with His providence, ever since He had delivered them from Egypt. He had the same power and will to help them. Therefore their duty was the same, and their destruction arose, not from any change in Him, but from themselves. “God is the God of the ungodly, by creation and general providence.”And thou shalt - (i. e., oughtest to) know no God but Me, for (literally, and) there is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:5

I did know thee in the wilderness - “God so knew them, as to deserve to be known by them. By “knowing” them, He shewed how He ought to be acknowledged by them.” “As we love God, because He first loved us,” so we come to know and own God, having first been owned and known of Him. God showed His knowledge of them, by knowing and providing for their needs; He knew them “in the wilderness, in the land of great drought,” where the land yielded neither food nor water. He supplied them with the “bread... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:5-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:5-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:5

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