호세아 1:4-6 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:3-9

Hosea's children. Not only was the prophet's marriage to be a sign; the children were to be for signs also. So, afterwards, were Isaiah's sons in Judah ( Isaiah 7:3 , Isaiah 7:14 ; Isaiah 8:3 ). Hosea's ill-starred children were cursed in the very names which they bore; and each of these was to be as a sermon to the nation. It may be that they personally walked for a time in their mother's evil ways; but whether or not, the names which they received concentrate into a focus Hosea's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:3-9

Children of whoredoms. Hosea's children, like Isaiah's, were to be "for signs and wonders" in Israel ( Isaiah 8:18 ). Their names—Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, Lo-ammi—were significant. A prophetic word was attached to each. I. JEZREEL . (Verses 4, 5) This first name—"God will scatter"—foretells Israel's scattering. Through it judgment is denounced 1. The character of an action is determined by its motive . By the "blood of Jezreel" is meant the slaughter of the seed of Ahab ( 2... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4

And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel . The name which the people inherited from a distinguished ancestor was one of honor and dignity—Israel or Yisrael, " prince with God;" the name imposed by their sins was one of reproach and disaster—Izreel, or Yizreel, " scattered by God." The Hebrews had a peculiar fondness for a paronomasia of this kind; thus Bethel, " house of God," becomes Bethaven, " house of vanity." Keil regrets the appellative sense in this passage, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4-5

Divine retribution. The political anarchy and social degradation of the kingdom of Israel during the time of Hosea arose from causes too deep to be reached by the panaceas of politicians, or by the nostrums of political economists. Willful and persistent disobedience to Divine Law was the secret source of these disorders, which called for a radical change in the hearts of the people. This, however, it seemed hopeless to expect from the nation at large. It was given over to its impenitence... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4-9

The sufferings of Israel symbolically recorded. The three children of the prophet by Gomer symbolize at once a degree of sin and a period of suffering. The forefathers of Israel had been idolaters in their native laud and in Egypt, as we learn from the admonition of Joshua ( Joshua 24:14 ), "Put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt." But God took them into covenant with himself at Sinai; this new relation may be represented by the prophet's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:5

And it shall some to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel . Here we have a prediction of a most momentous event, with express statement of the place where it should occur, as also the time of its occurrence. The event itself was more than the downfall of a dynasty; it was the destruction of a kingdom. The date of that destruction is defined simply as the period when God would punish the sins of both the princes and people of Israel The close of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:5

Retribution. "And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel." The word "Jezreel" means "God's seed," or "sowing." The tract of land called by this name was an extensive plain, computed by modern travelers to be about fifteen miles square, stretching south and south-west from Mount Tabor and Nazareth; the hills of Nazareth and those of Samaria on the south, those of Tabor and Hermon on the west, and Carmel to the south-west. It was called... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:6

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter . And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah. The first birth symbolized the blood-guiltiness and idolatry of Israel, and the consequent destruction. Two other births follow to confirm the certainty of the coming calamity, to develop it further, and exhibit the nation ever which it impended under new phases, as also to show the prospect of deliverance to be hopeless. The change of sex may indicate the totality of the nation, male and female,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:6

Mercy denied. The iniquity of Israel surpassed that of the sister kingdom of Judah. Hence the awful message of the Lord to the former, contrasting with the declaration of favor made towards the latter. There is perhaps nothing more terrible in the whole of revelation than the name symbolically given to the daughter of Hosea, regarded as representing the idolatrous and rebellions nation of Israel—the Unpitied! I. THERE IS A WITNESS TO THE ENORMITY OF HUMAN SIN . Men... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:6-7

God's mercy. "For I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen." This passage leads us to con template God's mercy. Mercy is a modification of goodness. God is good to all, but is only merciful to the suffering sinner. Mercy not only implies suffering, but suffering arising... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:3-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:3-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:6-7

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