Hosea 10:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 10:13-15

Hosea 10:13-15. Ye have ploughed wickedness Instead of working righteousness, (Hosea 10:12,) you have taken a great deal of pains in the service of sin, to compass your wicked designs. Ye have reaped iniquity Ye have, in return, received the fruit of iniquity, namely, punishment, or calamity. Ye have eaten the fruit of lies Fed yourselves with vain hopes, which have deceived and will deceive you. Or, you have trusted to that which has been only specious, not really satisfying or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 10:1-15

Click image for full-size versionReaping what they have sown (10:1-15)The more prosperous the people of Israel become, the more they increase their worship of Baal. The more certain, therefore, is their coming judgment (10:1-2). No one can be trusted. Injustice, like a poisonous plant, is having a deadly effect. It is killing the nation. The people do not fear God, and as a result will fall under his judgment. They, along with their king and the golden calf that they worship, will be carried... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 10:13

Ye have plowed = Ye have sown. Heb, harashtem. Occurs, with this spelling, only here and Judges 14:18 . The Massorah ( App-30 and App-93 ) places it in an alphabetical list of words, occurring twice, with two different meanings (see Ginsburg's Massorah, vol. i, p. 498). It is therefore a Homonym with one meaning: ye have plowed (Judges 14:18 ); and another, ye have sown (Hosea 10:13 ). wickedness = lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44 . trust = confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69 . way.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 10:13

"Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.""Plowed wickedness ..." is a homely metaphor indicating that Ephraim had nourished and cultivated their wicked ways. Their fundamental error was in their believing that their way of immorality, calf-worship, and rebellion would actually cause them to be better off than if they had followed in the way of the Lord. This is always the primary... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:13

Hosea 10:13. Because thou did trust, &c.— Houbigant begins the 14th verse with this clause: Because thou didst trust, &c. Therefore, &c. And after Grotius, he reads, As Shalman was spoiled by the hand of Jerub-baal [or Gideon] in the day of battle; the mother shall be dashed in pieces with her children. The prophet seems to allude to the war of Gideon against Salmana, general of the Midianites, from whom the city here spoken of was called Shalman. But others suppose that the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:13

13. reaped iniquity—that is, the fruit of iniquity; as "righteousness" ( :-) is "the fruit of righteousness" (Job 4:8; Proverbs 22:8; Galatians 6:7; Galatians 6:8). lies—false and spurious worship. trust in thy way—thy perverse way (Isaiah 57:10; Jeremiah 2:23), thy worship of false gods. This was their internal safeguard, as their external was "the multitude of their mighty men." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 10:9-15

Israel’s coming war 10:9-15This section also opens with a reference to an event in Israel’s past history (cf. Hosea 9:10; Hosea 10:1; Hosea 11:1). Announcements of war punishment (Hosea 10:9-10; Hosea 10:14-15) bracket Yahweh’s indictment of His people for their sins (Hosea 10:11-13). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 10:11-15

A confirming announcement of war 10:11-15 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 10:13

Instead of plowing righteousness and reaping loyal love (Hosea 10:12), the Israelites had plowed wickedness and reaped injustice. Instead of eating the fruit of righteousness, they had eaten the fruit of lies. They had done this because they trusted in themselves and in their own military might. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:1-15

Denunciations and EntreatiesThis prophecy appears to have been uttered at a later date than the last. There is no longer any mention of Egypt, but the calamity from Assyria seems imminent. Again Hosea urges them to repent while there is time, and again gives way to despair.1. Empty] RV ’luxuriant,’ with reference to the prosperity of Israel. The more he prospered, the more he multiplied his heathenish altars and symbols. Fruit unto himself] RV ’his fruit.’ Images] RV ’pillars’: see on Hosea... read more

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