Hosea 13:3 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud - There is often a fair show of prosperity, out of God; but it is short-lived. “The third generation,” says the pagan proverb, “never enjoys the ill-gotten gain.” The highest prosperity of an ungodly state is often the next to its fall. Israel never so flourished, as under Jeroboam II. Bright and glistening with light is “the early dew;” in an hour it is gone, as if it had never been. Glowing and gilded by the sun is “the morning cloud;” while you... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 13:3-5

Hosea 13:3-5. Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, &c. All the comparisons in this verse are intended to express a quick destruction, or that they should soon come to nothing. Yet I am the Lord thy God, &c. Notwithstanding thy recourse to idols, I am the Lord thy God, who delivered thee out of the bondage of Egypt. And thou shalt know That is, thou oughtest to acknowledge; no god but me For thou hast never yet proved, and thou never wilt prove by experience, the power... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:1-16

The destruction of Israel (13:1-16)Ephraim prided itself that it was the leading tribe in Israel and that the other tribes did as Ephraim told them. Ephraim must therefore bear the responsibility for the development of Baal worship in Israel. As the morning dew quickly vanishes with the rising of the sun, so Ephraim, and all the other tribes with it, will soon disappear (13:1-3).God saved the Israelites from slavery, looked after them in the wilderness and gave them a land, but in their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 13:3

dew. Hebrew. t al = the night mist. See note on "Zion", Psalms 133:3 . the = a. floor = threshingfloor. chimney = window, or opening. No word for chimney in Hebrew read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 13:3

"Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney."In this passage, God speaks in the third person of Israel, "as though addressing a court concerning the accused."[10] Four distinct and eloquent similes are used here to stress the impermanence of the doomed state."As the morning cloud ..." This figure is used in both testamentst and notably by James... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:3

3. they shall be as the morning cloud . . . dew— (Hosea 6:4). As their "goodness" soon vanished like the morning cloud and dew, so they shall perish like them. the floor—the threshing-floor, generally an open area, on a height, exposed to the winds. chimney—generally in the East an orifice in the wall, at once admitting the light, and giving egress to the smoke. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 13:1-3

Israel’s sin against privilege 13:1-3 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 13:3

Because they did this the Ephraimites would soon vanish from their land. They would disappear like fog or dew in the morning and like chaff from a threshing floor and smoke from a chimney that the wind blew away. Judgment would come swiftly and surely. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1-16

Israel’s Idolatry and its ConsequencesThe main thought of this c., which is a continuation of the last (cp. Hosea 12:9; Hosea 13:4), is the folly of Israel incurring the enmity of God, who had shown Himself such a loving friend, but might become so terrible an enemy. The sudden change of tone in Hosea 13:14 is highly characteristic.1. When.. trembling] RV ’When Ephraim spake, there was trembling.’ Ephraim was a strong and powerful tribe, which could command obedience, as especially in the days... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 13:3

(3) Early dew . . .—Better, dew that early passeth away, like chaff that flies in a whirlwind from the threshing-floor, and like smoke from the window (i.e., the lattice beneath the roof through which it vanished). read more