Hosea 4:1, Hosea 4:14, Hosea 4:6 NASB

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:1-5

The Lord's controversy. God had a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. The essential part of the indictment was that they had forsaken him . "There is no knowledge of God in the land." Hence— I. A FEARFUL OVERFLOWING OF IMMORALITY . 1. With the knowledge of God there had departed also "truth and mercy" ( Hosea 4:1 ). "Truth" and "mercy," or "kindness," are root-principles of morals. The subversion of them is the subversion of morality in its foundations. These... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel - The prophet begins here, in a series of pictures as it were, to exhibit the people of Israel to themselves, that they might know that God did not do without cause all this which He denounced against them. Here, at the outset, He summons, the whole people, their prophets and priests, before the judgment seat of God, where God would condescend, Himself to implead them, and hear, if they had ought in their defense. The title “children of Israel”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 4:1

Hosea 4:1. Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel “The prophet here begins a third discourse, which is manifestly distinct from the preceding, both as to matter and manner. He was before predicting what should happen in future times, by way of prophetic vision; here he reproves those of the present time for such sins as then reigned among them; such as provoked God to send on them and their posterity the judgments foretold in the former chapter.” He seems to be addressing chiefly... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 4:1-19

4:1-8:14 ISRAEL’S MORAL CORRUPTIONHosea now turns from his personal experiences to the conditions in Israel that they illustrated. There appears to be little chronological order or logical development in this section. It consists of collections of numerous short messages that Hosea apparently delivered on various occasions over a number of years.Corrupt religion; corrupt people (4:1-5:7)The people have no knowledge of God or his law, and therefore they are unfaithful to him and deceitful in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 4:1

the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . children = sons. a controversy = a judicial inquiry and cause. Compare Hosea 12:2 .Isaiah 1:18 , and Isaiah 3:13 , Isaiah 3:14 .Jeremiah 25:31 .Micah 6:2 . mercy = lovingkindness, or grace. knowledge: or, acknowledgement. See note on Hosea 2:20 . Compare Hosea 4:6 ; Hosea 5:4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 4:1

This chapter opens the last section of the prophecy in which the same themes recur again and again. The guilt of the nation is stressed (Hosea 4:1-3), with particular attention to the guilt of the priests (Hosea 4:4-8), the prophecy of punishment for all (Hosea 4:9-10), and an elaboration of the immoral practices in their religion (Hosea 4:11-19). The terminology of the chapter, especially in the first three verses, is technical and legal."The source of the forms is legal procedure as practiced... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 4:1

Hosea 4:1. Hear the word of the Lord, &c.— The prophet here begins a third discourse, according to the rabbies; which is manifestly distinct from the preceding, both as to the matter and manner. He was before predicting what should happen in future times, by way of prophetic vision; here he reproves those of the present time for such sins as then reigned among them; such as provoked God to send on them and their posterity the judgments foretold in the former chapter. The word controversy is... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:1

1. Israel—the ten tribes. controversy—judicial ground of complaint (Isaiah 1:18; Jeremiah 25:31; Micah 6:2). no . . . knowledge of God—exhibited in practice (Micah 6:2- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 4:1

Hosea called on the Israelites to listen to a word from Yahweh because He was charging them with serious crimes. Yahweh was taking the Israelites to court. The basic accusation is that there was no faithfulness (truth, trustworthiness), kindness (loyalty, Heb. hesed), or (evidence of) knowledge of God in the land. The Israelites failed to acknowledge Yahweh as their God (cf. Hosea 2:20). These were all things that God had ordered His people to pursue when He covenanted with them at Sinai. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 4:1-3

Israel’s breach of covenant 4:1-3The Lord brought a legal charge against the Israelites for breaking the Mosaic Covenant. Again the literary form of this section is a legal confrontation (Heb. rib, cf. Hosea 2:2). Scholars therefore often refer to these courtroom type charges as "rib oracles," pronounced "reeve." Waltke called these messages oracles of reproach in the form of a lawsuit. [Note: Bruce K. Waltke, An Old Testament Theology, p. 836.] The Lord stated His charges against Israel in... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 4:1-5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 4:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 4:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 4:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 4:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 4:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 4:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 4:1-3

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