Hosea 6:1-11 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:9

And as troops of robbers wait for a man ,.... As a gang of highwaymen or footpads lie in wait in a ditch, or under a hedge, or in a cave of a rock or mountain, for a man they know will come by that way, who is full of money, in order to rob him; or, as Saadiah interprets it, as fishermen stand upon the banks of a river, and cast in their hooks to draw out the fish; and to the same purpose is Jarchi's note from R. Meir: so the company of priests murder in the way by consent ; not only... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:10

I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel ,.... Idolatry, the calves set up at Dan and Bethel, which God saw with abhorrence and detestation; or the prophet saw it, and it made his hair stand on end as it were, as the word F7 שערוריה a שער "pilus". signifies, that such wickedness should be committed by a professing people: there is the whoredom of Ephraim ; in the house of Israel is the whoredom of Jeroboam, who was of the tribe of Ephraim, and caused Israel to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:11

Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee ,.... That is, God hath set and appointed a time of wrath and vengeance for thee, which is sometimes signified by a harvest, Revelation 14:15 ; because thou hast been guilty of idolatry also, as well as Ephraim or the ten tribes: or rather it may be rendered, "but, O Judah" F8 גם "sed", V. L. Munster, Grotius. , he, that is, God, hath set an harvest for thee; appointed a time of joy and gladness, as a time of harvest is: when I... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:1

Come, and let us return unto the Lord - When God had purposed to abandon them, and they found that he had returned to his place - to his temple, where alone he could be successfully sought; they, feeling their weakness, and the fickleness, weariness, and unfaithfulness of their idols and allies, now resolve to "return to the Lord;" and, referring to what he said, Hosea 5:14 ; : "I will tear and go away;" they say, he "hath torn, but he will heal us;" their allies had torn, but they gave... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:2

After two days will he revive - Such is his power that in two or three days he can restore us. He can realize all our hopes, and give us the strongest token for good. In the third day he will raise us up - In so short a time can he give us complete deliverance. These words are supposed to refer to the death and resurrection of our Lord; and it is thought that the apostle refers to them, 1 Corinthians 15:4 ; : "Christ rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures;" and this is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:3

Then shall we know - We shall have the fullest evidence that we have not believed in vain. If we follow on to know the Lord - If we continue to be as much in earnest as we now are. His going forth - The manifestation of his mercy to our souls is as certain as the rising of the sun at the appointed time. And he shall come unto us as the rain - As surely as the early and the latter rain come. The first, to prepare the earth for the seed; this fell in autumn: the second, to prepare... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:4

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? - This is the answer of the Lord to the above pious resolutions; sincere while they lasted, but frequently forgotten, because the people were fickle. Their goodness (for goodness it was while it endured) was like the morning cloud that fadeth away before the rising sun, or like the early dew which is speedily evaporated by heat. Ephraim and Judah had too much goodness in them to admit of their total rejection, and too much evil to admit of their being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:5

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets - I have sent my prophets to testify against their fickleness. They have smitten them with the most solemn and awful threatenings; they have, as it were, slain them by the words of my mouth. But to what purpose? Thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth - Instead of יצא אור ומשפטיך umispateycha or yetse , "and thy judgments a light that goeth forth," the versions in general have read כאור ומשפטי umishpati keor , "and my judgment... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:6

I desired mercy, and not sacrifice - I taught them righteousness by my prophets; for I desired mercy. I was more willing to save than to destroy; and would rather see them full of penitent and holy resolutions, than behold them offering the best and most numerous victims upon my altar. See Matthew 9:13 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:7

But they like men ( כאדם keadam , "like Adam") have transgressed the covenant - They have sinned against light and knowledge as he did. This is sense, the other is scarcely so. There was a striking similarity in the two cases. Adam, in Paradise, transgressed the commandment, and I cast him out: Israel, in possession of the promised land, transgressed my covenant, and I cast them out, and sent them into captivity. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:7

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