Hosea 8:11-13 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-14

Sin its own punishment. These verses exhibit But perhaps the most prominent thought in the passage is that of the self-punishing nature of sin, as illustrated in the early history and the later fortunes of Ephraim. We see this fact reflected— I. IN THE NATIONAL CALF - WORSHIP . ( Hosea 8:5-7 ) Samaria had "cast off good" ( Hosea 8:3 ) by departing from the pure ritual which Jehovah had prescribed; and therefore the "calf" which she had set up, and in which she gloried,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:9-13

The justice of the judgments threatened with further additions. Their errand to Assyria added to their sin; they sought heathen helpers to uphold them in their apostasy and idolatry, increasing their sin. I. ONE SINFUL ACT IS PROLIFIC OF MANY MORE . One sinful course draws on another, just as one lie necessitates one or more to make it plausible, or prop it up or cloak it. The revolt from the Davidic dynasty was a wrong step and a sinful one; the idolatry Of the calves... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-12

These two verses are closely connected with the preceding verse and with each other. Hosea 8:11 not only accounts for, but justifies, the threat of punishment announced in Hosea 8:10 by reference to Ephraim's sin; and Hosea 8:12 shows the inexcusableness of Ephraim in thus sinning. Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. Instead of the one sanctuary with its altar in the place which the Lord their God would choose out of all their tribes to put... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-12

Perversion of worship "Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." Israel was to have only one altar, and that in the place where the Lord would reveal his Name ( Deuteronomy 12:5 ). But, instead of that, Ephraim had built a number of altars in different places to multiply the sin of idolatry, and thereby heap more and more guilt upon itself (Delitzsch). The passage leads us to notice the perversion of worship . This is one of the oldest, the most prevalent, and most baneful sins... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-14

Religion become sin Israel's holiest things became sin to them through their disregard of God's commandments. I. THE ALTAR BECOME SIN . ( Hosea 8:11 ) The law required that there should be but one altar, and that in the place where God had put his Name ( Deuteronomy 12:1-32 ). Ephraim disregarding this command, multiplied altars, and so committed sin. The worship at local altars was at most but tolerated in the days of the judges, of Samuel, and the early kings, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:12

Holy Scripture, and man's neglect of it. The complaint contained in this verse may reasonably be addressed to multitudes still. With even more reason, indeed, than to Ephraim seven centuries before Christ; for our completed Bible contains a much richer revelation of Divine truth than those earlier Scriptures which are here referred to. I. GOD 'S GREAT GIFT OF HOLY SCRIPTURE . "I have written to him the great things of my Law." 1. What is God ' s " Law ."? The word... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:12

The inspiration of Scripture. This is an emphatic declaration of the Divine origin of Scripture. If it required utterance in Hosea's day, it equally demands our earnest consideration. The accessibility and cheapness of God's Word has tended to its neglect. Because it is less rare it appears to many less precious. In the reign of Edward I. a copy would cost £37, and as a laborer earned only three half-pence as his daily wage, it represented to him the product of fifteen years' work. How... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:13-14

For the sacrifice of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not. The mention of altars naturally suggests that of sacrifices, and, as a matter of fact, with the multiplication of those altars they multiplied their sacrifices, so that the latter kept pace with the former, and a due proportionateness maintained between them. And yet, numerous as those sacrifices were, they were not real sacrifices; they were no more and no better than slaying so many... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:11

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall indeed be unto him to sin - that is, they shall be proved to him to be so, by the punishment which they shall draw upon him. The prophet had first shown them their folly in forsaking God for the help of man; now he shows them the folly of attempting to “secure themselves by their great shew and pretences of religion and devotion in a false way.” God had appointed “one” altar at Jerusalem. There He willed the sacrifices to be offered,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:12

I have written to him the great things of My law - Literally, “I write.” Their sin then had no excuse of ignorance. God had written their duties for them in the ten commandments with His own hand; He had written them of old and “manifoldly” , often repeated and in divers manners. He wrote those manifold things “to them” (or “for them”) by Moses, not for that time only, but that they might be continually before their eyes, as if He were still writing. He had written to them since, in their... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:9-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:13-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:12

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