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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:10

Verse 10 When God says that he desires to chastise the people, he intimates that this was his purpose, as when one greatly wishes for anything; and it may be an allowable change in the sentence, if the copulative was omitted, and it be rendered thus, — It is in my desire to chastise them But to depart from the words seems not to me necessary; I therefore take them apart as they stand, in this sense, — that God would follow his desire in chastising the people. The sentence seems indeed to be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:11

Verse 11 Some read the two words, “taught,” and “loveth,” separately, מלמדה, melamde, and אהבתי, aebti; for they think that at the beginning of the verse a reproach is conveyed, as though the Prophet had said, that Ephraim was wholly unteachable: though God had from childhood brought him up under his discipline, he yet now showed so great stubbornness, that he even ceased not to rebel against God, and went on obstinately in his own wickedness. “Ephraim then is like a trained heifer.” But this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:12

Verse 12 He exhorts here the Israelites to repentance; though it seems not a simple and bare exhortation, but rather a protestation; as though the Lord had said, that he had hitherto laboured in vain as to the people of Israel, because they had ever continued obstinate. For it immediately follows — read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9

O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah. Two explanations given of this clause—namely, that which understands, min comparatively, that is, "more than"—their sins were greater than those of the Benjamites in the days of Gibeah; and that which refers the sin here spoken of to the appointment of Saul, who was of Gibeah of Benjamin, to be king—must be unhesitatingly rejected. Tile sin of the men of Gibeah was the shameful outrage committed on the Levite's concubine by the men of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-11

Past and present. We have here, I. A PAST OF SIN —A PRESENT OF RETRIBUTION . ( Hosea 10:9 , Hosea 10:10 ) Israel's sin was: 1. Of old date . "Thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah" (cf. on Hosea 9:9 ). The sin of Gibeah was an early and outstanding instance of wickedness. It may have taken place not long after "the days of the elders which over-lived Joshua" (Joshus Joshua 24:31 ), and so have been the first public mark of the new departure in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-12

A checkered picture. These verses exhibit the continuance in sin and its consequences, chastisement and its lessons, change of circumstances and its bitter experiences, the call to repentance and the blessed promises to the penitent. I. CONTINUANCE IN SIN . Israel had corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah ( Hosea 9:9 ), and, as we are told in Hosea 10:9 , had sinned from the days of Gibeah. 1. Grievous as their sin had been at first, it was greatly aggravated by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-15

National prosperity and calamity. In this passage, for the second time ( vide Hosea 9:10 ), the prophet starts with a brief reminiscence of former days, and then proceeds to deliver an urgent exhortation to present duty; but all serves merely as a basis for more denunciation and announcement of retribution. I. THE IDEAL LIFE OF A NATION . ( Hosea 10:12 ) Although this verse is in the first instance a summons to Israel to repent and reform, we may view it as indicating... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:10

It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them. This is better translated thus: When I desire it, then ( vav of the apodosis) shall I chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them . This expresses God's determination to punish sin and vindicate his justice as the infinitely Holy One. It means, not only that his desire to punish them does exist, but that, this desire being taken for granted, there shall be no let nor... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:11

And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn. Ephraim is compared to a heifer trained. The work she was taught to do was treading cut the corn; by training and habit it had became a second nature, so that she took delight in it. The connecting vowel occurs seldom, and usually with an antique coloring in prose, according to Ewald; it is poetical besides, and used in the concourse of words somewhat closely connected, but not in the strict construct state. Thus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:11

Moral abasement. Figures drawn from the work of husbandry are frequently found in the sacred Scriptures. No others could have been so wisely employed. As Divine truths were intended for all nations, it was well that illustrations of them should be found in all lauds. The breaking up of the ground, the sowing of seed, the reaping of the harvest, are phenomena well known in every country, and the process has been essentially the same in every age. Whether the harvest grows in the small... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:11

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