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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 4:8-11

Hosea 4:8-11. They eat up the sin of my people These priests, mentioned Hosea 4:6, live upon the sin-offerings of the people; and are so far from restraining them, that they take delight in seeing them commit iniquity, because the more they sin, the greater is the number of their sin-offerings, which are the priests’ portions. Bishop Horsley translates the verse, “Every one of them, while they eat the sin-offerings of my people, sets his own heart upon the crime;” that is, while they... 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 4:8

eat up the sin = the sin-offering. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:30 ): i. e. those sin-offerings which should have been wholly burnt, and not eaten. See notes on Leviticus 6:26 , Leviticus 6:30 . App-92 . Set their heart = lift up their soul: i. e. desire. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . iniquity = wrong-doing. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 4:8

"They feed on the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.""They feed on the sin of my people ..." Hosea had already mentioned the false priests and prophets (Hosea 4:5); and here he returned to the subject of the evil priesthood, as indicated by the contrast between "they" and "my people" in the same clause. Harper gave the meaning of this accurately, thus:"The priests encouraged the people to sin in order that they the priests might have larger numbers of sin offerings,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 4:8

8. eat . . . sin of my people—that is, the sin offerings (Leviticus 6:26; Leviticus 10:17). The priests greedily devoured them. set their heart on their iniquity—literally, "lift up the animal soul to lust after," or strongly desire. Compare Leviticus 10:17- :, Margin; Psalms 24:4; Jeremiah 22:27. The priests set their own hearts on the iniquity of the people, instead of trying to suppress it. For the more the people sinned, the more sacrificial victims in atonement for sin the priests gained. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 4:4-10

The guilt of Israel’s priests 4:4-10In this pericope God addressed the Israelites as a whole but identified sins of their priests in particular. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 4:8

Israel’s priests were feeding on the sin offerings that the people brought to their pagan shrines. Yet since these offerings were to idols it was as though the priests really fed on the people’s sins. The priests desired these offerings, which meant they wanted the people to practice idolatry so they would bring more sacrifices. King Jeroboam I had appointed as priests people from any tribe and all walks of life in Israel (1 Kings 12:31; 1 Kings 13:33). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 4:1-19

Condemnation of the PriesthoodAn arraignment against Israel as a whole, because of all manner of wickedness against God and man. Prophet and priest, who ought to have taught them better, are only too like them in character, and must share their doom. In Hosea 4:15-17 there is an appeal to Judah not to follow the idolatrous practices of Israel.1. Controversy] i.e. a lawsuit: cp. Isaiah 3:13, Isaiah 3:14. 2. By swearing] RV ’There is nought but swearing.’ Break out] commit acts of violence. Blood... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 4:7-8

(7, 8) The increase in numbers and prosperity probably refers to the priesthood, who, as they grew in numbers, became more alienated from the true God. These eat up, or fatten on, the very sins they ought to rebuke. The reference here may be either to the portion of sacrificial offerings which fell to the share of the priests, or (less probably) to the sin-money and trespass-money exacted in place of sin-offerings of 2 Kings 12:16. (On the general condition of the priesthood at this time, see... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hosea 4:1-19

Ephraim and His Idols Hosea 4:17 These words are not intended as a threatening of the cessation of the Divine pleadings. There are no people about whom God says that they are so wedded to any sin that it is no use trying to do anything for them. I. Ephraim is the name of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, one of the two into which the nation was divided. It is the people in the other, the neighbouring nation, that are spoken to; and what is meant by the 'letting alone' is plainly enough expressed... read more