Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 7:5
Hosea 7:5. The princes, &c.— The princes began to rage, or to be overheated with wine, &c. Houbigant. read more
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Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 7:6
Hosea 7:6. For they have made ready, &c.— Their heart burns as an oven; their fury smoketh forth all the night; and in the morn it burneth as a flame of fire. Houbigant. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:5
5. the day of our king—his birthday or day of inauguration. have made him sick—namely, the king. MAURER translates, "make themselves sick." with bottles of wine—drinking not merely glasses, but bottles. MAURER translates, "Owing to the heat of wine." he stretched out his hand with scorners—the gesture of revellers in holding out the cup and in drinking to one another's health. Scoffers were the king's boon companions. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:6
6. they have made ready—rather, "they make their heart approach," namely their king, in going to drink with him. like an oven—following out the image in Hosea 7:4. As it conceals the lighted fire all night while the baker sleeps but in the morning burns as a flaming fire, so they brood mischief in their hearts while conscience is lulled asleep, and their wicked designs wait only for a fair occasion to break forth [HORSLEY]. Their heart is the oven, their baker the ringleader of the plot. In... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:1-7
Internal corruption 7:1-7This section focuses on Israel’s domestic sins. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:5
Hosea 7:5-7 describe the assassination of one or more of Israel’s kings, an example of the passion for wickedness just illustrated. The political leaders became drunk on a particular festive occasion that honored the king. The king himself joined in scoffing at what was holy. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:6
The princes eagerly plotted to overthrow the king. Their anger with him smoldered for a long time and was not obvious to him, like a fire hidden in an oven (Hosea 7:4), but at the proper time it flared up and consumed him and his supporters. Hosea saw this happen four times. Shallum assassinated Zechariah, Menahem assassinated Shallum, Pekah assassinated Pekahiah, and Hoshea assassinated Pekah (2 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 15:14; 2 Kings 15:25; 2 Kings 15:30). read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:1-16
Corruption of the CourtIn this chapter the tone again becomes despondent. How can Israel be saved when her iniquity is so deep, so glaring, so obstinate? Samaria is especially instanced as the centre of a wicked and corrupt government sustained by a lawless people and false teachers. Hosea dwells chiefly on some plot which ended in regicide and the reliance on foreign powers which meant want of faith in God.2. They fail to realise how patent in God’s sight their iniquity is, while they attempt... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 7:5
(5) Following the hint of the LXX. and other versions, the rendering of which is based on a slightly different punctuation of the Hebrew, we prefer to translate, the day of our king the princes have begun with the glowing (or fever) of wine—i.e., the carousal of the princely retinue in celebration of the sovereign’s coronation-day (or birthday) commences at an early hour, significant of monstrous excess. (Comp. Acts 2:15.) There is bitterness in the use of the pronoun “our” before “king.”... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 7:6
"For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all night; in the morning, it burneth as a flaming fire."The fires of their evil passions never went out. When not actually engaged in the commission of some crime, they were still like a smoldering oven, ready to flame into action at the slightest provocation. A number of modern commentators find a direct reference here to a specific intrigue leading to the overthrow of one of the various murdered... read more