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Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:1-14

THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAELHosea 4:1-19; Hosea 5:1-15; Hosea 6:1-11; Hosea 7:1-16; Hosea 8:1-14; Hosea 9:1-17; Hosea 10:1-15; Hosea 11:1-12; Hosea 12:1-14; Hosea 13:1-16; Hosea 14:1-9It was indeed a "thick night" into which this Arthur of Israel stepped from his shattered home. The mists drive across Hosea’s long agony with his people, and what we see, we see blurred and broken. There are stumbling and clashing; crowds in drift; confused rallies; gangs of assassins breaking across the highways;... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Hosea 8:1-14

CHAPTER 8:1-9:9 The Apostasy is Followed by Judgment 1. The judgment announced (Hosea 8:1-7 ) 2. The apostasy which resulted in judgment (Hosea 8:8-14 ) 3. Warning against self-security (Hosea 9:1-9 ) Hosea 8:1-7 . The prophet is commanded to sound the alarm of the impending judgment. The message is that the enemy will come swift as an eagle upon the house of the Lord, which here does not mean the temple (which was in connection with Judah), but Israel as the chosen people was the house,... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:1-14

JEHOVAH ’S LOVE FOR ISRAEL With Hosea begins the “Minor” prophets, extending to the close of the Old Testament, and so-called to distinguish them from the “Major,” the first four already considered. The major are the more important not as to their contents but their size; and yet the minor prophets are, in principle, only repeating what the major prophets have recorded over and over again. For this reason the minor prophets will be considered briefly. It may be repeated that we are not... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Hosea 8:1-14

Threatened Destruction Hosea 8:1-4 . "Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law" ( Hos 8:1 ). The Lord pursues the evildoers, not in a spirit of vengeance, but in a spirit of expostulation, to be followed by such penalty as the evil deeds have provoked and deserved. When he commands the prophet to set the trumpet to his mouth he regards the prophet in the capacity of a... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Hosea 8:1-8

The Chapter opens with a command to someone, and it should seem most likely to be to the Prophet, to cry aloud, in a way of reproof and expostulation. The expression is not unlike that command to Isaiah 58:1 . And if we spiritualize the chapter, and for a moment lose sight of Israel of old, and read in what is here said, the Lord speaking to his Israel now; the word, under his Almighty teaching, will be very profitable. For Reader! mark verse by verse what the Lord here saith, and see if there... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:3

Him. Septuagint, "they have pursued the enemy." But the former sense is better. (Haydock) --- The Assyrians prevailed. (St. Jerome) --- They carried Israel into captivity, before Juda, ver. 9. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:1-4

1-4 When Israel was hard pressed, they would claim protection from God, but this would be disregarded. What stead will it stand in to say, My God, I know thee, if we cannot say, My God, I love thee, serve thee, and cleave to thee only? read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Hosea 8:1-7

The Judgment Announced v. 1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth, so the Lord calls out to the prophet in bidding him give a warning concerning the approach of the judgment. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, the enemy, especially the Assyrian, invading the country with the swiftness of an eagle pouncing upon his prey, Deuteronomy 28:49, because they have transgressed My covenant and trespassed against My Law. While God, according to His mercy, would like to live in the midst... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hosea 8:1-14

2. THE JUDGMENTA. “Sowing the Wind brings forth the Whirlwind as a Harvest.” Galling Dependence upon AssyriaHosea 8:1-141 To thy mouth (set) the trumpet:“Like the eagle (it is coming) upon the house of Jehovah,”Because they broke my Covenant,And sinned against my Law.2 To me they will cry:“My God,1 we know Thee, (we) Israel.3 Yet Israel has rejected the good;Let the enemy pursue him!24 They set up kings, but not by me,Made princes, but I knew (them) not.Their silver and their goldThey made into... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hosea 8:1-14

Reaping the Whirlwind Hosea 8:1-14 A conqueror was at hand who should subdue and punish the whole nation for taking its own course, irrespective of God, Hosea 8:4-8 ; for seeking foreign alliances which could bring only oppression in their train, Hosea 8:9-10 ; and for multiplying altars and fortresses which were destined to be destroyed, Hosea 8:11 ; Hosea 8:14 . The circumstances referred to in this chapter seem to point to the reigns of Menahem and Uzziah, 2 Kings 15:19 ; 2 Chronicles... read more