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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 9:11

from the birth, &c. = no birth, none with child, no conception. conception. This particular word herayon occurs only here, and Ruth 4:13 . A similar word (Hebrew. haron) in Genesis 3:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 9:10

"I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.""Like the grapes in the wilderness ... as the first-ripe in the fig tree ..." This is a reference to the early favor which was found from God in the lives of the early patriarchs of Israel. Men of the stature of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were among... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 9:11

"As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird; there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception."The great upward-thrust of Israel had, from the first, been tied securely to their prolific birth-rate, the same being the first thing that aroused the fear and hatred of the Egyptians who countered the threat by casting the male children into the Nile. The meaning of this verse is therefore especially significant. Israel shall be no more a proliferating people shadowing... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 9:10

Hosea 9:10. I found Israel, &c.— "After I had miraculously redeemed Israel out of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness, their obedience was as grateful to me as early grapes, or the first ripe figs to a thirsty traveller." See Micah 7:1.Isaiah 28:4; Isaiah 28:4. Houbigant renders the last clause of this verse, Which when they loved they became abominable: others read, They went to Baal-peor, and consecrated or devoted themselves unto that shame; and abominations became as their love. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 9:10

10. As the traveller in a wilderness is delighted at finding grapes to quench his thirst, or the early fig (esteemed a great delicacy in the East, Isaiah 28:4; Jeremiah 24:2; Micah 7:1); so it was My delight to choose your fathers as My peculiar people in Egypt (Hosea 2:15). at her first time—when the first-fruits of the tree become ripe. went to Baal-peor— (Hosea 2:15- :): the Moabite idol, in whose worship young women prostituted themselves; the very sin Israel latterly was guilty of.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 9:11

11. their glory shall fly away—fit retribution to those who "separated themselves unto that shame" (Hosea 9:10). Children were accounted the glory of parents; sterility, a reproach. "Ephraim" means "fruitfulness" (Hosea 9:10- :); this its name shall cease to be its characteristic. from the birth . . . womb . . . conception—Ephraim's children shall perish in a threefold gradation; (1) From the time of birth. (2) From the time of pregnancy. (3) From the time of their first conception. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:10

In the early days of Israel’s history in the wilderness, the Lord took great delight in His people, as one rejoices to find grapes in a desert or the first figs of the season. However, when they came to Baal-Peor, where they worshipped Baal and committed ritual sex with the Moabite and Midianite women (Numbers 25), they became as detestable to Yahweh as the idols they loved. This first instance of Baal worship set the pattern of Israel’s idolatry that followed in the land and resulted in her... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:10-14

Diminished fruitfulness 9:10-14"The gloomy, foreboding atmosphere of Hosea 9:1-9 changes now to one of pathos. The words here are at once tender and loving." [Note: McComiskey, p. 148.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:10-17

Israel’s humiliation 9:10-17This section is one in a series that looks back on Israel’s previous history, and its reflective mood colors its prophecies (cf. Hosea 10:1-15; Hosea 11:1-7)."Divine speech and prophetic speech combine in this passage to pronounce upon the disobedient Israelites the fulfillment of the curses for disobedience contained in the Mosaic covenant. Here for the first time Hosea himself calls down the wrath of God upon his own compatriots (Hosea 9:14; Hosea 9:17). He is thus... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:11

The glory of the Ephraimites, their numerous children, would fly away like a bird, quickly and irretrievably. There would be few births, or even pregnancies, or even conceptions. There is a play on the name "Ephraim" here, which sounds somewhat like the Hebrew word meaning "twice fruitful." The Ephraimites had looked to Baal for the blessing of human fertility, but Yahweh would withhold it in judgment. Ephraim, the doubly fruitful, would become Ephraim, the completely fruitless. read more

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