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John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:1-15

Predictions of PunishmentThe priests, the people, and the royal dynasty have alike sinned, and will alike be punished. Their coquetting with Assyria will prove utterly futile. Judah has also sinned, and will receive their punishment. But there is ever yet hope in the future, if they will but repent.1. Toward you] RV ’unto you.’ Judgment belongs to you by right, and having abused your privilege you deserve greater punishment.Mizpah and Tabor are both spoken of as ancient sanctuaries: cp Judges... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 5:13

(13) To the Assyrian.—Their adversity leads Ephraim to seek protection from their formidable foe instead of turning to the Lord. (On “Jareb,” see Excursus.)EXCURSUS A: ON JAREB (Hosea 5:13).Schrader, in his “Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament,” has the following note:—“King Combat, or Contention (Jareb), is not a proper name—none such being found in the Assyrian lists. In the prevailing uncertainty respecting Biblical chronology, it is hard to determine what Assyrian monarch is meant... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hosea 5:1-15

The Confession of Sin Hosea 5:15 It is the picture of a father dealing with a child who has not yet owned his fault. The father has been trying to persuade the child, but the child will not confess. Then the father says, 'I will try another way, "I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face"; my absence will be sure to bring with it sorrow and trouble: and "in their affliction they will seek me early"'. And then it is beautiful to link on the next... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:1-14

2. PRIESTS AND PRINCES FAILHosea 5:1-14The line followed in this paragraph is almost parallel to that of chapter 4, running out to a prospect of invasion. But the charge is directed solely against the chiefs of the people, and the strictures of Hosea 7:7 ff. upon the political folly of the rulers are anticipated."Hear this, O Priests, and hearken, House of Israel, and House of the King, give ear. For on you is the sentence!" You who have hitherto been the judges, this time shall be judged."A... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:1-15

A PEOPLE IN DECAY: 1 MORALLYHosea 4:1-19 - Hosea 7:7PURSUING the plan laid down in the last chapter, we now take the section of Hosea’s discourse which lies between chapter 4 and Hosea 7:7. Chapter 4 is the only really separable bit of it; but there are also slight breaks at Hosea 5:15 and Hosea 7:2. So we may attempt a division into four periods: 1. Chapter 4, which states God’s general charge against the people; 2. Hosea 5:1-14, which discusses the priests and princes; 3. Hosea 5:15 - Hosea... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Hosea 5:1-15

CHAPTER 5:1-6:3 The Message to the Priests, the People, and the Royal House Judgment, Affliction and the Future Return 1. The message of rebuke (Hosea 5:1-7 ) 2. The judgment announced (Hosea 5:8-15 ) 3. The future return and the blessing (Hosea 6:1-3 ) Hosea 5:1-7 . The first verse shows who is addressed: the priests, the house of Israel and the house of the King. Judgment was in store for them, for Mizpah and Tabor, the places of hallowed memory, had been turned by their idolatrous... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Hosea 5:13

5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to {m} the Assyrian, and sent to king {n} Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.(m) Instead of seeking for remedy from God’s hand.(n) Who was king of the Assyrians. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:1-15

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 5:1-15

Forsaking God Hosea 4:0 , Hosea 5:0 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children" ( Hos 4:6 ). The Lord must in some way find our life that he may either reward it or chastise it. In this case he will get at the parents through the children. He would not have done this if there had been any other way into their... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Hosea 5:6-15

Divine Withdrawal Hosea 5:6-15 . "They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them" ( Hos 5:6 ). "Withdrawn" is a word that may well chill our heart. It would be enough to express intolerable displeasure if it stood just as it stands in this verse; but a larger meaning belongs to the word, "Withdrawn" is in some senses a negative relation, but it was a distinctly positive and may we add repelling action... read more

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