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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 7:15

Hosea 7:15. Though I have bound, &c.— But I will chastise them. I strengthened their arms, yet did they, &c. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 7:16

Hosea 7:16. They return, but not to the Most High— They have endeavoured again to be without yoke: They are become like a deceitful bow: Their princes shall fall by the sword. For the wantonness of their tongue, they shall be a derision in the land of Egypt. Houbigant. Bishop Horsley translates the first clause of this verse, They fall back into nothingness of condition, observing, That the situation of the Israelites, as the chosen people of God, was a high degree; a rank of distinction and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:15

15. I . . . bound—when I saw their arms as it were relaxed with various disasters, I bound them so as to strengthen their sinews; image from surgery [CALVIN]. MAURER translates, "I instructed them" to war (Psalms 18:34; Psalms 144:1), namely, under Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14:25). GROTIUS explains, "Whether I chastised them (Margin) or strengthened their arms, they imagined mischief against Me." English Version is best. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:16

16. return, but not to the Most High—or, "to one who is not the Most High," one very different from Him, a stock or a stone. So the Septuagint. deceitful bow— ( :-). A bow which, from its faulty construction, shoots wide of the mark. So Israel pretends to seek God, but turns aside to idols. for the rage of their tongue—their boast of safety from Egyptian aid, and their "lies" (Hosea 7:13), whereby they pretended to serve God, while worshipping idols; also their perverse defense for their... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:8-16

Reliance on foreigners 7:8-16This pericope condemns Israel’s foreign policy. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:15

It was Yahweh who had taught His people how to be strong. He had also made them strong militarily (cf. Ezekiel 30:24-25), for example, during Jeroboam II’s reign (cf. 2 Kings 14:25-28). Yet they had used what He had given them to sin against Him (cf. Genesis 50:20). They treated Him as their enemy. This was further evidence of their ingratitude. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:16

They had looked around to other nations for help, but they had not turned their hearts and eyes to heaven to seek the Lord’s help. They had become like a warped bow in Yahweh’s hands. Rather than shooting His enemies, they shot their own leaders and slew them (e.g., Zechariah, Shallum, Pekahiah, and Pekah). In the days of Jeroboam II the Israelites had also boasted insolently to the Egyptians about not needing Yahweh. But the Egyptians, their treaty partner on several occasions, would deride... 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 7:15

(15) Bound.—Should be instructed. God has imparted skill and power to fight their enemies. (Comp. Psalms 144:1.) So the grace of the Spirit is often slighted by its recipients. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 7:16

(16) Like a deceitful bow.—Religious observance has the appearance of a bow with the arrow on the string, apparently aimed at some object, but the string being slack, the aim is diverted.The “raving insolence of their tongue” may mean the boasts that were made of the friendship of King Shebaka of Egypt, who made Israel his tool. In the land of Egypt they would thus become objects of derision. (Comp. Isaiah’s warning to his countrymen, Isaiah 30:1-8.) read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 7:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 7:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:8-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 7:16

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:1-16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 7:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 7:16

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