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The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:4

The difficulty of the section including Hosea 7:4-7 has occasioned considerable difference of exposition; it may not, therefore, be amiss to supplement the foregoing observations. 1. Aben Ezra accounts for בערה being accented as milel 2. The word מֵעִיר , which Ewald and others take, properly we think, 3. More important still is the interpretation of the verse. There is read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:4-7

Hosea 7:4 , Hosea 7:6 , and Hosea 7:7 are linked together by the figure of an "oven," common to them; while 4 and 6 have also in common the figure of a "baker." Further, we are helped to the literal meaning of the metaphorical language of Hosea 7:4 and Hosea 7:6 by Hosea 7:5 and Hosea 7:7 respectively. They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker. Whether the sin indicated was idolatry, which is often represented as spiritual adultery, or adultery in the literal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king. This may mean the anniversary of his birth—his birthday celebration, or the anniversary of his accession or coronation; or it may have been used in an ambiguous sense, and to include the day of his destruction, like the tragic irony or contrast between the knowledge of the spectator and the supposed ignorance of the actor. The expression "our" is either a real acknowledgment of the kings of Israel, or rather the lip-loyalty of the traitorous princes who were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:5

A like diversity of exposition is found in connection with Hosea 7:5 , at least it, first clause. 1. There is (a) the object of this verb; while, (b) according to the usual rendering, it is the accusative of time, equivalent to ביוֹם ; others again (c) take the word as a nominative absolute, or translate the clause as an independent one; thus Simson: "It is the day of our king." 2. Again, חֲמַח st. construct of חֵמָה , from the root חמם or יחם , (for the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:6

For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. Their heart is the oven, as the comparison here teaches us; the fire by which it is inflamed is the fire of sinful passion, and the fuel that feeds the flame is the murderous machination on which they are at present so intent; the baker is either the original contrivers and prompters of their wickedness, or their own wicked spirit, or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:6

This verse, Wunsche thinks, is probably the most difficult in the whole book. 1. The translation of the first clause in the Authorized Version is susceptible of a more literal and improved rendering. 2. In the second clause which Keil translates in the same sense as read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:7

They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen . Here we have the application, and so the explanation of the figurative language of the preceding verse, which, as we have seen, is the second stage of the action. The heat of the oven denotes the intense violence of their passion, as also their fierce and fiery power of destruction. Inferior rulers and magistrates fell victims to it; while regicides in incredible number were the result of it. Three... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:7

1. "To call unto me (God)" is to cry to God for help and succor, to seek safety and deliverance with him. It is not the same with that other expression, viz. "to call on the Name of Jehovah," which is rather to reverence and worship Jehovah. 2. The word דין is more poetic than שָׁפַט , though the meaning of both is "judging," the latter probably derived from שָׁפַח , to set, then to set right, defend. 3. Their not calling unto God is well explained by Kimchi as follows: "Also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:7

None calleth unto God. The calamities and miseries which befell Israel were in themselves awful, but perhaps the most terrible circumstance connected with them was this: they failed to lead the people to a better mind, to true repentance, to sincere supplication unto God. I. THE HAND THAT AFFLICTS ALONE CAN HEAL . Chastisement is necessary in the economy of Divine government; yet our heavenly Father chastens, not for his pleasure, but for our profit. He is more ready to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:3

They make the king glad with their wickedness - Wicked sovereigns and a wicked people are a curse to each other, each encouraging the other in sin. Their king, being wicked, had pleasure in their wickedness; and they, seeing him to be pleased by it, set themselves the more, to do what was evil, and to amuse him with accounts of their sins. Sin is in itself so shameful, that even the great cannot, by themselves, sustain themselves in it, without others to flatter them. A good and serious man is... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:4-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:3

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