Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:1-7
9A 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
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