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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

William Nicoll

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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:1-16

THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAELHosea 4:1-19; Hosea 5:1-15; Hosea 6:1-11; Hosea 7:1-16; Hosea 8:1-14; Hosea 9:1-17; Hosea 10:1-15; Hosea 11:1-12; Hosea 12:1-14; Hosea 13:1-16; Hosea 14:1-9It was indeed a "thick night" into which this Arthur of Israel stepped from his shattered home. The mists drive across Hosea’s long agony with his people, and what we see, we see blurred and broken. There are stumbling and clashing; crowds in drift; confused rallies; gangs of assassins breaking across the highways;... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:3-7

4. WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACESHosea 7:3-7There follows now a very difficult passage. The text is corrupt, and we have no means of determining what precise events are intended. The drift of meaning, however, is evident. The disorder and licentiousness of the people are favored in high places; the throne itself is guilty."With their evil they make a king glad, and princes with their falsehoods: all of them are adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker""On the day of our king"-some coronation or... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Hosea 7:1-16

CHAPTER 7 The Moral Depravity of Israel 1. Their moral depravity (Hosea 7:1-7 ) 2. Mingling with heathen nations (Hosea 7:8-16 ) Hosea 7:1-7 . All the gracious efforts of the Lord to heal Israel resulted in a greater manifestation of the iniquity of Ephraim. Instead of turning to Him in true repentance and self-judgment their evil heart turned away from Jehovah, and they continued in their downward course. They did not consider that the Lord would remember all their evil deeds and punish... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Hosea 7:7

7:7 They are all hot as an oven, and have {e} devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.(e) By their doing God has deprived them of all good rulers. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:1-16

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

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Hosea 7:2-10

I include all these verses under one view; for they are all to the same amount. They represent the same melancholy truth, only by different figures. The heart of man ready like an oven, always heated; is a similitude to display the unceasing bias of it to evil. All the other wombs of nature wear out by bringing forth. The earth itself, if not replenished, will at length become barren. The parents of every species are prolific no longer than within certain boundaries. And both must concur,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:7

Judges, or rulers. Idolatry proved fatal to all, ver. 3. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:1-7

1-7 A practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on every side of them. Their hearts were inflamed by evil desires, like a heated oven. In the midst of their troubles as a nation, the people never thought of seeking help from God. The actual wickedness of men's lives bears a very small proportion to what is in their hearts. But when lust is inwardly cherished, it will break forth into... read more

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