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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 7:8-10

A PEOPLE IN DECAY: 2. POLITICALLYHosea 7:8-10MORAL decay means political decay. Sins like these are the gangrene of nations. It is part of Hosea’s greatness to have traced this, a proof of that versatility which distinguishes him above other prophets. The most spiritual of them all, he is at the same time the most political. We owe him an analysis of repentance to which the New Testament has little to add; but he has also left us a criticism of society and of polities in Israel, unrivalled... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:8-16

1. THE CONFUSION OF THE NATIONHosea 7:8-16; Hosea 8:1-3Hosea begins by summing up the public aspect of Israel in two epigrams, short but of marvelous adequacy:-{Hosea 7:8}"Ephraim-among the nations he mixeth himself: Ephraim has become a cake not turned."It is a great crisis for any nation to pass from the seclusion of its youth and become a factor in the main history of the world. But for Israel the crisis was trebly great. Their difference from all other tribes about them had struck the... 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 7:9

7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not: yea, {g} gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.(g) Which are a token of his manifold afflictions. 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 7:9

Strangers: kings of Assyria, Damascus, &c. --- Hairs. He is grown old in misery, and yet is insensible of it, and sees not that he will shortly cease to be a people, Isaias vii. 8. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:8-16

8-16 Israel was as a cake not turned, half burnt and half dough, none of it fit for use; a mixture of idolatry and of the worship of Jehovah. There were tokens of approaching ruin, as grey hairs are of old age, but they noticed them not. The pride which leads to break the law of God leads to self-flattery. The mercy and grace of God are the only refuge to which obstinate sinners never think of fleeing. Though they may howl forth their terrors in the form of prayers, they seldom cry to God with... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Hosea 7:1-10

The Moral Corruption of Israel v. 1. When I would have healed Israel, when the Lord attempted to remove their corruption, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, it became known openly, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, so that intercourse became impossible because no man could trust the other; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without, so that no traveler was sure of his life. v. 2. And they consider not in their hearts that I remember... read more