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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:4

Call his name Jezreel - that is, in its first sense here, “God will scatter.” The life of the prophet, and his union with one so unworthy of him, were a continued prophecy of God’s mercy. The names of the children were a life-long admonition of His intervening judgments. Since Israel refused to hear God’s words, He made the prophet’s sons, through the mere fact of their presence among them, their going out and coming in, and the names which He gave them, to be preachers to the people. He... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:5

I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel - The valley of Jezreel is a beautiful and a broad valley or plain, stretching, from West to East, from Mount Carmel and the sea to the Jordan, which it reaches through two arms, between the Mountains of Gilboa, little Hermon, and Tabor; and from South to North from the Mountains of Ephraim to those of Galilee. Nazareth lay on its northern side. It is called “the great plain” (1 Macc. 12:49), “the great plain of Esdraelon” (Judith 1:8).... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:6

Call her name Lo-ruhamah - The name is rendered in Paul “not beloved” Romans 9:25, in Peter, “hath not obtained mercy” 1 Peter 2:10. Love and mercy are both contained in the full meaning of the intensive form of the Hebrew word, which expresses the deep tender yearnings of the inmost soul over one loved; as in the words Psalms 103:13, “As a father pitieth (yearneth over) his own children, so the Lord pitieth (yearneth over) them that fear Him.” It is “tender love” in Him who pitieth; “mercy,”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 1:4

Hosea 1:4. And the Lord said, Call his name Jezreel This name, compounded of the nouns זרע seed, and אל , God, signifies the seed of God. The names, it must be observed, imposed upon the woman’s children by God’s direction, sufficiently declare what particular parts of the Jewish nation were severally represented by them. The persons signified by this the prophet’s proper son, says Bishop Horsley, “were all those true servants of God, scattered among all the twelve tribes of Israel,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 1:5

Hosea 1:5. And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break, &c. This entire abolition of the kingdom of the ten tribes shall take effect at the time when I break the bow, &c. Here the breaking of the bow in the valley of Jezreel is the event that marks the date; and to that date, so marked, the threatened excision of the kingdom of the ten tribes is referred. And it was of moment to give the people warning, that the advantages, which the enemy would gain over them in that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 1:6

Hosea 1:6. And she conceived again It has been observed, that the children which the prophet’s wife bore represent certain distinct parts, or descriptions, of the Jewish nation, of the whole of which the mother was the emblem. Of her three children here mentioned, the eldest and the youngest were sons, the intermediate child was a daughter. “The eldest,” says Bishop Horsley, “I think, was the prophet’s son; but the last two were both bastards. In this I have the concurrence of Dr. Wells,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:1-11

1:1-3:5 HOSEA’S FAMILY LIFE AND ITS LESSONSHosea, Gomer and their children (1:1-2:1)The prophet begins his book by outlining his experiences with his unfaithful wife, Gomer. Gomer was probably not a prostitute when Hosea was told to marry her. In recording the story, Hosea is looking back over the events that happened, recalling that the woman whom he married and who bore him children became a prostitute. Gomer’s unfaithfulness in leaving him for other men pictured Israel’s unfaithfulness in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 1:4

Jezreel. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ) between Israel (Hosea 1:1 ) and Jezreel (Hebrew. Yisra'el and Yizr! eel). The name is prophetic of coming judgment (see Hosea 1:5 ) and future mercy. Jezreel is a Homonym, having two meanings: (1) may GOD scatter (Jeremiah 31:10 ); and (2) may GOD sow (Zechariah 10:9 ). These bind up the two prophetic announcements. Jezreel, the fruitful field, had been defiled with blood ( 2Ki 9:16 , 2 Kings 9:25 , 2 Kings 9:33 ; 2 Kings 10:11 , 2... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 1:5

at that day: i.e. the day of 2 Kings 18:11 . bow. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Adjunct), App-6 , for the armies of Israel. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 1:6

God. Supply "Jehovah" from the preceding verses. Lo-ruhamah = not compassionated. Rendered "not beloved" in Romans 9:25 , and "not having obtained mercy" in 1 Peter 2:10 . These latter are the Holy Spirit's Divine interpretation of His own prophecy. take them away. Supply the Ellipsis, "take away [the kingdom which belongs] to them". them. Hebrew. lahe m = to them. read more

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