Hosea 1:1-14:9 NIV

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:1-11

Hosea's Marriage and its Lessons1. A general heading. Hosea 1:2-9. The prophet's marriage with Gomer, the birth of her three children, and the symbolical meaning attached to them. Hos 1:1 to Hosea 2:1. The future material and religious prosperity of the people.1. A general heading, perhaps the work of a late Judæan editor. Hosea 1-3 probably belong to the time of Jeroboam II; but it is extremely improbable that any of the prophecies belong to so late a date as the days of Hezekiah, when the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 1:1

(1) In the days of Uzziah.—On the historical questions involved in this verse, see Introduction. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:1-11

; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5THE SIN AGAINST LOVEHosea 1:1-11; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5; Hosea 4:11 ff.; Hosea 9:10 ff.; Hosea 11:8 f.The Love of God is a terrible thing-that is the last lesson of the Book of Hosea. "My God will cast them away." {Hosea 10:1-15}"My God"-let us remember the right which Hosea had to use these words. Of all the prophets he was the first to break into the full aspect of the Divine Mercy to learn and to proclaim that God is Love. But he was worthy to do so, by the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Hosea 1:1-11

Analysis and Annotations I. THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL AS THE ADULTEROUS WIFE AND HER FUTURE RECEPTION AND RESTORATION CHAPTER 1 Israel’s Sin and Promise of Restoration 1. The introduction (Hosea 1:1 ) 2. The prophet’s marriage and birth of Jezreel (Hosea 1:2-5 ) 3. The birth of Lo-Ruhamah (Hosea 1:6-7 ) 4. The birth of Lo-ammi (Hosea 1:8-9 ) 5. The future restoration (Hosea 1:10-11 ) Hosea 1:1 . This superscription gives the period of Hosea’s ministry. First stands the statement that... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Hosea 1:1

1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days {a} of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, {b} kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.(a) Also called Azariah, who being a leper was disposed from his kingdom.(b) So that it may be gathered by the reign of these four kings that he preached about eighty years. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:1-11

THE SWEEP OF THE BOOK It will be seen by the opening verse of this lesson that we are back in the land of Israel before the Babylonian captivity. Examine 2 Kings 14-20 and the corresponding chapters in 2 Chronicles for the history of this period, and the more carefully you read those chapters the more interested you will be in Hosea, and the more you will get out of it. While four of the kings named in Hosea 1:1 reigned in Judah, and only the last-named, Jeroboam, in Israel,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Hosea 1:1-11

The Ministry of Sorrow Hosea 1:0 A wonderful book is this prophecy of Hosea [b.c. 800-725]. The man himself at once attracts our sympathy and regard by his personal sufferings. There is no teacher of divine truth to be compared for one moment for excellence so deep and great as trouble. You can learn but little in the schools. Information, except for temporary purposes, is worthless. Well-informed men, if they be nothing more, are oftentimes hindrances and discouragements to those who, not... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Hosea 1:1

CONTENTS The prophecy opens with an account of the Prophet himself, and the period in which he ministered to the Church. The Prophet becomes a Type, as well as a Preacher, in the Church of God. Hosea 1:1 This is the preface to what follows. It is the Lord's word, and therefore worthy of the greatest attention. And the time of the Prophets ministry is also mentioned. Hosea laboured long in the word and doctrine. For if it be calculated, only the time of his ministry, supposing only from the last... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:1

Israel. He reigned forty-one years, till the year of the world 3220. (Usher) --- The prophets usually give the date, that the prediction may be verified. Some Latin manuscripts intimate, that "the Jews attribute these titles to Esdras, (who is Malachias) or to the respective prophets, which is more probable." (St. Jerome, t. i.) --- Jeroboam II died twenty-six years before Ozias, towards the end of whose reign Isaias commenced; so that Osee was more ancient. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

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

1-7 Israel was prosperous, yet then Hosea boldly tells them of their sins, and foretells their destruction. Men are not to be flattered in sinful ways because they prosper in the world; nor will it last long if they go on still in their trespasses. The prophet must show Israel their sin; show it to be exceedingly hateful. Their idolatry is the sin they are here charged with. Giving that glory to any creature which is due to God alone, is an injury and affront to God; such as for a wife to take... read more