Hosea 6:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 6:7

(7) Critics differ much as to the interpretation of this verse. The marginal rendering supplies the strongest meaning. God made a covenant with Adam, and promised him the blessings of Paradise on condition of obedience. He broke the condition, transgressed the covenant, and was driven from his Divine home. So Israel had violated all the terms on which the goodly land of conditional promise had been bestowed. For the other references to Adam in the Old Testament see Psalms 82:7; Job 31:33. (See... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Hosea 6:1-11

Hosea 6:4 My text is the sad Divine comment upon the apparently genuine repentance and quick return to God expressed in previous verses. But God sees how flimsy and hollow that repentance is. I. It is a strange and awful fact that men can thwart God. The words of the text express perplexity, and it would seem as if we must accept them as implying the failure of every weapon He has. It is a mystery, but it is no less a certainty. But it is not owing to deficiency in his appliances. II. The most... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:1-11

elete_me Hosea 6:1-113. REPENTANCE FALLSHosea 5:15 - Hosea 7:2Seeing that their leaders are so helpless, and feeling their wounds, the people may themselves turn to God for healing, but that will be with a repentance so shallow as also to be futile. They have no conviction of sin, nor appreciation of how deeply their evils have eaten.This too facile repentance is expressed in a prayer which the Christian Church has paraphrased into one of its most beautiful hymns of conversion. Yet the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Hosea 6:4-11

CHAPTER 6:4-11 Divine Mourning over Ephraim and Judah 1. What shall I do to thee? (Hosea 6:4-6 ) 2. Their transgression (Hosea 6:7-11 ) Hosea 6:4-6 . The Lord grieves and mourns over the condition of the people whom He loves. After the brief glimpse given of their great future of glory we are brought back into the days of Moses. The Lord grieves and mourns over His people whom He loves, who today are still beloved for the Father’s sake Romans 9:1-33 . But while He loved them, their love... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Hosea 6:7

6:7 But they {g} like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.(g) That is, like small and weak persons. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:1-11

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

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Hosea 6:1-11

Healing and Binding Hosea 6:1-3 . Man never uttered these words. They seem as if they had originated in the hearts of the sinners whose sin has been portrayed with unutterable blackness. If we suppose that the prodigals invented this desire and this prayer, we are mistaken. God first teaches the prayer, and then answers it. The proof that prayer is divinely answered is that prayer is divinely taught. Lord, teach us how to pray! God will not disappoint himself; the Lord will not mock his own... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Hosea 6:7-11

We find here the same melancholy account, as in the other parts of this prophecy; the Lord complaining of his people's apostacy; Gilead and the house of Israel; Ephraim and Judah; all alike transgressors. Alas! what but the blood of Christ can expiate the offences of the Lord's people! read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Hosea 6:7

Adam. A compact was made with him, that if he continued faithful or otherwise, his posterity should be born in original justice or sin. (Haydock) --- He transgressed, and was expelled from paradise, as the Jews were from their land. Septuagint, "like a man:" like any who had not been so highly favoured with the law, &c. (Calmet) --- Adam means "a man," and sometimes it would be as well rendered in this sense. (Haydock) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:4-11

4-11 Sometimes Israel and Judah seemed disposed to repent under their sufferings, but their goodness vanished like the empty morning cloud, and the early dew, and they were as vile as ever. Therefore the Lord sent awful messages by the prophets. The word of God will be the death either of the sin or of the sinner. God desired mercy rather than sacrifice, and that knowledge of him which produces holy fear and love. This exposes the folly of those who trust in outward observances, to make up for... read more

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