ホセア書 10:9-15 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12

Prepare for the time of Divine favor. This is one of many passages in which the inspired writers make use of imagery derived from the processes of nature and the practices of husbandry, with the view of explaining and enforcing spiritual truth and personal duty. I. HUMAN PREPARATION FOR DIVINE BLESSING . Man must do his part, and is admonished by authority to do so. The readiness which is here required, as a condition of heavenly blessing and spiritual prosperity, is twofold. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12

The Divine voice to a worthless people. "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." "Sow to yourselves for righteousness, reap according to love, plough for yourselves virgin soil; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you" (Delitzsch). Sowing and reaping are figures here used to denote the spiritual and moral conduct of the people. Indeed,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12-13

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy. These two verses contain a call to repentance and reformation of life, in figurative language borrowed from the same department of human industry, לצדי is "for righteousness;" that is, sow such seed as that righteousness may spring from it. לפי הי is "according to," or "in proportion to, mercy." When two imperatives are joined, is here, the latter indicates a promise, and may be expressed by a future, as, "Do this and live," ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12-15

Moral husbandry. Israel's duty is here contrasted with their practice. I. THE KIND OF HUSBANDRY ISRAEL OUGHT TO HAVE FOLLOWED . ( Hosea 10:12 ) 1. Preparation of the soil . Israel is first bid to sow; then going a step further back, the people are commanded, "Break up your fallow ground." If fruits of righteousness are to be produced, it needs, not simply a weeding and recultivation of the old soil—the natural, unrenewed heart—but the preparation of a soil... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:13

Ye have ploughed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies. Hitherto their course had been the very opposite of that which they are now exhorted to enter on. Hitherto their work had been wickedness, and their wages, as might be expected, the fruit of iniquity. What they had wrought for they reaped. Their plowing had been sin, their sowing wickedness, and their harvest sorrow. Wickedness against God and man was what they both ploughed and sowed; oppression at the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:13-15

The prolific fruits of evil. The Israelites are not only charged with neglect of duty, but with sins of commission. The concluding verses of the chapter point out this contrariety of their conduct to the foregoing exhortation, and its consequences; trace the source of their sinful courses to their carnal confidences; and foretell the coming calamities caused thereby. I. THE CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE HAD BEEN DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO THE ADMONITION JUST GIVEN . 1. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:14

Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled. This was the fruit of their doings, the result of their sins. The tumult of war is already heard, and the work of destruction has begun. The word shaon, tumult, is from שָׁאָה , as applied to the loud rushing of waters, then the tumult of advancing warriors. The preposition be is rendered read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:15

So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness (margin, the evil of your evil ): in a morning shall the King of Israel utterly be cut off . Their coming sufferings were all traceable to their sin. Bethel, the principal place of calf-worship, was the cause of their coming calamities, not the place itself, but the wickedness of which it was the scene. The real cause was the great and crowning wickedness practiced there. Bethel, once the house of God, would in consequence... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:9

O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah - There must have been great sin, on both sides, of Israel as well as Benjamin, when Israel punished the atrocity of Gibeah, since God caused Israel so to be smitten before Benjamin. Such sin had continued ever since, so that, although God, in His longsuffering, had hitherto spared them, “it was not of late only that they had deserved those judgments, although now at last only, God inflicted them.” “There” in Gibeah, “they stood.” Although... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:10

It is in My desire that I should chastise them - God “doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men” Lamentations 3:33. Grievous then must be the cause of punishment, when God not only chastens people, but, so to speak, longs to chasten them, when He chastens them without any let or hindrance from His mercy. Yet so God had said; “It shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you and to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:10

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