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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:7

Verse 7 God then subjoins a complaint, — But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against me. Here God shows that the Israelites boasted in vain of their sacrifices and of all the pomps of their external worship, for God did not regard these external things, but only wished to exercise the faithful in spiritual worship. Then the import of the whole is this, “My design was, when I appointed the sacrifices and the whole legal worship, to lead you so to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:8

Verse 8 I shall first speak of the subject, and then something shall be added in its place of the words. The Prophet here notices, no doubt, something special against Gilead, which through the imperfection of history is now to us obscure. But in the first place, we must remember, that Gilead was one of the cities of refuge; and the Levites possessed these cities, which were destined for fugitives. If any one killed a man by chance, that the relatives might not take revenge, the Lord provided... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:9

Verse 9 The Prophet pursues more at large what he had briefly touched; for he does, not now confine himself to the common people, but directs his accusation against the sacerdotal order. “See,” he says, “the priests conspire among themselves like robbers, that they may slay wretched men, who may meet them in the way.” It is indeed certain that the Prophet speaks not here of open murders; for it is not credible that the priests had proceeded into so great a licentiousness, that Gilead had become... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:10

Verse 10 Here God declares that he is the fit judge to take cognizance of the vices of Israel; and this he does, that he might cut off the handle of vain excuses, which hypocrites often adduce when they are reproved. Who indeed can at this day persuade the Papists that all their worship is a filthy abomination, a mere profanation? We see how furiously they rise up as soon as any one by a whisper dares to touch their superstitions. Whence this? Because they wish their own will to stand for... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:11

Verse 11 Then he adds, Judeah also has set a plantation for thee That I may finish the chapter, I will briefly notice this verse. Interpreters render it thus, “Also Judah, thou hast set for thyself an harvest:” but the verb, as it is evident, is in the third person; it cannot then be rendered otherwise than, ‘Also Judah has set.’ They who render it in the second person, “Thou hast set for thyself an harvest,” elicit this sense, “Thou also Judah, whom I have chosen for myself, hast set for... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

He hath torn, and he will heal us. The presence of the pronoun imparts emphasis to the statement, so that it is rather, he it is that hath torn ; and the preterit of this verse, compared with the future in verse 14 of the foregoing chapter, implies that the destruction there predicted has become an accomplished fact. He hath smitten, and he will bind us up. The language is figurative, and borrowed from medical science. Jehovah, not Jareb nor any sovereign of Assyria, is the physician.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

On returning to the Lord. The graciousness of God is seen in nothing more conspicuously than in his willingness to receive those who come to him under the influence of sorrow. In all ages he has condescended to use afflictions to bring men and nations to an acknowledgment of their need of him. This was always a feature of his dealings with Israel. The growing tyranny of the taskmasters in Egypt aroused the cry of the Israelites for Divine interposition, without which they never could have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Divine Healer. In this book of prophecy we find, side by side, the sternest reproaches and denunciations of the idolatrous and apostate, and the mist tender and gracious assurances of compassion for the penitent. I. CHASTISEMENT HAS BEEN INFLICTED FOR SIN . The language used is very vigorous, almost rough. God is represented as having torn his people as a lion tears his prey, as having smitten his people as a master smites his slave. At the same time there is no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

Man's highest social action. "Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." These words are to be regarded as an address by the prophet, in the Name of the Lord, to those who had been smitten or sent into exile. They mean: let us go no more to the Assyrians nor to any other incapable deliverer, but "let us return unto the Lord;" put away all confidence in an arm of flesh, renounce all idolatries. Take the words as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1-3

EXPOSITION These three verses have, by the division into chapters, been violently and improperly torn from the preceding chapter, to which they naturally belong. Their connection with the foregoing sentiments is indicated by the ancient versions—Chaldee and Septuagint, the LXX ; for example, inserting λέγοντες , as if the reading had been לֵאסֹר : This read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 6:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 6:1-3

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