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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Hosea 11:1-7

The Proof of Jehovah's Love v. 1. When Israel was a child, at the time of the youth of the nation, then I loved him and called My son out of Egypt, in choosing the nation for His own peculiar people. The inspired writer of the first gospel applies this statement to the return of the Christ-child from Egypt after the abrupt flight of His parents from Bethlehem. Matthew 2:15. v. 2. As they, the prophets, called them, with the Lord's tender invitation to follow the way of salvation, so they,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hosea 11:1-12

III. MERCYHosea 11:0God cannot utterly destroy Israel, whom He has always loved, though they have so basely requited Him, but will again show Mercy unto themHosea 11:1-111 When Israel was a youth, then I loved Him,And out of Egypt I called my son.2 They [the Prophets] called them; so (often) they turned away from them;They sacrificed to the Baals,They burnt incense to the idol-gods.3 And I led Ephraim along,1—He took them2 upon his arm;—Yet they knew not that I healed them.4 With the bands of a... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hosea 11:1-11

“Bands of Love” Hosea 11:1-11 This is a very tender chapter, full of moving appeals. God looks back on the happy, blessed past, as a fond parent on the innocent childhood of a son who is now causing endless pain and grief. He recapitulates the call from Egypt, and relates how, in obedience to His appeal, Israel came out of the idolatries of that country. He describes Israel as a tiny child beginning to walk, and says, I taught him to go . He compares the Israel of those days to horses or... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hosea 11:1-11

The third cycle of the prophecy sets forth the love which Jehovah had for His people, notwithstanding their sin. This section sets forth Jehovah's love toward His sinning people, and, for the most part, is the speech of Jehovah Himself. Thrice in the course of Jehovah's message to the people, the prophet interpolates words of his own. In studying the section it is necessary to take the words of Jehovah in sequence, and then the interpolations of the prophet in sequence also. The message of... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hosea 11:1-10

A Bird's-Eye View of Hosea Hosea 11:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to our study of the Book of Hosea, we propose to show how God wrote His messages in Hosea, as well as by him. There is a verse in the Book of Hebrews which says: "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the Prophets." The word "by" is the Greek word, "en," which means in. God certainly did speak by the Prophets; that is, they wrote as they were led along by the Holy Ghost.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 11:1-12

ISRAEL’S GROWING SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY AND DEGRADED BEHAVIOUR ARE DESCRIBED ALONG WITH THEIR RELIANCE ON IDOLS, FOREIGNERS, UNWORTHY KINGS AND THEMSELVES, AND THIS IN CONTRAST WITH YHWH’S STEADFAST LOVE FOR HIS FAILING SON (Hosea 6:4 to Hosea 11:12 ). Hosea continues to describe the condition in which Israel find themselves, and rebukes their reliance on other things than YHWH. Conditions in Israel would appear to be politically much worse, and these words were therefore probably mainly... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 11:3

‘Yet I taught Ephraim to walk, I took them on my arms, But they knew not that I healed them.’ Yet in a touching picture God describes how He had ‘taught Ephraim (Israel) to walk’ (through the covenant) and how He had upheld them in His arms (Deuteronomy 33:27), or alternatively had grasped them by the arms. But the sad fact was that they had been unresponsive to His guidance, not recognising the care that He took over their wellbeing. They ‘knew not that He healed them’ includes not only the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 11:1-11

Hosea 11:1-1 Kings : . The Divine Father’ s Love for Israel.— In Israel’ s youth Yahweh loved him, and called him from Egypt to be His son, but he proved disloyal, sacrificing to the Baalim ( Hosea 11:1 f.). Yet it was Yahweh who guided and protected him as a father, and healed him in sickness ( Hosea 11:3). The figure now changes (but see notes). Yahweh has treated Israel as a humane master who gently leads and eases the yoke for the tired team of oxen ( Hosea 11:4). The ungrateful son must... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 11:3

I taught Ephraim also to go; as a mother or nurse doth help the child, and with tenderest care doth guide and form its steps, and by long-continued patience waits on it; such like was the tenderness of God toward Israel in his childhood. Taking them by their arms; supporting and bearing them up, as nurses bear up the child in their hands, taking them up by the arms, giving strength for motion, till the child should grow to strength. But they knew not that I healed them; unthankful, sottish, and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hosea 11:1-4

CRITICAL NOTES. Hosea 11:1.] The prophet shows how Israel had repaid God’s love in the past with ingratitude and unfaithfulness. Child] “First-born son” (Exodus 4:22), the infancy in Egypt and the wilderness; son by election. Called] Brought safely out, typical of Christ’s call (Matthew 2:15), and of redemption through him. Hosea 11:2. They] Moses, Aaron, and prophets; many calls, but Israel drew back from them, went after gods. Hosea 11:3. I taught] Lit. set Ephraim on his feet (cf.... read more