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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 1:2-7

These words, The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea, may refer either, 1. To that glorious set of prophets which was raised up about this time. About this time there lived and prophesied Joel, Amos, Micah, Jonah, Obadiah, and Isaiah; but Hosea was the first of them that foretold the destruction of Israel; the beginning of this word of the Lord was by him. We read in the history of this Jeroboam here named (2 Kgs. 14:27) that the Lord had not yet said he would blot out the name of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:4

And the Lord said unto him call his name Jezreel ,.... Which some interpret the "seed of God", as Jerom; or "arm of God", as others; and Kimchi applies it to Jeroboam the son of Joash, who was strong, and prospered in his kingdom; but it rather signifies "God will sow", or "scatter" F14 A rad. זרע "seminavit, disseminavit", Schmidt. ; denoting either their dissension among themselves; or their dispersion among the nations, which afterwards came to pass; and so the Targum, "call their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:4

Call his name Jezreel - יזרעאל that is, God will disperse. This seems to intimate that a dispersion or sowing of Israel shall take place; which happened under Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:5 , 2 Kings 17:6 . But the word refers also to the name of a city, where Jehu slew Jezebel and all the children of Ahab. 2 Kings 9:10 , 2 Kings 9:36 ; 2 Kings 10:6 . This was one of those prophetic names which we so often meet with in the Scriptures; e.g. Japheth Abraham, Israel,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:4

Verse 4 It now follows, the wife conceived, — the imaginary one, the wife as represented and exhibited. She conceived, he says, and bare a son: then said Jehovah to him, Call his name Jezreel. Many render יזרעאל, Izroal, dispersion, and follow the Chaldean paraphraser. They also think that this ambiguous term contains some allusion; for as זרע, zaro is seed, they suppose that the Prophet indirectly glances at the vain boasting of the people; for they called themselves the chosen seed, because... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:3-9

Hosea's children. Not only was the prophet's marriage to be a sign; the children were to be for signs also. So, afterwards, were Isaiah's sons in Judah ( Isaiah 7:3 , Isaiah 7:14 ; Isaiah 8:3 ). Hosea's ill-starred children were cursed in the very names which they bore; and each of these was to be as a sermon to the nation. It may be that they personally walked for a time in their mother's evil ways; but whether or not, the names which they received concentrate into a focus Hosea's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:3-9

Children of whoredoms. Hosea's children, like Isaiah's, were to be "for signs and wonders" in Israel ( Isaiah 8:18 ). Their names—Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, Lo-ammi—were significant. A prophetic word was attached to each. I. JEZREEL . (Verses 4, 5) This first name—"God will scatter"—foretells Israel's scattering. Through it judgment is denounced 1. The character of an action is determined by its motive . By the "blood of Jezreel" is meant the slaughter of the seed of Ahab ( 2... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4

And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel . The name which the people inherited from a distinguished ancestor was one of honor and dignity—Israel or Yisrael, " prince with God;" the name imposed by their sins was one of reproach and disaster—Izreel, or Yizreel, " scattered by God." The Hebrews had a peculiar fondness for a paronomasia of this kind; thus Bethel, " house of God," becomes Bethaven, " house of vanity." Keil regrets the appellative sense in this passage, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4-5

Divine retribution. The political anarchy and social degradation of the kingdom of Israel during the time of Hosea arose from causes too deep to be reached by the panaceas of politicians, or by the nostrums of political economists. Willful and persistent disobedience to Divine Law was the secret source of these disorders, which called for a radical change in the hearts of the people. This, however, it seemed hopeless to expect from the nation at large. It was given over to its impenitence... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4-9

The sufferings of Israel symbolically recorded. The three children of the prophet by Gomer symbolize at once a degree of sin and a period of suffering. The forefathers of Israel had been idolaters in their native laud and in Egypt, as we learn from the admonition of Joshua ( Joshua 24:14 ), "Put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt." But God took them into covenant with himself at Sinai; this new relation may be represented by the prophet's... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:4

Call his name Jezreel - that is, in its first sense here, “God will scatter.” The life of the prophet, and his union with one so unworthy of him, were a continued prophecy of God’s mercy. The names of the children were a life-long admonition of His intervening judgments. Since Israel refused to hear God’s words, He made the prophet’s sons, through the mere fact of their presence among them, their going out and coming in, and the names which He gave them, to be preachers to the people. He... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 1:2-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:3-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:3-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:4-9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:4

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