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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 5:1-7

Here, I. All orders and degrees of men are cited to appear and answer to such things as shall be laid to their charge (Hos. 5:1): Hear you this, O priests! whether in holy orders (as those in Judah, and perhaps many in Israel too, for in the ten tribes there were divers cities of priests and Levites, who, it is probable, staid in their own lot after the revolt of the ten tribes and did so much of their office as might be done at a distance from the temple) or pretending holy orders, as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:4

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God ,.... Either their evil doings; they will not leave, as the Targum and Jarchi F7 So R. Sol. Urbin. fol. 68. 2. ; their evil ways and worship, their adultery and idolatry; which was necessary to repentance and true conversion to God, whom they yet professed to be their God, though they had so sadly departed from him: or their good works; they did not choose to do them, which were leading steps to repentance and conversion, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:4

They will not frame their doings - They never purpose to turn to God, they have fully imbibed the spirit of idolatry. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:4

Verse 4 Some translate thus, “their inclinations allow them not to turn themselves;” and this meaning is probable, that is, that they were so much given to their own superstitions, that they were not now free, or at liberty, to return to the right way; as though the Prophet said, “They are entirely enslaved by their own diabolical inventions, that their inclinations will not allow them to repent.” But the former meaning (it is also more generally approved) seems more adapted to the context.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:1-5

God here arraigns the sins of princes, priests, and people. Their degeneracy had been very great and their sins very grievous. Though there is no formal catalogue given of those sins, yet they are incidentally exhibited in the reproofs and rebukes which follow. I. ALL CLASSES ARE ADDRESSED BY THE DIVINE WORD . It is directed to the high and to the low alike; to the rich and to the poor; it speaks to every grade in society and every rank in life; there is none so high as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:1-7

God and man. All classes are addressed by the prophet—priests, king, nobles, the whole house of Israel. The prophecy makes an advance. In the previous chapter judgment is threatened; in this it is announced as imminent. Judah also is menaced with punishment ( Hosea 5:5 , Hosea 5:10 , Hosea 5:12 ). I. GOD WILL ENSNARE THE ENSNARERS . ( Hosea 5:1 ) The dignitaries-priests, kings, and nobles—had led the people astray. They had put stumbling-blocks in their way. They had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:1-10

National sin and punishment. The general strain of this chapter is similar to that of the preceding. "The judgment" ( Hosea 5:1 ) which has already been pronounced there is still continued. In Hosea 4:1-19 ; however, Judah was addressed as occupying a different position, morally and religiously, from Israel; whereas here the southern kingdom is represented as sharing in Israel's guilt and condemnation. It would appear, therefore, that when the warning of Hosea 4:15 was uttered,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:4

In this verse their evil doings are traced to an evil spirit of whoredoms that is, of idolatries, which impels them blindly and resistlessly to evil, while at the same time it expels the knowledge of God. The first clause is differently rendered. The textual rendering of the Authorized Version, viz. they will not frame (literally, give , direct ) their doings to turn unto their God, denotes their total and absolute refusal to repent or to bring forth fruits meet for repentance. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:4

Necessary preliminaries to a godly life. "They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God," etc. Preachers do not always deal wisely with their hearers. They call upon men to repent; they often describe repentance with metaphysical accuracy, and enforce it with resistless logic and pressing rhetoric. So with faith; they explain its nature and enforce its duty. They say, "Repent or be damned," "Believe or be damned." They seldom go further. But few have any notion that there is a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 5:4

They will not frame their doings ... - They were possessed by an evil spirit, impelling and driving them to sin; “the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them,” i. e., in their very inward self, their center, so to speak; in their souls, where reside the will, the reason, the judgment; and so long as they did not, by the strength of God, dislodge him, they would and could not frame their acts, so as to repent and turn to God. For a mightier impulse mastered them and drove them into sin, as... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 5:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 5:4

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