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
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