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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 9:1-6

Here, I. The people of Israel are charged with spiritual adultery: O Israel! thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, Hos. 9:1. Their covenant with God was a marriage-covenant, by which they were joined to him as their God, renouncing all others. But when they set up idols and worshipped them, when they fled to creatures for succour and put a confidence in them, they went a whoring from God as their God, and honoured the pretenders and rivals with the affection, adoration, and confidence, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:3

They shall not dwell in the Lord's land ,.... The land of Israel, or Canaan; which, though all the earth is the Lord's, was peculiarly his; which he had chosen for himself, and for this people; where he had his temple, and caused his Shechinah or divine Majesty to dwell in a very special manner, and where his worship and service were performed. So the Targum calls it the land of the Shechinah or majesty of the Lord. Sometimes it is called Immanuel's land, where the Messiah Immanuel, God with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:4

They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord ,.... This is either a threatening of the cessation of sacrifices, being carried into Assyria, a strange land, where it was not lawful to offer sacrifice, there being no temple nor altar to offer in or at; and so as they would not offer to the Lord when they should, now they shall not if they would: or this respects not, the future time of their exile, but their present time now, as Kimchi observes; and so is a reproof of their present... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:5

What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord? Since their sacrifices now were so disagreeable and displeasing to the Lord, and so unavailable to themselves, what would they do when in captivity, "in the solemn day", the seventh day of the week, appointed by the Lord for rest and religious worship; and in the first day of the month, which also was to be solemnly observed, by offering sacrifice, &c.; and on feast days of the Lord's instituting, as the feasts... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:6

For, lo, they are gone, because of destruction ,.... That is, many of the people of Israel were gone out of their own land to others, particularly to Egypt, because of the destruction that was coming upon them, and to avoid it; because of the Assyrian army which invaded their land, and besieged Samaria, and threatened them with entire destruction; and upon which a famine ensued, and which is thought by Kimchi to be here particularly meant; Egypt shall gather them up : being dead; for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:3

But Ephraim shall return to Egypt - See on Hosea 8:12 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:4

As the bread of mourners - By the law, a dead body, and every thing that related to it, the house where it lay, and the persons who touched it, were all polluted and unclean, and whatever they touched was considered as defiled. See Deuteronomy 26:14 ; Numbers 19:11 , Numbers 19:13 , Numbers 19:14 . For their bread for their soul - The bread for the common support of life shall not be sanctified to them by having the first-fruits presented at the temple. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:5

What will ye do in the solemn day - When ye shall be despoiled of every thing by the Assyrians; for the Israelites who remained in the land after its subjection to the Assyrians did worship the true God, and offer unto him the sacrifices appointed by the law, though in an imperfect and schismatic manner; and it was a great mortification to them to be deprived of their religious festivals in a land of strangers. See Calmet. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:6

For, lo, they are gone - Many of them fled to Egypt to avoid the destruction; but they went there only to die. Memphis - Now Cairo, or Kahira, found them graves. The pleasant places for their silver - The fine estates or villas which they had purchased by their money, being now neglected and uninhabited, are covered with nettles; and even in their tabernacles, thorns and brambles of different kinds grow. These are the fullest marks of utter desolation. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:3

Verse 3 The Prophet proclaims here a heavier punishment — that the Lord would drive them into exile. It was indeed a dreadful repudiation, when they were deprived of the land of Canaan, which was the Lord’s rest, as it is called in the Psalms, (Psalms 132:14.) While they dwelt in the land of Canaan, they lived as it were in the habitations of God, and could have a sure hope that he would be a father to them: but when they were thence expelled, the Lord testified that he regarded them as aliens;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 9:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:3

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