Hosea 10:11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 10:9-15

Here, I. They are put in mind of the sins of their fathers and predecessors, for which God would now reckon with them. It was told them (Hos. 9:9) that they had corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah, and here (Hos. 10:9), O Israel! thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah. Not only the wickedness that was committed in that age is revived in this, and reacted, a copy from that original, but the wickedness that was committed in that age has been continued in a constant series and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 10:11

And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn ,.... Like a heifer taught to bear the yoke, and to plough; but learned it not, as the Targum; does not like it; chooses to tread out the corn where it can feed upon it, its mouth not being then muzzled, according to the law; oxen or heifers were used both in ploughing and treading out corn, to which the allusion is. The sense is, that Ephraim or the ten tribes were taught to bear the yoke of the law, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:11

Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught - One thoroughly broken in to the yoke. And loveth to tread out - Goes peaceably in the yoke; and is pleased because, not being muzzled, she eats of the corn. I passed over upon her fair neck - I brought the yoke upon it, that she should not tread out the corn merely, but draw the plough and drag the harrow. These operations of husbandry are all referred to here, with some others. Ephraim shall tread out the corn, that there may be seed for the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:11

Verse 11 Some read the two words, “taught,” and “loveth,” separately, מלמדה, melamde, and אהבתי, aebti; for they think that at the beginning of the verse a reproach is conveyed, as though the Prophet had said, that Ephraim was wholly unteachable: though God had from childhood brought him up under his discipline, he yet now showed so great stubbornness, that he even ceased not to rebel against God, and went on obstinately in his own wickedness. “Ephraim then is like a trained heifer.” But this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-11

Past and present. We have here, I. A PAST OF SIN —A PRESENT OF RETRIBUTION . ( Hosea 10:9 , Hosea 10:10 ) Israel's sin was: 1. Of old date . "Thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah" (cf. on Hosea 9:9 ). The sin of Gibeah was an early and outstanding instance of wickedness. It may have taken place not long after "the days of the elders which over-lived Joshua" (Joshus Joshua 24:31 ), and so have been the first public mark of the new departure in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-12

A checkered picture. These verses exhibit the continuance in sin and its consequences, chastisement and its lessons, change of circumstances and its bitter experiences, the call to repentance and the blessed promises to the penitent. I. CONTINUANCE IN SIN . Israel had corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah ( Hosea 9:9 ), and, as we are told in Hosea 10:9 , had sinned from the days of Gibeah. 1. Grievous as their sin had been at first, it was greatly aggravated by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-15

National prosperity and calamity. In this passage, for the second time ( vide Hosea 9:10 ), the prophet starts with a brief reminiscence of former days, and then proceeds to deliver an urgent exhortation to present duty; but all serves merely as a basis for more denunciation and announcement of retribution. I. THE IDEAL LIFE OF A NATION . ( Hosea 10:12 ) Although this verse is in the first instance a summons to Israel to repent and reform, we may view it as indicating... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:11

And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn. Ephraim is compared to a heifer trained. The work she was taught to do was treading cut the corn; by training and habit it had became a second nature, so that she took delight in it. The connecting vowel occurs seldom, and usually with an antique coloring in prose, according to Ewald; it is poetical besides, and used in the concourse of words somewhat closely connected, but not in the strict construct state. Thus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:11

Moral abasement. Figures drawn from the work of husbandry are frequently found in the sacred Scriptures. No others could have been so wisely employed. As Divine truths were intended for all nations, it was well that illustrations of them should be found in all lauds. The breaking up of the ground, the sowing of seed, the reaping of the harvest, are phenomena well known in every country, and the process has been essentially the same in every age. Whether the harvest grows in the small... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:11

Ephraim is an heifer that is taught and that loveth to tread out the corn - The object of the metaphor in these three verses seems to be, to picture, under operations of husbandry, what God willed and trained His people to do, how they took as much pains in evil, as He willed them to do for good. One thing only they did “which” He willed, but not because He willed it - what pleased themselves. Corn was threshed in the East chiefly by means of oxen, who were either driven round and round, so as... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 10:9-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 10:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 10:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 10:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 10:11

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