Hosea 5:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 5:10

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound - All avaricious encroachment on the paternal inheritance of others, was strictly forbidden by God in the law, under the penalty of His curse. “Cursed is he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark” Deuteronomy 27:17. “The princes of Judah,” i. e., those who were the king’s counselors and chief in the civil polity, had committed sin, like to this. Since the prophet had just pronounced the desolation of Israel, perhaps that sin was, that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 5:10

Hosea 5:10. The princes of Judah, &c. The prophet in this chapter passes frequently from the one kingdom to the other, that he might set forth the crimes, and foretel the punishments of both, unless they averted them by their repentance. Instead of the princes, Bishop Horsley reads, the rulers of Judah, observing, “I prefer the word rulers to princes, because, in the modern acceptation of the word princes, royalty, or at least, royal blood, is included in the notion of it. But... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:8-15

Click image for full-size versionForeign policies (5:8-15)During the reigns of the Judean kings Jotham and Ahaz, Israel and Syria tried to persuade Judah to join them in an alliance aimed at resisting the spreading power of Assyria. When Judah refused to cooperate, Israel and Syria attacked Jerusalem, whereupon Ahaz, contrary to Isaiah’s advice, asked Assyria for help. Assyria replied by conquering Syria and much of Israel. But Judah’s independence also suffered, because in asking Assyria for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 5:10

that remove, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 19:14 ; Deuteronomy 27:17 ). App-92 Elsewhere only in Job 24:2 .Proverbs 22:28 ; Proverbs 23:10 . bound = boundary, or landmark. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 5:10

"The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water."It is not necessary to suppose that when Judah counter-attacked against the invasion of the Syrian, Israeli allies, that Judah greedily seized upon the opportunity to change boundaries and landmarks, although, of course, they might very well have done this. In their ancient culture, the lowest class of crime was that of tampering with landmarks. It was equivalent to the type of idiom... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 5:10

Hosea 5:10. The princes of Judah, &c.— "They have violated the most sacred laws of the Almighty, upon which not only the ordinances of his worship, but also the rights and properties of men depend; and are become guilty of the same injustice and confusion with those who remove the ancient land-marks." See Eze 46:18 and Pococke. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 5:10

10. remove the bound— (Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Job 24:2; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:10). Proverbial for the rash setting aside of the ancestral laws by which men are kept to their duty. Ahaz and his courtiers ("the princes of Judah"), setting aside the ancient ordinances of God, removed the borders of the bases and the layer and the sea and introduced an idolatrous altar from Damascus (Proverbs 23:10- :); also he burnt his children in the valley of Hinnom, after the abominations... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 5:8-15

A warning to Ephraim and Judah 5:8-15This warning confronted the tribe of Ephraim, or perhaps all Israel, and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 5:10

The leaders of Judah had also broken covenant with the Lord (cf. Isaiah 5:8; Micah 2:1-2), as those who move boundary markers. Judah had re-annexed Benjamite territory, thus violating the terms of the Mosaic Covenant regarding tribal allotments (cf. Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17). [Note: Ibid., p. 104.] Consequently God’s wrath would rain down on them. The boundaries that the leaders of Judah had moved were not just physical but also spiritual. They had moved the boundaries between right... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:1-15

Predictions of PunishmentThe priests, the people, and the royal dynasty have alike sinned, and will alike be punished. Their coquetting with Assyria will prove utterly futile. Judah has also sinned, and will receive their punishment. But there is ever yet hope in the future, if they will but repent.1. Toward you] RV ’unto you.’ Judgment belongs to you by right, and having abused your privilege you deserve greater punishment.Mizpah and Tabor are both spoken of as ancient sanctuaries: cp Judges... read more

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