Hosea 7:1

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

Some take away the last words of the foregoing chapter, and make them the beginning of this: ?When I returned, or would have returned, the captivity of my people, when I was about to come towards them in ways of mercy, even when I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim (the country and common people) was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, the court and the chief city.? Now, in these verses, we may observe, I. A general idea given of the present state of Israel, Hos.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:1

When I would have healed Israel ,.... Or rather, "when I healed Israel" F11 כרפאי "dum curo", Junius & Tremellius; "dum medeor", Piscator, Zanchius, Calvin; "quando sanavi, vel sano", Schmidt. ; for this is not to be understood of a velleity, wish, or desire of healing and saving them, as Jarchi; nor of a bare attempt to do it by the admonitions of the prophets, and by corrections in Providence; but of actual healing them; and by which is meant, not healing them in a spiritual... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:1

When I would have healed Israel - As soon as one wound was healed, another was discovered. Scarcely was one sin blotted out till another was committed. The thief cometh in - Their own princes spoil them. The troop of robbers spoileth without - The Assyrians, under different leaders, waste and plunder the country. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:1

Verse 1 God, that he might show how corrupt was the state of all the people of Israel, compares himself here to a physician, who, while he wishes to try remedies, acknowledges that there are hid more grievous diseases; which is often the case. When a sick person sends for a physician, his disease will be soon discovered; but it may be that he has for many years labored under other hidden complaints, which do not immediately come to the knowledge of the physician. He may indeed think that the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-2

Sin's malignancy. Jehovah was Israel's Healer ( Exodus 15:26 ). His constantly cherished desire was to do them good. He had labored for this end by his prophets, by chastisements, and 1,y exhibitions of kindness. All had been in vain. The people would not permit the Lord to be their Healer. If sin was checked for a little, it was only to break out again in worse forms than before. The more he sought to heal them, only the more clearly was their iniquity discovered. We note here concerning... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-3

EXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1-7 , the prophet reproves with much but deserved severity the depraved morals of king and princes. In the second section, consisting of Hosea 7:8-11 , he rebukes their sinfulness, silliness, pride, and stupid obstinacy, notwithstanding the many manifest tokens of decay. Otherwise the first section deals with the internal corruption of the northern kingdom, and the second exposes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-7

Crimes charged on Israel; people and princes. It was a time of great corruption and of atrocious crimes. Nor were those crimes committed only by persons "of the baser sort;" people and princes alike, rulers and ruled, had their share in them; the country and the capital, Ephraim and Samaria; the chief tribe and the chief city, with the common people as well as elite , in the former, and members of the court in the latter. All classes contributed their portion to the national tins, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-7

Sins of court and country. The reproofs contained in this chapter lay special emphasis upon the sins of the upper classes. But the prophet brands the whole nation also for its irreligion and immorality, and (in the second part of the chapter) for its political corruption. I. THE EXPOSURE OF ISRAEL 'S SIN . The wickedness of the people is portrayed, both as regards principles and individual acts. It may be described as: 1. Gold-blooded in its principles . ( Hosea 7:1-3 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:1

When I would have healed Israel - God begins anew by appealing to Israel, that all which He had done to heal them, had but served to make their sin more evident, and “that,” from highest to lowest, as to all manners and ways of sin. When the flash of God’s light on the sinner’s conscience enlightens it not, it only discloses its darkness. The name “Israel” includes the whole people; the names, Ephraim and Samaria, probably are meant to designate the chief among them, Ephraim having been their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 7:1

Hosea 7:1. When I would have healed Israel When I would have reclaimed them from their sins, and in consequence thereof have averted their judgments. The Hebrew, כרפאי , is, as I was healing: dum in eo essem ut sanarem. At the very time when I was about to heal them; or, as the Seventy render it, Εν τω ιασαθαι με τον Ισραηλ , When I was in the very act of healing Israel. Then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered Literally, was uncovered, or made bare, that is, showed itself... read more

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