Hosea 8:5-8 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 8:1-7

The reproofs and threatenings here are introduced with an order to the prophet to set the trumpet to his mouth (Hos. 8:1), thus to call a solemn assembly, that all might take notice of what he had to deliver and take warning by it. He must sound an alarm, must, in God's name, proclaim war with this rebellious nation. An enemy is coming with speed and fury to seize their land, and he must awaken them to expect it. Thus the prophet must do the part of a watchman, that was by sound of trumpet to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 8:8-14

It was the honour and happiness of Israel that they had but one God to trust to and he all-sufficient in every strait, and but one God to serve, and he well worthy of all their devotions. But it was their sin, and folly, and shame, that they knew not when they were well off, that they forsook their own mercies for lying vanities; for, I. They multiplied their alliances (Hos. 8:9): They have hired lovers, or (as the margin reads it) they have hired loves. They were at great expense to purchase... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:5

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off ,.... Or, is the cause of thy being cast off by the Lord, and of being cast out of thine own land, and carried captive into another; the past tense is used for the future, as is common in prophetic writings, to denote the certainty of the thing: or "thy calf hath left thee" F1 זנח עגלך "dereliquit vitulus te", Lutherus; "descruit te vitulus tuus", Schmidt. ; in the lurch; it cannot help thee; it is gone off, and forsaken thee; it has... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:6

For from Israel was it also ,.... That is, the calf was from Israel; it was an invention of theirs, as some say; they did not borrow it from their neighbours, as they did other idols, but it was their own contrivance: but this tines not seem to be fact; for the calf, the making of it indeed, was of themselves, but the worship of it they borrowed from the Egyptians; with this difference, the Egyptians worshipped a living cow or ox, these the golden image of a calf: but rather the sense is,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:7

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind ,.... The sense is, the Israelites took a great deal of pains in the idolatrous worship of the calves, and made a great stir, bustle, and noise in it, like the wind; were very vainglorious and ostentatious, made a great show of religion and devotion, and promised themselves great things from it, peace and plenty, wealth and riches, all prosperity and happiness, enjoyed by Heathen nations; but this was lost labour, it was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up ,.... Not only their substance, but their persons also, the whole nation of them, their whole estate, civil and ecclesiastic: it notes the utter destruction of them by the Assyrians, so that nothing of them and theirs remained; just as anyone is swallowed up and devoured by a breast of prey; the present is put for the future, because of the certainty of it: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure ; when Shalmaneser took Samaria,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:5

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off - Bishop Newcome translates: "Remove far from thee thy calf, O Samaria!" Abandon thy idolatry; for my anger is kindled against thee. How long will it be ere they attain to innocency? - How long will ye continue your guilty practices? When shall it be said that ye are from these vices? The calf or ox, which was the object of the idolatrous worship of the Israelites, was a supreme deity in Egypt; and it was there they learned this idolatry. A white... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:6

The workman made it; therefore it is not God - As God signifies the supreme eternal Good, the Creator and Upholder of all things, therefore the workman cannot make Him who made all things. This is an overwhelming argument against all idols. Nothing need be added. The workman has made them; therefore they are not God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:7

They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind - As the husbandman reaps the same kind of grain which he has sown, but in far greater abundance, thirty, sixty, or one hundred fold; so he who sows the wind shall have a whirlwind to reap. The vental seed shall be multiplied into a tempest so they who sow the seed of unrighteousness shall reap a harvest of judgment. This is a fine, bold, and energetic metaphor. It hath no stalk - Nothing that can yield a blossom. If it have a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:8

Now shall they be among the Gentiles - They shall be carried into captivity, and there be as a vessel wherein there is no pleasure; one soiled, unclean, infectious, to be despised, abhorred, not used. The allusion is to a rotten, corrupted skin-bottle; a bottle made of goat, deer, or calf hide, still commonly used in Asia and Africa. Some of them are splendidly ornamented. This is the case with one now before me made of a goat's skin well dressed, variously painted, and ornamented with... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 8:1-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 8:8-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:8

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