Hosea 8:7 NIV

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

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

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:7

Verse 7 The Prophet here shows by another figure how unprofitably the Israelites exercised themselves in their perverted worship, and then how vainly they excused their superstitions. And this reproof is very necessary also in the present day. For we see that hypocrites, a hundred times convicted, will not yet cease to clamour something: in short, they cannot bear to be conquered; even when their conscience reproves them, they will still dare to vomit forth their virulence against God. They... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:4-8

The causes of the Divine judgments are more particularly specified. The first sin which brought down the Divine displeasure was their civil apostasy, as it has been called, or change of civil government. I. NATURE OF THE FIRST SIN BY WHICH ISRAEL INCURRED DIVINE WRATH . By this we are not to understand, with some, the election of Saul, because this political offence, if we may rightly so term it, included the twelve tribes in common, whereas it is the ten tribes of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-7

Idolatry "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off." These verses present to us idolatry in five aspects. I. AS ABHORRENT TO JEHOVAH . "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them." By a synecdoche, Samaria is here used for all the ten tribes. There is no allusion in history to any calf set up in the city of Samaria, but its existence in Bethel, the most celebrated place of worship in the kingdom, is a matter of certainty. "The introduction of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-7

Broken gods Samaria would now discover the folly of trusting in her calf. I. SAMARIA 'S CALF . ( Hosea 8:5 , Hosea 8:6 ) 1. The futility of making it . "From Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God" ( Hosea 8:6 ). Idolatry is a huge absurdity. That cannot be a god which we make with our own hands (cf. Isaiah 40:18-20 ; Isaiah 44:9-20 ). As foolish is it to make a god of wealth, position, reputation, or anything created by man's effort. 2.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-14

Sin its own punishment. These verses exhibit But perhaps the most prominent thought in the passage is that of the self-punishing nature of sin, as illustrated in the early history and the later fortunes of Ephraim. We see this fact reflected— I. IN THE NATIONAL CALF - WORSHIP . ( Hosea 8:5-7 ) Samaria had "cast off good" ( Hosea 8:3 ) by departing from the pure ritual which Jehovah had prescribed; and therefore the "calf" which she had set up, and in which she gloried,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:7

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The harvest corresponds to the seed-time; their foolish and vain idolatries shall have corresponding results. This proverbial expression imports more than merely labor in vain; it denotes labor that has an injurious and destructive result. It has more than a negative significancy of lost labor; it conveys the idea of positive detriment. "The prophet," says Kimchi, "means to say that they will weary themselves in vain in this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:7

Reaping the whirlwind. The figure here is extremely striking; it is one of the most forcible and vivid of Hosea's images. It suggests the folly and unprofitableness of a life of sin; those who live such a life "sow the wind." And it emphasizes the fact that while the harvest must be the same in kind as the seed sown, the increase will be tremendous, both in strength and volume. The whirlwind of the desert tears along with a roar like a cataract, and carries in its wings violent and sweeping... read more

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

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:4-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:7

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