Hosea 1:10-11 NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 1:8-11

We have here a prediction, I. Of the rejection of Israel for a time, which is signified by the name of another child that Hosea had by his adulterous spouse, Hos. 1:8, 9. And still we must observe that those children whose names carried these direful omens in them to Israel were all children of whoredoms (Hos. 1:2), all born of the harlot that Hosea married, to intimate that the ruin of Israel was the natural product of the sin of Israel. If they had not first revolted from God, they would... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered ,.... Though called Loammi, and rejected from being the people of God; yet there is a time when their number, according to the promise made to Abraham, shall be as the sand of the sea, and the stars of heaven; which, as the one cannot be measured, the other cannot be numbered; which was to be not at the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, when some of the ten tribes... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:11

Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together ,.... Not at the return from the Babylonish captivity; for, though some of the ten tribes might be mixed with the Jews when they went into captivity, and came out with them, and others might join them from the various nations where they had been dispersed; yet they did not gather together with them in a body, only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, those were the chief; of the children of Israel, but few, Ezra... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the children of Israel - God had promised that the children of Israel should be as the sand of the sea. See Genesis 32:12 ; Romans 9:25 , Romans 9:26 . And though for their iniquities he had thinned and scattered them, yet the spirit and design of his promise and covenant shall be fulfilled. An Israel there shall be. In the place of the reprobated people, who were now no longer his people, there shall be found an Israel that shall be the children of the living God.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:11

The children of Judah and the Children of Israel - After the return from Babylon, the distinction between Israel and Judah was entirely destroyed; and those of them that did return were all included under one denomination, Jews; and the one head may refer to Zerubbabel their leader, and afterwards under Ezra and Nehemiah. In the more extensive view of the prophet the one Head may mean Jesus Christ, under whom the true Israel, Jews and Gentiles, shall be finally gathered together; so that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:10

Verse 10 Now follows consolation, yet not unmixed. God seems here to meet the objections which we know hypocrites had in readiness, whenever the Prophets denounced destruction on them; for they accused God of being unfaithful if he did not save them. Arrogating to themselves the title of Church, they concluded that it would be impossible for them to perish for God would not be untrue in his promises. “Why! God has promised that his Church shall be for ever: we are his Church; then we are safe,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:11

Verse 11 The Prophet speaks here peculiarly of the children of Abraham; for though God would make no more account of them than of other nations, he yet wished it to be ascribed to his covenant, that they in honor excelled others; and the right of primogeniture, we know, is everywhere given to them. Then as Abraham’s children were first-begotten in the Church, even after the coming of Christ, God here especially addresses them, Ascend together from the land shall the children of Israel and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:9-10

Rejection and restoration. Paradox is often the highest truth. Consistency is the idol of the logician. And not only is the course of the wise and good man now and again at variance with itself; God's ways sometimes appear to us as returning upon themselves. Yet there is a moral unity and order observable, even when the "dealings" of the Divine King with his subjects seem inexplicable and at first sight irreconcilable. I. THE UTTER REJECTION OF ISRAEL FORETOLD . Stronger... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured nor numbered. The division of the verses at this place is faulty both in our common Hebrew Bibles and in the Authorized Version. The former connects Hosea 1:10 and Hosea 1:11 with the second chapter, and the latter closes the first chapter with these verses, and thus detaches them from the first verse of the second chapter. The correct arrangement combines Hosea 1:10 and Hosea 1:11 of ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:10

Sons of the living God. It is both singular and instructive to observe that this expression, which is one of the richest and sweetest in revelation, is found in closest connection with language of severity, rebuke, and threatening. The contrast enhances the preciousness of the doctrine. Children of wrath become members of the Divine family, rejoice in a Father's love, and inherit a Father's home. I. THE LIGHT HERE CAST UPON THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF THE SUPREME ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 1:8-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 1:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 1:10

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