Hosea 13:13-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 13:9-16

The first of these verses is the summary, or contents, of all the rest (Hos. 14:9), where we have, 1. All the blame of Israel's ruin laid upon themselves: O Israel! thy perdition is thence; it is of and from thyself; or, ?It has destroyed thee, O Israel! that is, all that sin and folly of thine which thou art before charged with. As thy own wickedness has many a time corrected thee, so that has now at length destroyed thee.? Note, Wilful sinners are self-destroyers. Obstinate impenitence is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:13

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him ,.... Upon Ephraim, or the ten tribes; that is, afflictions, distresses, and calamities, which are often in Scripture compared to the pains and sorrows of a woman in childbirth; and may denote the suddenness and inevitableness of them; see Isaiah 13:8 . So the Targum, "distress and trouble shall come upon them, as pains on a woman with child;' which may respect the invasion of their land, the siege of Samaria, and their captivity; ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave ,.... That is, "when" or "at which time" before spoken of, and here understood, as the above interpreter rightly connects the words, "I will" do this and what follows: I will redeem them from death ; these are the words, not of Jehovah the Father, as in Hosea 1:7 ; but of the Son, who redeemed Israel out of Egypt, which was a typical redemption, Hosea 13:4 ; in whom is the help of his people laid and found, Hosea 13:9 ; the Word of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:15

Though he be fruitful among his brethren ,.... This is not spoken of Christ, as some think, who take the words to be a continuation of the prophecy concerning the Redeemer, who should increase his brethren, and bring many to him; and be as noxious to hell and death as the east wind is to persons and things, and dry up the fountains and springs of hell and death; the sins of men he should abolish, and be victorious over all his enemies, and divide their spoils: but they are rather the words... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall become desolate ,.... With this verse the fourteenth chapter begins in the Hebrew copies, and in the Targum, and in many versions; but seems better to conclude the present chapter; since it is in close connection with Hosea 13:15 , and explains the figurative expressions there used. Samaria was the head of Ephraim, Isaiah 7:9 ; or the metropolis of the ten tribes of Israel; whose desolation is here prophesied of, and was accomplished by Shalmaneser king of Assyria,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:13

The sorrows of a travailing woman - These judgments shall come suddenly and unavoidably. The place of the breaking forth of children - As there is a critical time in parturition in which the mother in hard labor may by skillful assistants be eased of her burden, which, if neglected, may endanger the life both of parent and child, so there was a time in which Ephraim might have returned to God, but they would not; therefore they are now in danger of being finally destroyed. And, speaking... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave - In their captivity they are represented as dead and buried, which is a similar view to that taken of the Jews in the Babylonish captivity by Ezekiel in his vision of the valley of dry bones. They are now lost as to the purpose for which they were made, for which God had wrought so many miracles for them and for their ancestors; but the gracious purpose of God shall not be utterly defeated. He will bring them out of that grave, and ransom them... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:15

Though he be fruitful - יפריא yaphri ; a paronomasia on the word אפרים ephrayim , which comes from the same root פרה parah , to be fruitful, to sprout, to bud. An east wind shall come - As the east wind parches and blasts all vegetation, so shall Shalmaneser blast and destroy the Israelitish state. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall become desolate - This was the capital of the Israelitish kingdom. What follows is a simple prophetic declaration of the cruelties which should be exercised upon this hapless people by the Assyrians in the sackage of the city. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:13

Verse 13 He afterwards says, that the sorrows of one in travail would come on this proud and rebellious people. He pursues the same subject, but under another figure; for by the sorrows of one in travail he points out the sudden destruction which befalls careless men. And this mode of speaking is common in Scripture. There will come then thesorrows of one in travail on these men; that is, “As they promise to themselves continual peace, and are now awakened by any threatenings, and as they... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 13:9-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:13

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