Hosea 5:11 WEB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 5:8-15

Here is, I. A loud alarm sounded, giving notice of judgments coming (Hos. 5:8): Blow you the cornet in Gibeah and in Ramah, two cities near together in the confines of the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel, Gibeah a frontier-town of the kingdom of Judah, Ramah of Israel; so that the warning is hereby sent into both kingdoms. ?Cry aloud at Beth-aven, or Bethel, which place seems to be already seized upon by the enemy, and therefore the trumpet is not sounded there, but you hear the outcries of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, and broken in judgment ,.... Here the prophet again returns to the ten tribes, who were oppressed and broken, either by their own judgments, as the Targum; by the tyranny of their kings, and the injustice of their judges, who looked only for the mammon of unrighteousness; or by the judgment of their enemies, the Assyrians, the taxes they laid upon them, the devastations they made among them, and by whom, at last, they were carried captive; or by the judgments of God... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:11

Walked after the commandment - Jeroboam's commandment to worship his calves at Dan and Beth-el. Many of them were not forced to do this, they did it willingly. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:11

Verse 11 Here again the Prophet shows that the vengeance of God would be just against Israel, because they willingly followed the impious edicts of their king. The people might indeed have appeared to be excusable, since religion had not been changed by their voice, or by public consent, or by any contrivance of the many, but by the tyrannical will of the king alone: Jeroboam was not induced by superstition, but by subtile wickedness, to erect altars elsewhere, and not at Jerusalem. The people... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:8-12

Ephraim and Judah. The judgment is represented in these verses as already fallen. Shrill cornet and trumpet blasts announce the presence of the invaders. They fill the land. They are at the borders of Judah. They menace Benjamin. I. IS THE GRASP OF THE DESTROYER . ( Hosea 5:8 , Hosea 5:9 ) 1. Ephraim ' s destruction came upon him suddenly . It was on him before he was aware. Ere almost he could realize the fact, the land was in possession of invaders. It is thus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:10-13

The misuse of Divine judgments. It is well for our rest and strength when, like the prophet, we can exercise steadfast faith in the unseen Ruler of all human affairs. Many events appear to contradict the theory of a wise and loving government. Causes which are seen seem adequate to produce the effects which arise from them, and we fail to discern God behind the ambitions and the follies of men. Happy is he who, like Hosea, hears God's voice amidst the tumult, believes in a plan underlying... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment. The expression retsuts mishpat is (1) by some explained, "crushed by the judgment," that is, of God, according to which mishpat would be the genitive of the agent as mukkeh Elohim . But "crushed of judgment" or in judgment is justly preferred by others, the genitive taking the place of the accusative. Again, though the combination of ‛ashūq with rutsuts is frequent, occurring as early as Deuteronomy 28:33 , the latter is the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:11-15

God's judgments differ both in degree and kind. Ephraim had obeyed man rather than God, and God gives them over to man for punishment. The men who oppressed Ephraim acted unjustly, but God, in permitting that unjust oppression, was exercising his prerogative of justice. Neither could Ephraim palliate their sin by alleging compulsion on the part of their rulers, nor throw, the blame entirely on the ungodly commandment of an ungodly rang, or those who might enforce it by pains and penalties.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:11-15

The Divine judgments. In this strophe the Lord denounces as useless and foolish the policy which Israel had adopted of seeking to strengthen himself by alliances with Assyria. In doing this the nation was only adding to its guilt, and precipitating its doom. I. THE NATURE OF THE JUDGMENTS . We gather from the passage that these are of three orders, each being more severe than the preceding. 1. Slow consumption . (Verse. 12) The "moth" and the "worm" suggest silent,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment - Literally, “crushed in judgment.” Holy Scripture, elsewhere also, “combines” these same two words, rendered “oppressed” and “crushed,” in speaking of man’s oppression by man. Ephraim preferred man’s commands and laws to God’s; they obeyed man and set God at nought; therefore they should suffer at man’s hands, who, while he equally neglected God’s will, enforced his own. The “commandment,” which “Ephraim willingly went after,” was doubtless that of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 5:8-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 5:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 5:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:11-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 5:11-15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 5:11

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