Hosea 7:2

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

Some take away the last words of the foregoing chapter, and make them the beginning of this: ?When I returned, or would have returned, the captivity of my people, when I was about to come towards them in ways of mercy, even when I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim (the country and common people) was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, the court and the chief city.? Now, in these verses, we may observe, I. A general idea given of the present state of Israel, Hos.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:2

And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness ,.... That is, the people of the ten tribes, and the inhabitants of Samaria, whose iniquity and wickedness are said to be discovered, and to be very notorious: and yet "they said not to their hearts" F13 ובל יאמרו ללבבם "et non dicebant ad cor suum", Cocceius; "et non dicunt cordi suo", Schmidt. , as in the original text; they did not think within themselves; they did not commune with their own hearts;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:2

They consider not in their hearts - They do not consider that my eye is upon all their ways; they do not think that I record all their wickedness; and they know not their own evil doings are as a host of enemies encompassing them about. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:2

Verse 2 The Prophet shows here that the Israelites had advanced to the highest summit of all wickedness; for they thought that no account was ever to be given by them to God. Hence arises the contempt of God; that is, when men imagine that he is, as it were, sleeping in heaven, and that he rests from every work. They dare not indeed to deny God, and yet they take from him what especially belongs to his divinity, for they exclude him from the office of being a judge. Hence then it is that men... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-2

Sin's malignancy. Jehovah was Israel's Healer ( Exodus 15:26 ). His constantly cherished desire was to do them good. He had labored for this end by his prophets, by chastisements, and 1,y exhibitions of kindness. All had been in vain. The people would not permit the Lord to be their Healer. If sin was checked for a little, it was only to break out again in worse forms than before. The more he sought to heal them, only the more clearly was their iniquity discovered. We note here concerning... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-3

EXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1-7 , the prophet reproves with much but deserved severity the depraved morals of king and princes. In the second section, consisting of Hosea 7:8-11 , he rebukes their sinfulness, silliness, pride, and stupid obstinacy, notwithstanding the many manifest tokens of decay. Otherwise the first section deals with the internal corruption of the northern kingdom, and the second exposes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-7

Crimes charged on Israel; people and princes. It was a time of great corruption and of atrocious crimes. Nor were those crimes committed only by persons "of the baser sort;" people and princes alike, rulers and ruled, had their share in them; the country and the capital, Ephraim and Samaria; the chief tribe and the chief city, with the common people as well as elite , in the former, and members of the court in the latter. All classes contributed their portion to the national tins, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:1-7

Sins of court and country. The reproofs contained in this chapter lay special emphasis upon the sins of the upper classes. But the prophet brands the whole nation also for its irreligion and immorality, and (in the second part of the chapter) for its political corruption. I. THE EXPOSURE OF ISRAEL 'S SIN . The wickedness of the people is portrayed, both as regards principles and individual acts. It may be described as: 1. Gold-blooded in its principles . ( Hosea 7:1-3 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:2

And they consider not in their hearts (margin, say not to their heart ) that I remember all their wickedness. Between the common reading libravken and bilravken found in several manuscripts by Kennicott and De Rossi, there is a not unimportant difference. The latter, equivalent to saying "in their heart," which is the usual expression, denotes one's inward thoughts or reasonings with himself; the former, equivalent to saying " to their heart," is an address to, or remonstrance... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:2

An unconsidered truth. Two facts are suggested here. I. THAT GOD REMEMBERS THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN . "Wickedness" may exist in thought or intention ( Psalms 139:23 , Psalms 139:24 ), in word ( Matthew 12:36 ), in act ( Psalms 51:4 ). 1. This fact is proclaimed in God ' s Word . 2. This fact is necessitated by the Divine nature . God's omnipresence, omniscience, and immutability imply it. His absolute perfection makes impossible either defect of... read more

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