Hosea 7:7

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 7:7

They are all hot as an oven ,.... Eager upon their idolatry, or burning in their unclean desires after other men's wives; or rather raging and furious, hot with anger and wrath against their rulers and governors, breathing out slaughter and death unto them: and have devoured their judges ; that stood in the way of their lusts, reproved them for them, and restrained them from them; or were on the side of the king they conspired against, and were determined to depose and slay: all their... read more

Adam Clarke

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

All their kings are fallen - There was a pitiful slaughter among the idolatrous kings of Israel; four of them had fallen in the time of this prophet. Zechariah was slain by Shallum; Shallum, by Menahem; Pekahiah, by Pekah; and Pekah, by Hoshea, 2 Kings 15. All were idolaters, and all came to an untimely death. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 7 The Prophet repeats what he had said before, that the Israelites were carried away by a mad zeal into their own superstitions and wicked practices, and could not be allayed or quieted by any remedies; and he shows at the same time that this malady or intemperance raged in the whole people, lest the vulgar should accuse a few men, as if they were the authors of all the wickedness. He gives proof of their frenzy, because they could not have been hitherto amended by any corrections. They... 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 7:3-7

The oven and the baker. High and low united in the wickedness which has been described, and is to be described. The example of the king and court gave the key-note to the subjects, and they in turn pleased the king and his princes by a hearty imitation of their vices. "They made the king glad with their wickedness"—themselves living lives of debauchery and ungodliness; "and the princes with their lies"—offering them flattery, and siding with them in ridicule of the prophet's teachings A new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:4-7

Hosea 7:4 , Hosea 7:6 , and Hosea 7:7 are linked together by the figure of an "oven," common to them; while 4 and 6 have also in common the figure of a "baker." Further, we are helped to the literal meaning of the metaphorical language of Hosea 7:4 and Hosea 7:6 by Hosea 7:5 and Hosea 7:7 respectively. They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker. Whether the sin indicated was idolatry, which is often represented as spiritual adultery, or adultery in the literal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:7

They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen . Here we have the application, and so the explanation of the figurative language of the preceding verse, which, as we have seen, is the second stage of the action. The heat of the oven denotes the intense violence of their passion, as also their fierce and fiery power of destruction. Inferior rulers and magistrates fell victims to it; while regicides in incredible number were the result of it. Three... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:7

1. "To call unto me (God)" is to cry to God for help and succor, to seek safety and deliverance with him. It is not the same with that other expression, viz. "to call on the Name of Jehovah," which is rather to reverence and worship Jehovah. 2. The word דין is more poetic than שָׁפַט , though the meaning of both is "judging," the latter probably derived from שָׁפַח , to set, then to set right, defend. 3. Their not calling unto God is well explained by Kimchi as follows: "Also... read more

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