Hosea 8:1-9:9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 8:1-7

The reproofs and threatenings here are introduced with an order to the prophet to set the trumpet to his mouth (Hos. 8:1), thus to call a solemn assembly, that all might take notice of what he had to deliver and take warning by it. He must sound an alarm, must, in God's name, proclaim war with this rebellious nation. An enemy is coming with speed and fury to seize their land, and he must awaken them to expect it. Thus the prophet must do the part of a watchman, that was by sound of trumpet to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:1

Set the trumpet to thy mouth ,.... Or, "the trumpet to the roof of thy mouth" F20 אל חכך שופר "adhibita palato tuo buccina", Junius & Tremellius; "adhibe palato buccinam", De Dieu; "ad palatum tuum buccinam", Schmidt. ; a concise expression denoting haste, and the vehemence of the passions speaking; they are either the words of the Lord to the prophet, as the Targum, "O prophet, cry with thy throat as with a trumpet, saying;' Aben Ezra take them to be the words of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:1

Set the trumpet to thy mouth - Sound another alarm. Let them know that an enemy is fast approaching. As an eagle against the house of the Lord - of this be a prophecy against Judah, as some have supposed, then by the eagle Nebuchadnezzar is meant, who is often compared to this king of birds. See Ezekiel 17:3 ; Jeremiah 48:40 ; Jeremiah 49:22 ; Daniel 7:4 . But if the prophecy be against Israel, which is the most likely, then Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, is intended, who, for... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:1

Verse 1 Interpreters nearly all agree in this, that the Prophet threatens not the kingdom of Israel, but the kingdom of Judah, at the beginning of this chapter, because he names the house of God, which they take to be the temple. I indeed allow, that the Prophet has spoken already, in two places, of the kingdom of Judah, but as it were in passing. He has, it is true, introduced some reproofs and threatening, but so that the distinction was quite clear; and we see that he now goes to the kingdom... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:1

EXPOSITION This chapter deals with the punishment of apostasy. Once more the sins of the northern kingdom are enumerated and its approaching fall predicted. There is a close connection between the verses in the first section of the chapter. That connection is as follows: The first verse begins with an exclamation containing Jehovah's command to the prophet to act as his herald, putting the trumpet to his mouth and sounding the alarm about coming calamity. In the second clause of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:1-2

The conventional Church "Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my Law. Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee." "It is not unusual," says Elzas," for the prophets, without naming the invading foe, to announce his approach (see Isaiah 13:1-22 ). The words are singularly abrupt, and indicate the suddenness of the threatened invader. 'Like an eagle.' If this be a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:1-3

Ministerial faithfulness. The prophet is represented as a messenger with alarming tidings, or sentinel at his post to give warning of the enemy's approach, or rather as a herald commissioned to declare war. Earthly kings have heralds or special messengers for this purpose, and here the King of kings charges the prophet as his herald to proclaim war. "Go, then, and let the Israelites know, not now by thy mouth, but even by thy throat, by the sound of the trumpet, that I am an enemy to them,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:1-4

A trumpet-blast of judgment. In this passage the announcement of Israel's doom is still more direct than it has hitherto been. Up to this point the prophet's message has been principally one of complaint, with threatening of punishment in the future; now, however, he speaks of the judgment as immediately about to fall upon the sinful nation. I. THE PROCLAMATION OF JUDGMENT . ( Hosea 8:1 ) Hosea is here abruptly addressed by the Spirit as a sentinel or watchman. Being the herald... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:1-4

Doomsday The trumpet sounds the approach of judgment. It is judgment which begins at the house of God ( 1 Peter 4:17 ). The "eagle" is the Assyrian; in later times the Roman (cf. Deuteronomy 28:49 ). The cause of the judgment is that constantly insisted on: "They have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my Law" ( Hosea 8:1 ). I. KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THROUGH JUDGMENT . ( Hosea 8:2 ) In the day of doom Israel would cry to God, "My God, we know thee, we Israel" So... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:1

The trumpet to thy mouth! - So God bids the prophet Isaiah, “Cry aloud, spare not, llft up thy voice like a trumpet” Isaiah 58:1. The prophets, as watchmen, were set by God to give notice of His coming judgments Ezekiel 33:3; Amos 3:6. As the sound of a war-trumpet would startle a sleeping people, so would God have the prophet’s warning burst upon their sleep of sin. The ministers of the Church are called to be “watchmen” . “They too are forbidden to keep a cowardly silence, when “the house of... read more

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