Hosea 9:11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 9:11-17

In the foregoing verses we saw the s 38ba in of Israel derived from their fathers; here we see the punishment of Israel derived to their children; for, as death entered by sin at first, so it is still entailed with it. We may observe, in these verses, I. The sin of Ephraim. Some expressions are here which describe that. 1. They did not hearken to God (Hos. 9:17); they did not give attention to the voice either of his word or of his rod; they did not believe what he said, nor would they be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:11

As for Ephraim, their glory shall flee away like a bird ,.... That is, suddenly, swiftly, and irrecoverably, and never return more; which some understand of God their glory, and of his departure from them, as in Hosea 9:12 ; others of their wealth and riches, and whatever was glorious and valuable among them, which should fly away from them in a moment, when taken and carried captive; rather their numerous posterity, in which they were very fruitful, according to their name, and in which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:11

Their glory shall fly away - It shall suddenly spring away from them, and return no more. From the birth - "So that there shall be no birth, no carrying in the womb, no conception." - Newcome. They shall cease to glory in their numbers; for no children shall be born, no woman shall be pregnant, for none shall conceive. Here judgment blasts the very germs of population. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:11

Verse 11 The Hebrews, we know, have often abrupt sentences as in this place, Ephraim! their glory has fled Ephraim is to be placed by itself; and the speech seems striking, when the Lord thus breaks off the sentence, Ephraim! he does not continue the sense, but immediately adds, Like a bird their glory has fled. When he speaks of Ephraim, he no doubt refers especially to his offspring; and by mentioning a part for the whole, he includes whatever was then deemed to be wealth, or glory, or power.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:10-11

God's goodness met with ingratitude by a sinful people. Instead of repenting of their sins, they persevered in their rebellion against God. As if God overlooked or connived at their enormities, they added their deep corruption in the matter of Gibeah, in the days of the judges, to the iniquity of Baal-peor at a still earlier period; while the sins of Gibeah and Baal-peor were equaled by those of the prophet's own day. I. THE DELIGHT WHICH GOD TOOK IN THEIR FATHERS . Their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:10-17

Bereavement, barrenness, and banishment. Here the prophet ( Hosea 9:10 ) finds a background for his picture of the final distress and captivity of Ephraim, by contrasting therewith the fair promise of prosperity and usefulness which the Hebrew nation had shown during its infancy. The body of the strophe—uttered by Hosea with intense emotion—is full of lamentations and mourning and woe (verses 11-16). And the closing words (verse 17) summarize in one brief and pregnant sentence the burden... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:11-14

Having referred to the most flagrant instances of Israel's transgressions in the past—Gibeah in the time of the judges, Baal-peor at a still earlier period even in the days of Moses, and having merely indicated the parallel between their present sin and previous enormities, the prophet proceeds to denounce the punishments deserved and ready to descend upon them. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. The greatest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:11-17

Ephraim's woe. "Woe also to them when I depart kern them" ( Hosea 9:12 ). It is this thought of woe as the result of God departing from Ephraim—"hating them," "loving them no more" ( Hosea 9:15 )—which is the key-note of the passage. The prophet compares the ideal which God set up for Ephraim—fruitfulness, Tyre-like pleasantness of situation, settled habitation in Canaan—with the miserable end now awaiting the people. His mind dwells with a sort of fixity of horror on the bringing forth... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 9:11

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away, like a bird - Ephraim had parted with God, his true Glory. In turn, God would quickly take from him all created glory, all which he counted glory, or in which he gloried. When man parts with the substance, his true honor, God takes away the shadow, lest he should content himself therewith, and not see his shame, and, boasting himself to be something, abide in his nothingness and poverty and shame to which he had reduced himself. “Fruitfulness,” and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 9:11-13

Hosea 9:11-13. As for Ephraim, or, Ephraim! their glory shall fly away like a bird What they make their boast of so much shall depart from them. The fruitfulness of their women seems to be the thing here spoken of. From the birth Their children shall die soon after they are born; from the womb They shall be untimely births, or abortions; and from the conception They shall not even be conceived as they were wont to be. Dr. Wheeler renders this clause, They shall not bring forth, nor... read more

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