Hosea 9:15 NIV

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 9:15

Ah their wickedness is in Gilgal ,.... A place in the ten tribes, where the covenant of circumcision was renewed in Joshua's time; the first passover was kept in the land of Canaan, and the people of Israel ate the firstfruits of the land; where the tabernacle was for a while, and sacrifices were offered up to the Lord: but now things were otherwise; all manner of iniquity was committed in it, especially idolatry; for which it was chosen by idolaters, because it had formerly been famous... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:15

All their wickedness is in Gilgal - Though we are not directly informed of the fact, yet we have reason to believe they had been guilty of some scandalous practices of idolatry in Gilgal See Hosea 4:15 . For there I hated them - And therefore he determined, "for the wickedness of their doings, to drive them out of his house," so that they should cease to be a part of the heavenly family, either as sons or servants; for he would "love them no more," and bear with them no longer. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:15

Verse 15 He says first, that all their evil was in Gilgal; though they thought that they had the best pretence for offering there their sacrifices to God’s honour, because it had been from old times a sacred place. He had said before that they had multiplied to themselves altars to sin, and by these to give way to sins; he now repeats the same in other words, All their evil, he says, is in Gilgal; as though he said, “They indeed obtrude on me their sacrifices, which they offer in Gilgal, and... 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 9:11-17

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:12-17

The wicked shall not go unpunished. If they escape one calamity, they are sure to be overtaken and overwhelmed by another. I. CALAMITY OF TWOFOLD KIND THREATENED . There is: 1. Bereavement , and that of a most painful nature. To be childless altogether, or to lose children in infancy, is sorrowful enough; but to be bereft of children when they have grown up to manhood or womanhood is an unspeakably greater sorrow. After labor, and trouble, and care, and thought have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:15-17

After the interruption by the excited question of the prophet in Hosea 9:14 , the terrible storm of denunciation sweeps on to the end of the chapter. All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them ; or, there I conceived hatred against them , the verb being used in an inchoative sense. Gilgal had been the scene of many mercies; there the rite of circumcision, the seal of the Abrahamic covenant, after its omission dining the sojourn in the wilderness, was renewed; there the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 9:15

All their wickedness is in Gilgal - “Gilgal,” having been the scene of so many of God’s mercies, had been, on that very ground, chosen as a popular scene for idol-worship (see the note above at Hosea 4:15). And doubtless, Ephraim still deceived himself, and thought that his idolatrous worship, in a place once so hallowed, would still be acceptable with God. “There, where God of old was propitious, He would be so still, and whatever they did, should, even for the place’s sake, be accepted; the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 9:15-17

Hosea 9:15-17. All their wickedness is in Gilgal Gilgal is notorious, and has been so of old, for the wickedness of its inhabitants. There I hated them There of old (or therefore) they were an abomination to me. “The first great offence of the Israelites, after their entrance into the Holy Land, was committed while they were encamped in Gilgal; namely, the sacrilegious peculation of Achan, (Joshua 7:0.,) and to this, it seems, these words allude. There, says God, of old, was my quarrel... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:11-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:12-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:15-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 9:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 9:15-17

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