Hosea 9:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 9:1-6

Here, I. The people of Israel are charged with spiritual adultery: O Israel! thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, Hos. 9:1. Their covenant with God was a marriage-covenant, by which they were joined to him as their God, renouncing all others. But when they set up idols and worshipped them, when they fled to creatures for succour and put a confidence in them, they went a whoring from God as their God, and honoured the pretenders and rivals with the affection, adoration, and confidence, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:3

They shall not dwell in the Lord's land ,.... The land of Israel, or Canaan; which, though all the earth is the Lord's, was peculiarly his; which he had chosen for himself, and for this people; where he had his temple, and caused his Shechinah or divine Majesty to dwell in a very special manner, and where his worship and service were performed. So the Targum calls it the land of the Shechinah or majesty of the Lord. Sometimes it is called Immanuel's land, where the Messiah Immanuel, God with... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:3

But Ephraim shall return to Egypt - See on Hosea 8:12 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:3

Verse 3 The Prophet proclaims here a heavier punishment — that the Lord would drive them into exile. It was indeed a dreadful repudiation, when they were deprived of the land of Canaan, which was the Lord’s rest, as it is called in the Psalms, (Psalms 132:14.) While they dwelt in the land of Canaan, they lived as it were in the habitations of God, and could have a sure hope that he would be a father to them: but when they were thence expelled, the Lord testified that he regarded them as aliens;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:1-6

Sin is the cause of sorrow and the source of sadness The merrymaking of wicked people is often both hollow and heartless; it is always without true ground or real cause; while the laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorns under a pot. The people of Israel were jubilant at the time referred to. The reason of their jubilation does not distinctly appear. It may have arisen from some losses having been retrieved, or some advantages gained, or some successes achieved, or some useful... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:1-6

The Lord's land for the Lord's people. This chapter may fall in the interval between the Assyrian invasions of B.C. 743-738, and the invasions ending in the overthrow of Pekah, B.C. 734-730 (cf. 2 Kings 15:29 , 2 Kings 15:30 ; 2 Chronicles 28:16-21 , and Assyrian monuments). The interval seems to have been one of revived prosperity ( 2 Chronicles 28:6-15 ). I. ABUSED GOODNESS . ( Hosea 9:1 , Hosea 9:2 ) 1. A glimpse of prosperity . Israel had been rejoiced with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:1-9

EXPOSITION Contain a warning against security arising from temporary prosperity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:1-9

The Assyrian captivity. Israel had courted the favor of Assyria; but the result would be her absorption and destruction as a nation. In this and the succeeding chapter, notwithstanding acknowledged difficulties of interpretation, the distresses of the Exile are depicted with telling effect. I. THE PROPHET 'S INTERDICT AGAINST ISRAEL . ( Hosea 9:1 ) Hosea, as it were, appears suddenly among the people when they are preparing to hold some joyous festival, and sternly forbids it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:3

They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. The Lord's land was Canaan, which Jehovah chose to dwell there by visible symbol of the Shechinah-glory, and which he gave to Israel as his people. Israel expected to have it for a permanent place of abode, but that hope was frustrated by their sin. The remaining clauses of the verse may be understood either read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:3

The Lord's land. Canaan was a land very dear to the Hebrew heart. Few things could cause the children of Israel deeper grief than the prospect of exile and banishment. When absent from their native and sacred soil, their thoughts were with the fair hills and fertile valleys of Palestine, its fenced cities, and above all its metropolis, the center of religious worship and sacrifice. Accordingly the heart of Christendom has ever regarded "the holy land" as the symbol of spiritual privilege and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 9:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:1-6

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:3

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