Oséias 8:11-9:4 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 8:8-14

It was the honour and happiness of Israel that they had but one God to trust to and he all-sufficient in every strait, and but one God to serve, and he well worthy of all their devotions. But it was their sin, and folly, and shame, that they knew not when they were well off, that they forsook their own mercies for lying vanities; for, I. They multiplied their alliances (Hos. 8:9): They have hired lovers, or (as the margin reads it) they have hired loves. They were at great expense to purchase... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:11

Because Ephraim hath, made many altars to sin ,.... Not with an intention to commit sin, but to offer sacrifice for sin, and make atonement for it, as they thought; but these altars being erected for the sake of idols, and sacrifices offered on them to them, they sinned in so doing, and were the cause of sin in others, who were drawn into it by their example; as they were made to sin, or drawn into it, by Jeroboam their king, These altars were those set up at Dan and Bethel, and in all high... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:11

Many altars to sin - Though it does not appear that the Jews in Babylon were obliged to worship the idols of the country, except in the case mentioned by Daniel, yet it was far otherwise with the Israelites in Assyria, and the other countries of their dispersion. Because they had made many altars to sin while they were in their own land, they were obliged to continue in the land of their captivity a similar system of idolatry against their will. Thus they felt and saw the evil of their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:11

Verse 11 The Prophet here again inveighs against the idolatry of the people, which was, however, counted then the best religion; for the Israelites, as it has been said were become hardened in their superstitions, and had long before fallen away from the pure and lawful worship of God. And we know, that where error has once prevailed, it attains firmness by length of time: hence the Israelites had become hardened in their perverted and fictitious worship. They thought that they did the most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-14

Sin its own punishment. These verses exhibit But perhaps the most prominent thought in the passage is that of the self-punishing nature of sin, as illustrated in the early history and the later fortunes of Ephraim. We see this fact reflected— I. IN THE NATIONAL CALF - WORSHIP . ( Hosea 8:5-7 ) Samaria had "cast off good" ( Hosea 8:3 ) by departing from the pure ritual which Jehovah had prescribed; and therefore the "calf" which she had set up, and in which she gloried,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:9-13

The justice of the judgments threatened with further additions. Their errand to Assyria added to their sin; they sought heathen helpers to uphold them in their apostasy and idolatry, increasing their sin. I. ONE SINFUL ACT IS PROLIFIC OF MANY MORE . One sinful course draws on another, just as one lie necessitates one or more to make it plausible, or prop it up or cloak it. The revolt from the Davidic dynasty was a wrong step and a sinful one; the idolatry Of the calves... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-12

These two verses are closely connected with the preceding verse and with each other. Hosea 8:11 not only accounts for, but justifies, the threat of punishment announced in Hosea 8:10 by reference to Ephraim's sin; and Hosea 8:12 shows the inexcusableness of Ephraim in thus sinning. Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. Instead of the one sanctuary with its altar in the place which the Lord their God would choose out of all their tribes to put... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-12

Perversion of worship "Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." Israel was to have only one altar, and that in the place where the Lord would reveal his Name ( Deuteronomy 12:5 ). But, instead of that, Ephraim had built a number of altars in different places to multiply the sin of idolatry, and thereby heap more and more guilt upon itself (Delitzsch). The passage leads us to notice the perversion of worship . This is one of the oldest, the most prevalent, and most baneful sins... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-14

Religion become sin Israel's holiest things became sin to them through their disregard of God's commandments. I. THE ALTAR BECOME SIN . ( Hosea 8:11 ) The law required that there should be but one altar, and that in the place where God had put his Name ( Deuteronomy 12:1-32 ). Ephraim disregarding this command, multiplied altars, and so committed sin. The worship at local altars was at most but tolerated in the days of the judges, of Samuel, and the early kings, in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:11

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall indeed be unto him to sin - that is, they shall be proved to him to be so, by the punishment which they shall draw upon him. The prophet had first shown them their folly in forsaking God for the help of man; now he shows them the folly of attempting to “secure themselves by their great shew and pretences of religion and devotion in a false way.” God had appointed “one” altar at Jerusalem. There He willed the sacrifices to be offered,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 8:8-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:9-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:11-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:11

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