Hosea 8:5

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:5-10

5-10 They promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no blade, or, if it have, the bud shall yield no fruit, there was nothing in them. The works of darkness are unfruitful; nay, the end of those things is death. The hopes of sinners will deceive them, and their gains will be snares. In times of danger, especially in the day of judgment, all carnal devices will fail. They take a course by themselves,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Hosea 8:1-7

The Judgment Announced v. 1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth, so the Lord calls out to the prophet in bidding him give a warning concerning the approach of the judgment. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, the enemy, especially the Assyrian, invading the country with the swiftness of an eagle pouncing upon his prey, Deuteronomy 28:49, because they have transgressed My covenant and trespassed against My Law. While God, according to His mercy, would like to live in the midst... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hosea 8:1-14

2. THE JUDGMENTA. “Sowing the Wind brings forth the Whirlwind as a Harvest.” Galling Dependence upon AssyriaHosea 8:1-141 To thy mouth (set) the trumpet:“Like the eagle (it is coming) upon the house of Jehovah,”Because they broke my Covenant,And sinned against my Law.2 To me they will cry:“My God,1 we know Thee, (we) Israel.3 Yet Israel has rejected the good;Let the enemy pursue him!24 They set up kings, but not by me,Made princes, but I knew (them) not.Their silver and their goldThey made into... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hosea 8:1-14

Reaping the Whirlwind Hosea 8:1-14 A conqueror was at hand who should subdue and punish the whole nation for taking its own course, irrespective of God, Hosea 8:4-8 ; for seeking foreign alliances which could bring only oppression in their train, Hosea 8:9-10 ; and for multiplying altars and fortresses which were destined to be destroyed, Hosea 8:11 ; Hosea 8:14 . The circumstances referred to in this chapter seem to point to the reigns of Menahem and Uzziah, 2 Kings 15:19 ; 2 Chronicles... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:1-14

From this statement of the case the prophet turned to the pronouncement of judgment. This he did by adopting the figure of the trumpet lifted to the mouth, on which five blasts were sounded, in each of which some aspect of the sin of the people was set forth as revealing the reason for judgment. The first blast declared the coming judgment under the figure of an eagle, the reason being the transgressions and trespass of the people. The second blast emphasized Israel's sin of rebellion in... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5

CALF-RELIGION‘Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off.’ Hosea 8:5 I. Man is a religious animal.—Both terms in this definition are needed to describe him. Man has what a molluse has not, namely, a conscience. And man’s conscience tells him that he must be religious.To be religious is something more than simply to be moral. Our word morality comes from the Latin word for manners, and relates itself simply with the etiquette of earth. It does not look above earth’s depressed levels. Religion, on... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:1-14

ISRAEL’S GROWING SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY AND DEGRADED BEHAVIOUR ARE DESCRIBED ALONG WITH THEIR RELIANCE ON IDOLS, FOREIGNERS, UNWORTHY KINGS AND THEMSELVES, AND THIS IN CONTRAST WITH YHWH’S STEADFAST LOVE FOR HIS FAILING SON (Hosea 6:4 to Hosea 11:12 ). Hosea continues to describe the condition in which Israel find themselves, and rebukes their reliance on other things than YHWH. Conditions in Israel would appear to be politically much worse, and these words were therefore probably mainly... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:4-7

Israel Have Laid False Foundations In Kingship And Religion, And YHWH, Despairing Of There Being Any Likelihood Of Their Becoming Pure, Will In Anger Both Destroy ‘The Calf Of Samaria’ And Minimise Their Harvest (Hosea 8:4-7 ). Having appointed kings and princes without regard to YHWH, and having used their God-given wealth in order to make idols for themselves, Israel is subject to the anger of YHWH, Who despairs of their ever becoming pure in the near future. He will therefore destroy the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:5-6

‘He has cast off (is disgusted at) your calf, O Samaria, My anger is kindled against them, How long will it be before they attain to innocency? For from Israel is even this, The workman made it, and it is no God, Yes, the calf of Samaria will be broken in pieces.’ YHWH has especially determined that ‘the calf of Samaria’ will be cast off in His disgust, and will be broken in pieces, and it is spoken of prophetically as something already accomplished. The use of ‘cast off, be disgusted at’ here... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:4-14

Hosea 8:4-2 Chronicles : . Israel’ s Unsanctified National Life.— Man-made kings, like man-made gods (the calf of Samaria), are impotent; Israel sows the wind and shall reap the whirlwind; the sources of the national life are withered, and the nation ceases to count ( Hosea 8:4-Ruth :). Resort to foreign aid only further diminishes its vital forces ( Hosea 8:8-2 Samuel :). Multiplication of altars only multiplies sin; the rites of an unholy cultus can but hasten the Divine punishment ( Hosea... read more

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