Hosea 8:5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 8:1-7

The reproofs and threatenings here are introduced with an order to the prophet to set the trumpet to his mouth (Hos. 8:1), thus to call a solemn assembly, that all might take notice of what he had to deliver and take warning by it. He must sound an alarm, must, in God's name, proclaim war with this rebellious nation. An enemy is coming with speed and fury to seize their land, and he must awaken them to expect it. Thus the prophet must do the part of a watchman, that was by sound of trumpet to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:5

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off ,.... Or, is the cause of thy being cast off by the Lord, and of being cast out of thine own land, and carried captive into another; the past tense is used for the future, as is common in prophetic writings, to denote the certainty of the thing: or "thy calf hath left thee" F1 זנח עגלך "dereliquit vitulus te", Lutherus; "descruit te vitulus tuus", Schmidt. ; in the lurch; it cannot help thee; it is gone off, and forsaken thee; it has... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:5

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off - Bishop Newcome translates: "Remove far from thee thy calf, O Samaria!" Abandon thy idolatry; for my anger is kindled against thee. How long will it be ere they attain to innocency? - How long will ye continue your guilty practices? When shall it be said that ye are from these vices? The calf or ox, which was the object of the idolatrous worship of the Israelites, was a supreme deity in Egypt; and it was there they learned this idolatry. A white... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:5

Verse 5 The Prophet goes on with the same subject; for he shows that Israel perished through their own fault, and that the crime, or the cause of destruction, could not be transferred to any other. There is some ambiguity in the words, which does not, however, obscure the sense; for whether we read calf in the objective case, or say, thy calf has removed thee far off, it will be the same. Some say, “has forsaken thee,” as they do above, “Israel has forsaken good;” but the sense of throwing away... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:4-8

The causes of the Divine judgments are more particularly specified. The first sin which brought down the Divine displeasure was their civil apostasy, as it has been called, or change of civil government. I. NATURE OF THE FIRST SIN BY WHICH ISRAEL INCURRED DIVINE WRATH . By this we are not to understand, with some, the election of Saul, because this political offence, if we may rightly so term it, included the twelve tribes in common, whereas it is the ten tribes of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath east thee off; mine anger is kindled against them. This portion of the verse has occasioned much diversity of translation and exposition, and yet the general meaning is much the same. (a) of the Authorized Version the word "thee" is supplied; others (b) supply "me," meaning Jehovah, thus, "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast me off;" while (c) Rosenmüller prefers supplying "them," viz. the Israelites: "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast them off," i . e . has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-7

Idolatry "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off." These verses present to us idolatry in five aspects. I. AS ABHORRENT TO JEHOVAH . "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them." By a synecdoche, Samaria is here used for all the ten tribes. There is no allusion in history to any calf set up in the city of Samaria, but its existence in Bethel, the most celebrated place of worship in the kingdom, is a matter of certainty. "The introduction of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 8:5-7

Broken gods Samaria would now discover the folly of trusting in her calf. I. SAMARIA 'S CALF . ( Hosea 8:5 , Hosea 8:6 ) 1. The futility of making it . "From Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God" ( Hosea 8:6 ). Idolatry is a huge absurdity. That cannot be a god which we make with our own hands (cf. Isaiah 40:18-20 ; Isaiah 44:9-20 ). As foolish is it to make a god of wealth, position, reputation, or anything created by man's effort. 2.... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:5

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off - Israel had cast off God, his good. In turn, the prophet says, the “calf,” which he had chosen to be his god instead of the Lord his God, “has cast” him “off.” He repeats the word, by which he had described Israel’s sin, ”Israel hath cast off and abhorred good” in order to show the connection of his sin and its punishment. “Thy calf,” whom thou madest for thyself, whom thou worshipest, whom thou lovest, of whom thou saidst, “Behold thy gods, O Israel,... read more

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