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Verse Hosea 4:16. _ISRAEL SLIDETH BACK_] They are untractable, like an
unbroken heifer or steer, that _pulls back_, rather than _draw in the_
_yoke_.
_WILL FEED THEM AS A LAMB IN A LARGE PLACE._] A...
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FOR ISRAEL SLIDETH BACK, AS A BACKSLIDING HEIFER - The calves which
Israel worshiped were pictures of itself. They represented natural,
untamed, strength, which, when put to service, started back and...
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II. THE MESSAGE OF EXPOSTULATION, JUDGMENT, AND MERCY
CHAPTER 4 The Lord's Controversy with His People
_ 1. The condition of the people (Hosea 4:1) _
2. The loss of their priestly relation (Hosea 4...
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THE UTTER CORRUPTION OF THE NATION TRACED TO IRRELIGION. (The text of
Hosea 4:15 is hopelessly corrupt. Marti regards Hosea 4:3 as an
insertion and Hosea 4:5_ a_ as foreign to their present context.)...
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SLIDETH BACK. hath been stubborn, restive, or intractable, refractory.
A LAMB. a young ram of more than. year old.
IN. LARGE PLACE. an uninclosed space: i. e. the lands of the heathen....
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Judah is cautioned not to fall into the same ruin as Israel, of which
a deterrent picture is given....
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_slideth back as a backsliding heifer_ Rather, IS STUBBORN LIKE A
STUBBORN HEIFER. A favourite figure of the prophets, Hosea 11:4;
Jeremiah 31:18; comp. Deuteronomy 32:15.
now the Lord will feed them...
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_A BACKSLIDING HEIFER -- HOSEA 4:16-19:_ In their relationship with
God Israel was nothing more than a stubborn cow. They had thrown off
the yoke and refused submission to God. God would now deal with...
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DISCOURSE: 1147
THE EVIL AND DANGER OF BACKSLIDING
Hosea 4:16. _Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer_.
SUCH is the influence of bad example, that it is extremely difficult
to withstand its att...
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FOR ISRAEL SLIDETH, &C.— Houbigant renders it, _As an untamed
heifer, when the Lord would have fed them,_ &c. Dr. Chandler observes,
that the word סררה _sorerah,_ rendered _backsliding,_ properly
sign...
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ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDEJUDAH IS TO DEPART FROM HER
TEXT: Hosea 4:15-19
15
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and
come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor...
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CONDEMNATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD
An arraignment against Israel as a whole, because of all manner of
wickedness against God and man. Prophet and priest, who ought to have
taught them better, are only to...
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SLIDETH BACK.. HEIFER] RV 'hath behaved himself stubbornly like a
stubborn heifer,' as yet not fully trained to bear the yoke, which
jibs instead of going obediently forward. NOW THE LORD WILL FEED TH...
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THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING
HOSEA
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 4
THE *LORD ACCUSES ISRAEL
V1 People of Israel, listen to the *Lord’s message!
The *Lord will argue against the people that liv...
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SLIDETH BACK. — More correctly, _is stubborn as a stubborn cow._
WILL FEED THEM AS A LAMB IN A LARGE PLACE. — An expression of tender
commiseration (so Ewald). But most commentators understand it in...
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כִּ֚י כְּ פָרָ֣ה סֹֽרֵרָ֔ה סָרַ֖ר
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...
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THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL
Hosea 4:1; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 8:1
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“JOINED TO IDOLS”
Hosea 4:11-19
The prophet does not mince his words in describing the morals of his
time. We are reminded of Bunyan's words: “My original and inward
pollution was my plague. It was a...
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In any attempt to analyze and tabulate the teaching in this second
division of the Book it must be remembered that the prophetic
utterances cannot be treated as verbatim reports. As they here appear,...
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For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will
feed them as a (u) lamb in a large place.
(u) God will so disperse them, that they will not remain in any
certain place....
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_Wanton. Septuagint, "stung," or rendered furious. Thus Israel gives
way to ungovernable passions. The people shall be led into captivity,
and have room to range about._...
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I beg the Reader to observe, for I think it is very observable, and
very blessed it is in the observance, what sweet minglings of grace is
here amidst the solemn and awful account the Lord gives of hi...
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The rest of the prophecy consists of the indignant appeals of the Holy
Spirit to conscience because of the increasing evils of Israel not so
much the judgment of God on a grand scale, and His grace at...
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The Futility of Sin
I. INTRODUCTION
A. As we continue the study of Hosea this morning - chapter 4 marks a
turn that continues through the rest of the book.
1. Hosea 8:7 a (NASB) Give us a hint as t...
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The Prophet compares Israel here to an untamable heifer. Some render
it, “A straying heifer”, and we may render it, “A wanton
heifer.” But to others a defection seems to have been more
especially inte...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 AND 5.
In chapter 4 we see that the prophet addresses the whole people
together. In Verse 15 (Hosea 4:15) he distinguishes Judah from Israel,
warning the fo...
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FOR ISRAEL SLIDETH BACK AS A BACKSLIDING HEIFER,.... A heifer or young
cow Israel is compared unto; the rather, because of the object of
their idolatrous worship, the calves at Dan and Bethel: the Sep...
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For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will
feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Ver. 16. _For Israel slideth back, as a back sliding heifer_]
_Iuvenea petulca,_ as an unruly...
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_For Israel slideth back_, &c. As if the Lord had said, As for Israel,
I give him up to a reprobate mind. And now the discourse passes
naturally into the detail and amplification of Israel's guilt. Bi...
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For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer, stubborn and
unbroken; NOW THE LORD WILL FEED THEM AS A LAMB IN A LARGE PLACE, by
removing them to a distant and large country, where they would be far...
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THE SECOND PART OF THE ACCUSATION...
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12-19 The people consulted images, and not the Divine word. This
would lead to disorder and sin. Thus men prepare scourges for
themselves, and vice is spread through a people. Let not Judah come
near...
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There is just cause why Judah should not imitate Israel, and this
cause is here assigned. ISRAEL; the ten tribes AS A BACKSLIDING
HEIFER, grown lusty, fed and wanton, will neither endure the yoke to
w...
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Hosea 4:16 Israel H3478 stubborn H5637 (H8804) stubborn H5637 (H8802)
calf H6510 LORD H3068 forage H7462 ...
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STRONG WINE AND ILLICIT SEX HAVE TURNED THE PEOPLE'S MINDS SO THAT
THEY LOOK TO BITS OF WOOD CONCERNING THEIR FUTURE AND PLAY THE HARLOT
ON THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS AND UNDER SACRED TREES RATHER THAN LOO...
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‘For Israel has behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer.
Will YHWH then feed them as a lamb in a large place?'
In vivid terms Hosea then points out that Israel was like a stubborn
heifer wh...
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GALATIANS; Epistle, Introduction,
(_ See Scofield) - (Galatians 1:1). _
GARMENT; symbol of righteousness,
(_ See Scofield) - (Revelation 19:8). _
GEHENNA; see Hell
GENERATION; meaning of, in Matth...
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CONTENTS: Charges against Israel for their sinfulness, idolatry and
ignorance.
CHARACTERS: God, Hosea.
CONCLUSION: It is a sad and sore judgment for men when God has to say,
«let them alone» giving...
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Hosea 4:1. _Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel._ Here a
new sermon is built upon a new revelation.
Hosea 4:2. _Blood toucheth blood,_ as explained in the words
preseding, adultery upon a...
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_Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer._
THE EVIL AND DANGER OF BACKSLIDING
I. When we may be said to resemble a backsliding heifer.
1. When we will not draw in God’s yoke at all.
2. When we...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
HOSEA 4:15. COME NOT] by pilgrimages to places of idolatrous worship.
SWEAR NOT] in temples of idols. “The confession of Jehovah is
hypocrisy in the mouth of an idolater; pretended p...
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EXPOSITION
HOSEA 4:1
A new and distinct division of the book commences with this fourth
chapter and continues till the close. What had previously been
presented in figure and symbol is now plainly an...
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Now we enter into the second part of the book of Hosea, where he
declares:
HEAR the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD has a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land (Hsa Hosea...
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1 Samuel 15:11; Hosea 11:7; Isaiah 22:18; Isaiah 7:21; Jeremiah 14:7
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Israel — The ten tribes. As a back — sliding heifer — Which when
grown lusty, and wanton, will neither endure the yoke nor be confined
in her allowed pastures. In a large place — In a large place or
w...