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Verse Hosea 4:5. _THEREFORE SHALT THOU FALL IN THE DAY_] In the most
open and public manner, without _snare_ or _ambush_.
_AND THE PROPHET ALSO SHALL FALL - IN THE NIGHT_] The false prophet,
when emp...
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THEREFORE SHALT THOU FALL - The two parts of the verse fill up each
other. “By day and by night shall they fall, people and prophets
together.” Their calamities should come upon them successively, day...
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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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FALL. stumble.
IN THE DAY. Compare Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 6:5 and Hos 15:8.
DESTROY. lay prostrate.
THY MOTHER: i. e. the whole nation is referred to, as is clear from
verses: Hosea 4:4;...
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It is not you, the laity, bad as you are, who are most to blame; do
not waste your time in mutual recrimination. The real blame lies with
the priests. Jehovah has a solemn word for thee, O priest; thy...
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_the prophet also_ Hosea of course refers to the lower class of
prophets, to whom prophecy was simply a means of livelihood (comp.
Micah 3:11 and Amaziah's words in Amos 7:12), and who, like the
pries...
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_A CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL -- HOSEA 4:1-5:_ When people depart from
God's arrangement of things then no one is faithful or loyal or truly
cares about God. Without God these people turned to other gods...
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IN THE DAY— "Not for want of light to see thy way; but in the full
day-light of divine instruction thou shalt fall: even at the rising of
that light, which is for the lighting of every man that cometh...
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ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDEA LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
TEXT: Hosea 4:1-5
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Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no
tru...
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Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall
with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
THEREFORE SHALT THOU FALL IN THE DAY - in broad daylight, a time when
an...
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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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THE PROPHET] i.e. the class of prophets who said what they knew would
please their hearers: cp. 1 Kings 22:11; Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 5:31.
MOTHER] i.e. the nation: see on...
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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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The priest’s function is discharged in the day, and the prophet
dreams in the night. Both will totter to their fall.
THY MOTHER — _i.e._, thy nation....
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וְ כָשַׁלְתָּ֣ הַ יֹּ֔ום וְ כָשַׁ֧ל
גַּם
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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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“LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE PRIEST”
Hosea 4:1-10
This chapter contains a terrible indictment against the whole kingdom.
There was neither truth nor mercy in the land, but swearing, lying,
and adultery. Apart...
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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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Therefore shalt thou fall in the (d) day, and the prophet also shall
fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy (e) mother.
(d) You will both perish together as one, because the former would...
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Here the Lord follows the sins of his people with his threatened
punishments. And it is not the smallest in the account, that the
priest and Prophet shall have no weight with the people. Where the
Lor...
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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 copulative is to be taken here for an illative, _Fall, therefore,
shalt thou_. Here God denounces vengeance on refractory men; as though
he said, “As ye pay no regard to my authority, when by word...
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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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THEREFORE SHALL THOU FALL IN THE DAY,.... Either, O ye people,
everyone of you, being so refractory and incorrigible; or, O thou
priest, being as bad as the people; for both, on account of their
sins,...
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Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall
with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
Ver. 5. _Therefore shalt thou fall_] How could they do otherwise that
were...
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_Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another_ Bishop Horsley translates
this clause, _By no means let any one expostulate, nor let any one
reprove;_ adding, by way of paraphrase, “For all expostulation...
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THE FIRST PART OF THE ACCUSATION...
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Therefore shalt thou, Israel, FALL IN THE DAY, stumbling and falling
in broad daylight, AND THE PROPHET ALSO SHALL FALL WITH THEE IN THE
NIGHT, for neither day nor night would be free from some form o...
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DESTROY:
_ Heb._ cut off...
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1-5 Hosea reproves for immorality, as well as idolatry. There was no
truth, mercy, or knowledge of God in the land: it was full of murders,
2 Kings 21:16. Therefore calamities were near, which would...
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THEREFORE, because thy sins are so many and so great, and thou art
incorrigible in them, SHALT THOU FALL; the prophet turns his speech to
the people, thou, O Israel; he speaks to them as to one person...
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Hosea 4:5 stumble H3782 (H8804) day H3117 prophet H5030 stumble H3782
(H8804) night H3915 destroy H1820 ...
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‘And you will stumble in the day, and the prophet also will stumble
with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother.'
The final result of their behaviour will be that God will cause them
to stum...
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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 LOV...
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YHWH'S INDICTMENT OF ISRAEL AND WARNING OF THE CONSEQUENCES (HOSEA
4:1).
YHWH now charges ‘the people (children) of Israel' with being bereft
of all truth and compassion because of their lack of the k...
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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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_Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall
with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother._
COMMON DESTRUCTION
The threatening is that destruction should come upon...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 4:1 Accusations, Warnings, and Promises for
Israel. In the rest of the book, Hosea details the aspects of
Israel’s life that show her unfaithfulness to the Lord, urges her to
repen...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 4:5 YOUR MOTHER is a reference to Israel (Hosea
2:4). Hosea’s symbols of Israel include a mother, children, and a
bride....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
HOSEA 4:1. CONTROV.] = a legal action (cf. Micah 6:2; Joel 3:2), or
ground of complaint with the ten tribes (Hosea 4:15). Truth] _i.e._
truthf
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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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Ezekiel 13:9; Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel 16:44; Ezekiel 16:45; Ga
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Therefore — The prophet turns his speech to the people, thou O
Israel; he speaks to them as to one person. Fall — Stumble, and
fall, and be broken. This day — Very suddenly; your fall shall be no
long...