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Verse Hosea 7:12. _WHEN THEY SHALL GO_] To those nations for help -
_I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM_] I will cause them to be taken by
those in whom they trusted.
_I WILL BRING THEM DOWN_] They sha...
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WHEN THEY GO - (Literally, “according as” they go, in all
circumstances of time or place or manner, when whithersoever or
howsoever they shall go,) I “will spread My net upon them,” so as
to surround...
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CHAPTER 7
The Moral Depravity of Israel
_ 1. Their moral depravity (Hosea 7:1) _
2. Mingling with heathen nations (Hosea 7:8)
Hosea 7:1. All the gracious efforts of the Lord to heal Israel
resulted...
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HOSEA 7:8 TO HOSEA 8:3. POLITICAL DECAY THE OUTWARD SIGN OF ISRAEL'S
MORAL DECAY. The attempts to cure national ills and secure safety by
foreign aid, instead of by turning to Yahweh, are foredoomed t...
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WHEN. Howsoever.
AS THEIR CONGREGATION HATH HEARD. Those who know not the Pentateuch
may call this "unintelligible"; but see Leviticus 26:14; Leviticus
26:28; Deuteronomy 27:14.
congregati
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_When they shall go_ Rather, AS SOON AS THEY GO.
_I will spread my net_ The image of Jehovah's net is not a frequent
one; see however Job 19:6; Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20;...
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_ISRAEL TRIED EVERYTHING BUT GOD -- HOSEA 7:11-13:_ Israel sought the
strength of other nations as a replacement for their dependence upon
God. Ephraim is like a silly dove. She does not have heart or...
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I WILL CHASTISE THEM, &C.— _I will then chastise them, when they
shall follow the counsel given them._ That is, "I will make those very
nations, whose aid they implore, the means of punishing them....
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ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDELOVE OF SIN
TEXT: Hosea 7:8-16
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Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not
turned.
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Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea...
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When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them
down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their
congregation hath heard.
WHEN THEY SHALL GO - to seek aid from...
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CORRUPTION OF THE COURT
In this chapter the tone again becomes despondent. How can Israel be
saved when her iniquity is so deep, so glaring, so obstinate? Samaria
is especially instanced as the centr...
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THEY SHALL GO] i.e. for help. This courting of alliances will
inevitably, by God's providence, end in their destruction. The
metaphor of the dove suggests that of the fowler. Jehovah will through
thei...
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THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING
HOSEA
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 7
V1 I want to heal my people Israel!
Then people will know that *Ephraim has *sinned....
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WHEN THEY SHALL GO. — Best rendered, _Whenever they go,_ &c. The
ultimate ruin produced by this policy of dependence on foreign states
and of doubledealing intrigue was even at this early stage forese...
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כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵלֵ֗כוּ אֶפְרֹ֤ושׂ
עֲלֵיהֶם֙ רִשְׁתִּ֔י...
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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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1. THE CONFUSION OF THE NATION
Hosea 7:8; Hosea 8:1
Hosea begins by summing up the public aspect of Israel in two
epigrams, short but of marvelous adequacy:-Hosea 7:8
"Ephraim-among the nations he...
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INIQUITY UNCOVERED
Hosea 7:1-16
The last clause of the previous chapter belongs to this. God desired
to turn aside the captivity of His people and to heal Israel, but His
pleading was unavailing beca...
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The prophet then declared more particularly the true state of affairs.
The divine desire to heal was frustrated by the pollution and the
people's persistent ignoring of God. Hosea graphically describe...
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When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them
down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their (i)
congregation hath heard.
(i) According to my curses made to t...
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We have here a continuation of the same subject, namely, the Lord's
remonstrance with Israel. But I pray the Reader to observe, how many
sweet and gracious expressions of our God are mingled with his...
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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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IX. HOSEA 7:8-9 (NASB) EPHRAIM MIXES HIMSELF WITH THE NATIONS; EPHRAIM
HAS BECOME A CAKE NOT TURNED.
9 STRANGERS DEVOUR HIS STRENGTH, YET HE DOES NOT KNOW [IT]; GRAY HAIRS
ALSO ARE SPRINKLED ON HIM,...
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But a denunciation of punishment afterwards follows, _Wheresoever, _he
says, _they shall go, I will expand over them my net, and will draw
them down as the birds of heaven _God shows that though the I...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7.
Chapter 6 calls forth a touching address from the prophet, in which he
entreats the people to return to Jehovah. Faith has always this
resource, beca...
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WHEN THEY SHALL GO,.... That is, to Egypt or Assyria:
I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM; bring them into great straits and
difficulties; perhaps the Assyrian army is meant, which was the Lord's
net, gui...
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When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them
down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their
congregation hath heard.
Ver. 12. _When they go_] Yea, flee (as t...
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_Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart_ Which has neither courage
to defend itself, nor cunning to prevent its falling into the snares
that are laid for it. _They call to Egypt_, &c. Sometimes th...
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When they shall go, when their embassies are dispatched to seek the
aid of the great foreign nations, I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM,
using the foreigners as His instruments to carry out His punishmen...
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HYPOCRISY REBUKED...
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8-16 Israel was as a cake not turned, half burnt and half dough, none
of it fit for use; a mixture of idolatry and of the worship of
Jehovah. There were tokens of approaching ruin, as grey hairs are...
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WHEN THEY SHALL GO, whensoever they shall send their ambassadors to
seek aid of Egypt or Assyria, I WILL SPREAD MY NET UPON THEM; as
fowlers spread the net, watch the birds, and cast it over them to
c...
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Hosea 7:12 go H3212 (H8799) spread H6566 (H8799) net H7568 down H3381
(H8686) birds H5775 air...
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EPHRAIM (ISRAEL) ARE PICTURED AS A HAPLESS DOVE FLUTTERING BETWEEN
EGYPT AND ASSYRIA AS THEY ENDEAVOUR TO AVOID YHWH'S NET (HOSEA 7:11).
Ephraim are now depicted as being willing to do anything rather...
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‘When they will go, I will spread my net on them,
I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens,
I will chastise them,
In accordance with the announcements of their assembly.'
The idea of the...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's response to Israel's, cry, continued. Israel's sad
state.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: If sinful souls are not healed and helped, but perish in
their sin and misery, they cannot...
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Hosea 7:1. _When I would have healed Israel,_ by Jehu's zeal for the
Lord, then the idolatrous priests, like troops of robbers, gathered
round him with lies in their mouth, and persuaded him to retain...
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_I will spread My net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls
of the heaven._
THE FOWLER OF RETRIBUTION
Trans. “As they go, I spread My net over them, I bring them down as
fowls of the heaven...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 7:4 Hosea compares Israel to an oven (vv. Hosea
7:4), a half-baked cake (vv. Hosea 7:8), a silly dove (vv....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
HOSEA 7:11. DOVE] A type of simplicity (Matthew 10:16). SILLY]
Simplicity. WITHOUT HEART] Lit, without understanding, easily taken in
the net (Ezekiel 12:13)....
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EXPOSITION
This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section,
including Hosea 7:1, the prophet reproves with much but deserved
severity the depraved morals of king and princes. In...
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The Lord continues His response to them.
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was
discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood;
and the thief comes in...
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2 Kings 17:13; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 29:22; Deuteronomy
31:16;...
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Go — To seek aid of Egypt or Assyria. Bring them down — Though
they attempt to fly, yet as fowls in the net they shall certainly
fall. Hath heard — From the prophets whom I have sent unto them....