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Verse Hosea 8:11. _MANY ALTARS TO SIN_] Though it does not appear
that the Jews in Babylon were obliged to worship the idols of the
country, except in the case mentioned by Daniel, yet it was far
oth...
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BECAUSE EPHRAIM HATH MADE MANY ALTARS TO SIN, ALTARS SHALL INDEED BE
UNTO HIM TO SIN - that is, they shall be proved to him to be so, by
the punishment which they shall draw upon him. The prophet had...
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CHAPTER 8:1-9:9
The Apostasy is Followed by Judgment
_ 1. The judgment announced (Hosea 8:1) _
2. The apostasy which resulted in judgment (Hosea 8:8)
3. Warning against self-security (Hosea 9:1)...
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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
wit...
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The judgment is already begun; Israel has drawn it upon himself, by
dallying with Assyria, by religious abuses, and by a vain confidence
in fortified cities....
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_Because_ Rather, FOR. It is a justification of the foregoing threat.
_hath made many altars to sin_ In times of national trouble,
sacrifices were multiplied, to propitiate the national God (comp.
Isa...
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_ISRAEL MADE ALTARS TO SIN -- HOSEA 8:8-11:_ Idolatry brought
spiritual ruin upon Israel. The idolatry of Israel had ruined that
nation and the gentile nations considered them worthless. "They be
amon...
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BECAUSE EPHRAIM HATH MADE, &C.— This verse may be thus paraphrased:
"Since Ephraim, forsaking God, and that one altar, at which alone he
required them to serve him, idolatrously multiplied altars to
t...
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TEXT: Hosea 8:8-14
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Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel
wherein none delighteth.
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For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself:
Ephraim hath h...
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Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto
him to sin.
BECAUSE EPHRIAM HATH MADE MANY ALTARS TO SIN, ALTARS SHALL BE UNTO
HIM TO SIN. God, in righteous retribution, gives t...
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8:11 sin. (f-14) Or 'for sin,' or 'for sinning.'...
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THE LONG-MERITED RETRIBUTION
The enemy is coming immediately to destroy their temples and palaces
and desolate the land, and as a punishment for their idolatry and
disloyalty to God. In vain will the...
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THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING
HOSEA
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 8
GOD IS ANGRY WITH ISRAEL BECAUSE SHE PRAYS TO *IDOLS
V1 Put a *trumpet to your lips and warn people!
An *eagle is over the *L...
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MANY ALTARS. — Multiplication of altars was condemned in the law
(Deuteronomy 12:5 _seq._). The narrative in Joshua 22 shows that unity
of altar and sanctuary was essential to the unity of the nation....
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כִּֽי ־הִרְבָּ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם
מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת לַ חֲטֹ֑א...
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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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2. ARTIFICIAL KINGS AND ARTIFICIAL GODS
Hosea 8:4
The curse of such a state of dissipation as that to which Israel had
fallen is that it produces no men. Had the people had in them "the
root of the m...
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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 whi...
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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 o...
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Here is a very striking passage in these words of the Lord, and is as
suited to all ages as to the age of Israel. The Lord saith, that the
great things he wrote to Israel were counted by them strange...
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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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XI. HOSEA 8:7 (NASB) FOR THEY SOW THE WIND, AND THEY REAP THE
WHIRLWIND......
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The Prophet here again inveighs against the idolatry of the people,
which was, however, counted then the best religion; for the
Israelites, as it has been said were become hardened in their
superstiti...
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In chapter 8 it is especially the daring and continual violation of
the law of their God, with which Israel is openly reproached, and
which would bring judgment, with eagle swiftness, upon them. Obser...
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BECAUSE EPHRAIM HATH, MADE MANY ALTARS TO SIN,.... Not with an
intention to commit sin, but to offer sacrifice for sin, and make
atonement for it, as they thought; but these altars being erected for
t...
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Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him
to sin.
Ver. 11. _Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin_] Because he
hath multiplied altars against God's express command...
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_Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin_ “Since the
Israelites, forsaking that one altar at which alone God required them
to serve him, idolatrously multiplied altars to themselves, altars
again...
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11-14 It is a great sin to corrupt the worship of God, and will be
charged as sin on all who do it, how plausible soever their excuses
may seem to be. The Lord had caused his law to be written for th...
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BECAUSE: this refers to what follows. EPHRAIM HATH MADE MANY ALTARS;
multiplied either to many idols, every one having his altar, or
multiplied altars in several places to the same idol. They had many...
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Hosea 8:11 Ephraim H669 many H7235 (H8689) altars H4196 sin H2398
(H8800) altars H4196 sinning H2398 ...
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Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
Altars have been to him for sinning.'
Meanwhile they have also continued to multiply altars at which they
could sin (or ‘offer a sin offering'), est...
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BECAUSE ISRAEL HAVE DESERTED YHWH AND LOOKED TO OTHERS, (BOTH NATIONS
AND GODS), IN SPITE OF HAVING RECEIVED HIS ABUNDANT INSTRUCTION, HE
WILL DESERT THEM AND THEY WILL RETURN TO EGYPT AND SEE THEIR C...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's response, continued. Sins denounced and captivity
foretold.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who sow to the flesh must reap corruption. All the
hopes of sinners are cheats, and...
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Hosea 8:1. _Set the trumpet to thy mouth._ Give alarm, for the king of
Assyria is coming; he is stretching his wings like an eagle to take
the prey. Isaiah uses the same figure, in Isaiah 58:1.
_Again...
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_Ephraim hath made many altars to sin._
PERVERSION OF WORSHIP
Israel was to have only one altar. Ephraim had built a number of
altars in different places. Men have perverted worship, not only by
mak...
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HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 8:1 The people of Israel may claim to know and
love the Lord, but their deeds prove otherwise.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
HOSEA 8:11. MANY] Israel should only have one altar (Deuteronomy 12:3;
Deuteronomy 12:5). TO SIN] Altars made by them should be the source of
their punishment; they shall go where t
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EXPOSITION
This chapter deals with the punishment of apostasy. Once more the sins
of the northern kingdom are enumerated and its approaching fall
predicted. There is a close connection between the ver...
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Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the
house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and
trespassed against my law (Hsa Hosea 8:1).
So God again is giving...
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Deuteronomy 4:28; Hosea 10:1; Hosea 10:2; Hosea 10:8; Hosea 12:11;...
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Altars — Those which they shall find in Assyria. To sin — Shall be
the occasion of his greater guilt and punishment....