_HOMILETICS_ THE FIRST COMMUNICATIONS.—_Hosea 1:1_ I. THE CHOSEN SERVANT. 1. _His human descent_. “Son of B.” The Jews say that the prophet whose father is named was the son of a prophet. Nothing recorded of Ber. Hosea dignified and distinguished not by noble birth nor worldly grandeur. Rank and... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOMILETICS_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Hosea 1:2. By] Lit. in Hosea, the preposition expresses close relationship with another; cf. Numbers 12:6; Numbers 12:8; Hebrews 2:1. First _in_ us and then _through_ us is the Divine order; personal enlightenment and then public service. WIFE OF WHORE.] A vision, some... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Hosea 1:3. Gom.] The name of a nation (Genesis 10:2); symbolically G. = completion; i.e. completely given up to whoredom. DIB.] = daughter of grape-cakes, indicating pleasure and sensuality. “The sweetness of sins is the parent of destruction” [_Pusey_]. HOSEA 1:4. JEZ.] = I will s... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Hosea 1:11. Gathered together] in one body. ONE HEAD] Zerubbabel typically, Christ really (Jeremiah 3:18; Ezekiel 34:23). GO UP] from Babylon, from whence God restored the two tribes; typ. = deliverance from sin and moral dignity; go up from sinful life, join the Christian Church an... [ Continue Reading ]