CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:1. EMPTY] Luxuriant. Lit. poureth out, emptying itself into leaves; stretching itself far and wide towards foreign alliances (Psalms 80:9; Psalms 80:12); outwardly prosperous, but no ripe grapes, sound fruit to God. BRINGETH] Lit. sets or prepares fruit from and to itself.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:5. PEOPLE] of the calf and idolatrous _priests_ shall mourn for the golden calf; their glory can neither help itself nor them. HOSEA 10:6. IT] Emphat. It itself, as well as Israel, shall be carried into exile. HOSEA 10:7. SAM-] The capital and the kingdom itself destroye... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:9.] A return to earlier days to prove deeper guilt. STOOD] As at the beginning, so now they stand, persisting in their sin. Others, though smitten in Gibeah, yet they avenged the sacred character of God’s law; but _now_ none of the ten tribes took the side of God. The batt... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:11. TAUGHT] Trained, accustomed to work. Threshing easier than ploughing; an image of freedom and enjoyment (Deuteronomy 25:4; Deuteronomy 32:15), of productive labour and prosperity. Now put under the yoke, and employed in servile work. RIDE] Not mounted, but drive in har... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA 10:12.] A call to repentance. Sowing and reaping = moral conduct IN] Lit. for _right_, which must be the fruit. REAP] in the proportion of mercy, not justice; mercy from God and from man; mercy in both this and the world to come. FALLOW] Plough virgin soil, cultivate fresh land (Jeremiah 4:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:14. TUMULT] War (Amos 2:2). PEOPLE] Lit. peoples, “not, as God willed them to be, one people, for they had no principle of oneness or stability, who had no legitimate succession, either of kings or of priests” [_Pusey_]. Against _all_ Israel and the tribes connected with h... [ Continue Reading ]