CRITICAL NOTES. HOSEA 11:1.] The prophet shows how Israel had repaid God’s love in the past with ingratitude and unfaithfulness. CHILD] “First-born son” (Exodus 4:22), the infancy in Egypt and the wilderness; son by election. CALLED] Brought safely out, typical of Christ’s call (Matthew 2:15), and... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. HOSEA 11:5. SHALL NOT] An apparent contradiction to Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:3; but Egypt there is a type of bondage, here the hope of relief against Assyria. They would no longer go to Egypt for help, but be taken captive to Assyria. HOSEA 11:6. ABIDE] Lit. to whirl round, turn in a cir... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. HOSEA 11:7. BENT] Lit. hung suspended on backsliding, “impaled or fastened upon apostasy as upon a stake, so that it cannot get loose” [_Keil_]. NONE] Lit. together they exalted not, they were all bent downwards, and did not rise, lift themselves upwards to exalt and love God. HOSEA... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. HOSEA 11:10. THEY] A remnant should walk after the Lord. ROAR] in judgments on the foe (Isaiah 31:4; Jeremiah 25:26). TREMBLE] Hasten, like birds in rapid flight from western parts called _the sea_ (Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 24:14; Zechariah 8:7). HOSEA 11:11. AS A DOVE] Ch.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. HOSEA 11:12. EPHRAIM] is charged with lying and deceit again. JUD. RULETH] not without God, as Ephraim, but by a legitimate succession of kings and priests, and was outwardly faithful by maintaining the worship of God. SAINTS] The priests and Levites, fathers and prophets, who kept... [ Continue Reading ]