CRITICAL NOTES.] Israel had fallen away from God, would not enjoy the produce of the field, but would be taken captive into Assyria, and be unable to keep the feasts. HOSEA 9:1. REJOICE] Lit. to exultation (Job 3:22). Their rejoicings are out of place; festivity and mirth are reproved. The blessing... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 9:5. SOLEMN DAY] God “singles out the great festivals which commemorated his great doings for his people as though they had no more share in these mercies.” Sad to be deprived of ordinary sacrifice, how much more to be excluded from feasts of joy! _HOMILETICS_ THE SOLEMN DA... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 9:10. LIKE GRAPES] with which the traveller delights to quench his thirst. Grapes and early figs a great delicacy in the East (Isaiah 28:4; Jeremiah 24:2); so God delighted in Israel at first. He gave them richness and pleasantness, but they corrupted themselves, and no longe... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 9:11. THEIR GLORY] Children the glory of parents, sterility a reproach. EPH.]= fruitfulness (Genesis 41:52, marg), which characteristic should cease; licentious worship would diminish the people: leave them childless, by threefold gradation. “First, when their parents should... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 9:15. GILGAL] where they rejected God and chose a king (1 Samuel 8:7; cf. 1 Samuel 11:14). HATED] Punished their sin (Malachi 1:3). HOSEA 9:16. SMITTEN] Under the image of a tree, repeats the sentence of God. _Smitten_ from above, by blasting and mildew (Amos 4:9). ROOT] with... [ Continue Reading ]