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Verse Hosea 10:4. _THEY HAVE SPOKEN WORDS_] Vain, empty, deceitful
_words_.
_SWEARING FALSELY_] This refers to the alliances made with strange
powers, to whom they promised fidelity without intendin...
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THEY HAVE SPOKEN WORDS - The words which they spoke were eminently
“words;” they were mere “words,” which had no substance;
“swearing falsely in making a covenant, literally, swearing falsely,
making...
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CHAPTER 9:10-11:11 RETROSPECT, ISRAEL'S FAILURE AND RUIN
_ 1. Israel once beloved, now fugitive wanderers (Hosea 9:10) _
2. Their guilt and punishment (Hosea 10:1)
3. Exhortation and rebuke (Hosea...
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GOD'S ANNIHILATING JUDGMENT ON THE MIXED CULTUS. With the land's
abounding prosperity Israel has multiplied altars in the service of
the mixed cultus; these Yahweh will destroy (Hosea 10:1 f.) Their
p...
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HEMLOCK. poppy. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:18;
Deuteronomy 32:32; Deuteronomy 32:33). App-92. Elsewhere only in Job,
Psalms, Jeremiah, and...
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ISRAEL IS AN EMPTY VINE -- HOSEA 10:1-4 : Israel was a very selfish
and idolatrous nation. God had made them into a healthy vine covered
with grapes. Sadly, the more prosperous they became the more al...
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THUS JUDGMENT SPRINGETH, &C.— "Injustice, being publicly
countenanced, encourages the same practices in the dealings of private
men." Thus injustice increaseth everywhere, as bitter and poisonous
weed...
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REPROVINGISRAEL FELL INTO ANARCHY
TEXT: Hosea 10:1-11
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Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to
the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to...
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They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus
judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
THEY HAVE SPOKEN WORDS - mere empty words.
SWEARING FALSELY IN MA...
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10:4 covenant; (k-10) Or 'they pronounce words, they swear falsely,
they make a covenant.'...
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DENUNCIATIONS AND ENTREATIES
This prophecy appears to have been uttered at a later date than the
last. There is no longer any mention of Egypt, but the calamity from
Assyria seems imminent. Again Hos...
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THEY.. COVENANT] They have spoken words, i.e. mere words not followed
by deeds, and sworn falsely to agreements which they have not kept.
The reference is probably to their commercial dealings with ea...
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THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING
HOSEA
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 10
THE RICHES OF ISRAEL LEAD TO HER *WORSHIP OF *IDOLS
V1 Israel is like a *vine that grows plenty of fruit.
But Israel became...
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JUDGMENT — _i.e.,_ Divine judgments shall prevail not as a blessing,
but as a curse; not as a precious harvest, but as a poisonous plant
(poppy or hemlock) in the ridges of the field....
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דִּבְּר֣וּ דְבָרִ֔ים אָלֹ֥ות שָׁ֖וְא
כָּרֹ֣ת בְּרִ֑ית...
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5. ONCE MORE: PUPPET-KINGS AND PUPPET-GODS
Hosea 10:1
For another section, the tenth chapter, the prophet returns to the
twin targets of his scorn: the idols and the puppet-kings. But few
notes are...
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“BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND”
Hosea 10:1-15
Israel brought forth fruit, but not such as God could delight in. It
was corrupt and evil. How great a disappointment to the Great
Cultivator! The land was...
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The section dealing with pollution and its punishment closes with the
prophet's recapitulation and appeal. The whole case is first stated
under the figure of the vine. Israel was a luxuriant vine, and...
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They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making (e) a covenant:
thus (f) judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
(e) In promising to be faithful toward God.
(f) In this way...
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_Covenant with Phul, who seeks only your destruction, 4 Kings xv. 19.
(Calmet) --- Bitterness. Hebrew, "poison," (Haydock) or a bitter herb.
(Calmet)_...
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Alas! how often do the Lord's people still find a divided heart!
Precious Jesus! though I am fully convinced that there can be no
happiness but in thee, yet how frequently is my poor heart going after...
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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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_They have spoken words, they have uttered words_. Some give this
explanation, that they daringly followed their own counsels, as the
despisers of God are wont to settle and determine what comes to th...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11.
In CHAPTER 9 we have here that touching mixture of affection and
judgment which we find again and again in this prophet. Ephraim should
not rem...
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THEY HAVE SPOKEN WORDS, SWEARING FALSELY IN MAKING A COVENANT,....
Those are other crimes they were guilty of, for which the wrath of God
could not be awarded from them by a king, if they had one, or...
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They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus
judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Ver. 4. _They have spoken words_] Bubbles of words, great swelling
wo...
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_They have spoken words_ Mere _empty words; swearing falsely in making
a covenant_ This may be spoken either of their breaking their solemn
covenant with God, (see Hosea 5:7,) or of their treachery to...
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They have spoken words, empty, vain statements, SWEARING FALSELY IN
MAKING A COVENANT; for they were not fair and honest in their treaties
with other nations, keeping them only as long as they hoped t...
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THE SEATS OF WORSHIP DESTROYED...
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1-8 A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no
fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign
of the heart; he will have all, or none. Were the stream of t...
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THEY, the nobles and great men in Israel, the heads of the parties, or
the counsellors of the kingdom, HAVE SPOKEN WORDS; have in long and
repeated consultations and debates contrived and laid forth t...
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Hosea 10:4 spoken H1696 (H8765) words H1697 Swearing H422 (H8800)
falsely H7723 making H3772 (H8800) covenant...
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‘They speak but words,
Swearing falsely in making covenants,
Therefore judgment springs up as poisonous weeds
In the furrows of the field.'
Hosea points out the folly of their words. They should re...
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ISRAEL'S ‘FRUITFULNESS' IS REVEALED BY THEIR SETTING UP A
MULTIPLICITY OF ALTARS AND RELIGIOUS PILLARS, DECLARING THAT THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE TO NO ONE, AND DO NOT FEAR GOD, BUT THEY WILL SHORTLY
DISCOV...
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Hosea 10:1. _Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto
himself:_
Not to his God. It matters not how much fruit we bear if it is for
self, we are really fruitless. A thing which is good in...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's response, continued. Further reproof for Israel's
impiety.
CHARACTERS: God, Jareb, King of Israel.
CONCLUSION: If the grace of God prevail not to destroy the love of sin
in us, i...
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Hosea 10:1. _Israel is an empty vine._ So is the Hebrew, but the LXX
read, “a well-branched vine;” that is, full of leaves, but
destitute of fruit. Their fruits are the fruits of idolatry. The
figures...
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_They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus
Judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of a field._
SOCIAL SINS AND THEIR RESULT
I. Social sins.
1. Vain speech. “They...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
The concluding thought of the last chapter is the commencing one of
this; while the sad subject of Israel's guilt being resumed continues
in the first section (Hosea 10:1) of the chapter, a...
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Shall we turn to Hosea, chapter 10.
It is God's purpose for our lives that we bring forth fruit. In Isaiah
chapter 6 God likens the nation of Israel to a vineyard that was
planted with good plants, th...
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Words — Vain words. Swearing falsely — By perjury deceiving those
they treated with. A covenant — With the Assyrian king. Judgment —
Divine vengeance. As hemlock — A proverbial speech, expressing the...