HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 7:2 The actions described in ch. Hosea 7:1 illustrate that Israel shows no sorrow for their sin. BY THEIR EVIL THEY MAKE THE KING GLAD describes acts that please royalty, perhaps by assassinating potential rivals. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 7:4 Hosea compares Israel to an oven (vv. Hosea 7:4), a half-baked cake (vv. Hosea 7:8), a silly dove (vv. Hosea 7:11), and a treacherous bow (vv. Hosea 7:13), thus describing their passion for evil, their foolishness, and their uselessness. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 7:8 MIXES HIMSELF WITH THE PEOPLES. Israel’s spiritual unfaithfulness has made it no different from the pagan nations. A CAKE NOT TURNED. That is, half-baked, not fit for eating. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 7:14 GASH THEMSELVES. Probably to call on Baal (see 1 Kings 18:28). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 7:16 EGYPT here represents all foreign powers but refers specifically to Israel’s time of slavery in Egypt (Exodus 1:1). Like other historical references in Hosea 1:1, the name mourns the reversal of Israel’s fortunes. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for... [ Continue Reading ]