HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 9:1 God will punish Israel by sending her people away from the land, to a place where they will not be able to make offerings to the Lord. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 9:3 The failure of crops is not the only outcome of Ephraim’s spiritual adultery; exile from the land is another consequence. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 9:6 THEY ARE GOING AWAY FROM DESTRUCTION. They think they are safe, BUT EGYPT SHALL GATHER THEM. Other disasters are described in the rest of the verse. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 9:9 AS IN THE DAYS OF GIBEAH refers to the events in Judges 19:1, where God brings judgment on Gibeah and the tribe of Benjamin (Judges 20:35) for their cruel violence (Judges 19:22; compare Hosea 10:9). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 9:10 Hosea uses four more comparisons to describe Israel: grapes in the wilderness (Hosea 9:10), a luxuriant vine (Hosea 10:1), a trained calf (Hosea 10:11), and a toddler (Hosea 11:1), all of which stress God’s past care for them, their reckless ingratitude, and the unavoidable... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 9:14 A MISCARRYING WOMB would be the opposite of the fruitfulness the people sought in Baal worship. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 9:17 WANDERERS AMONG THE NATIONS. They will be exiles. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]