Hosea 7:1
SPOILETH. strippeth.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPOILETH. strippeth.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSIDER NOT IN. say not to. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vnlg., read "say not in".... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL. all of them (kings, princes, and People are idolaters). "All" is put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), for the greater part. ADULTERERS: i.e. idolaters. See note on Hosea 1:2. AS. [hot] like. CEASETH. leaves off. RAISING. stoking it. AFTER HE HATH KNEADED, &C.. from [the time of... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAY OF OUR KING. See 2 Kings 15:10. DAY. Perhaps. [feast] day. HIM. Supply "themselves" instead of "him". SICK, &C. Sick with the heat of wine. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY, &C. Like the baker in Hosea 7:4. THEIR BAKER SLEEPETH. their anger smoketh: reading _ye'shan 'apphem_ instead of _yashen 'ophehem._ Owing to the similarity in pronunciation and in the ancient form of _Ayin_ (_')_ and _Aleph_ ('). these letters were interchanged. The _Massorah_ contains lists o... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THEIR KINGS, &C. Compare Hosea 8:4. Of the two houses of Omri and Jehu: Nadab, Zimri, Tibni, Jehoram, Zachariah, Shallum, Pekahiah, and Pekah were all slain by their successors, or others. THERE IS. Some codices, with two early printed editions (one Rabbinic in margin), read "and there".... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples, or nations. A CAKE NOT TURNED: i.e.. thin (pan)cake, burnt one side and moist the other, and therefore uneatable.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS. Outsiders. Compare Hosea 8:7. HERE AND THERE. sprinkled.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIDE OF ISRAEL. See note on Hosea 5:5. THEY DO NOT RETURN, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:29). THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SILLY. harmless, innocent. _Ang. -Sax., saelig,_ happy they call, &c. See 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 17:4. Compare Hosea 5:13; Hosea 9:3; Hosea 12:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. Howsoever. AS THEIR CONGREGATION HATH HEARD. Those who know not the Pentateuch may call this "unintelligible"; but see Leviticus 26:14; Leviticus 26:28; Deuteronomy 27:14. CONGREGATION. Hebrew. _'edah_ is. technical Pentateuchal word which occurs in Exodus fourteen times, in Leviticus twelve... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSED. revolted. Hebrew. _pash_ a', as in Hosea 14:9. Not the same word as in Hosea 6:7, and Hosea 8:1. I HAVE REDEEMED THEM. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 9:26; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 21:8; Deuteronomy 24:18). REDEEMED. [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAVE NOT CRIED. Compare Job 35:9; Job 35:10; Psalms 78:36; Jeremiah 3:10; Zechariah 7:5. WITH THEIR HEART. They cried with their voice. ASSEMBLE THEMSELVES. In their idol temples. WINE. new wine. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27. Not the same word as in Hosea 7:5. REBEL AGAINST. apostatized from.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGH. HAVE BOUND. Though I, even I, have warned (or instructed). Compare Psalms 18:34; Psalms 144:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE MOST HIGH. to Him Who is on high. Compare Hosea 11:7. A DECEITFUL BOW. That disappoints the user, and cannot be depended upon. Compare Psalms 78:57. FOR. because of. DERISION. ridicule.... [ Continue Reading ]