SET THE TRUMPET, &C. See Hosea 5:8. Compare Isaiah 58:1. HE SHALL COME. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "[It (i.e. the threatened judgment)] is coming", &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49). App-92. AS. This is not merely comparison but assertion: i.e. swiftly. It is not the eagle t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THING THAT IS GOOD. the Gracious One. Compare Hosea 3:5; Hosea 14:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAVE SET UP KINGS. Compare Hosea 7:7. See 2 Kings 15:13 2 Kings 15:17, 2 Kings 15:27 (Shallum, Menahem, Pekah). MADE PRINCES. caused [men]to bear rule. Hebrew. _sarar_. to bear rule. See note on Hosea 12:3. KNEW. acknowledged. IDOLS. elaborate idols. OF THEIR SILVER, &C. Compare Hosea 2:8;... [ Continue Reading ]
THY CALF, &C. Render: "He [Jehovah] hath rejected thy calf,. Samaria". SAMARIA. The capital is put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole nation. ATTAIN. Note the _Ellipsis_ of the infinitive. Supply: "[be able to] attain", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR FROM ISRAEL, &C. Render: "For from Israel! (i.e. from Israel, of all people) [doth this conduct proceed! and he! (i.e., and that calf, what is it)]?. craftsman made him, so no God is he". BE. become. PIECES. fragments, or splinters. Hebrew. _shebabim._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. THE BUD... MEAL. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. _zemach_... _kemach._ It may be Englished: "the _flower_ will yield no _flour_ ". STRANGERS. outsiders. Compare Hosea 7:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL IS SWALLOWED UP. See 2 Kings 17:6. GENTILES. nations. AS. VESSEL. Compare Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 48:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
GONE UP. Compare Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11. A. [as] a. wild ass. Compare Isaiah 1:3. HIRED LOVERS. paid the love-fee. Comparing idolatry to whoredom. Compare Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 16:34. and see 2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 28:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIRED. hired [lovers]. GATHER. gather [against]. THEM: i.e. the nations (Israel's lovers). SORROW. be in woe. A LITTLE. in. little time, speedily; as in Haggai 2:6. The Hebrew accents indicate that we should render "and, ere long, they will be writhing under the burden": king [will be writhing],... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE WRITTEN. Not Moses: he was only the pen. It was God who "spoke by the prophets" (Hebrews 1:1); by His Son (John 7:16; John 8:28; John 8:46; John 8:47; John 12:49; John 14:10; John 14:24; John 17:8); by His Spirit ... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SACRIFICE FLESH, &C. See note on Jeremiah 7:21.Zechariah 7:6. OFFERINGS. sacrificial gifts. Hebrew. _habhabim._ Occurs only here. EAT IT. that they may eat it [as common food]. BUT. One school of Massorites read this "but" in the text. Compare Hosea 5:6, and Hosea 9:4.Jeremiah 14:10; Jeremia... [ Continue Reading ]
FORGOTTEN HIS MAKER. Ref to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:18). BUILDETH TEMPLES. Compare 1 Kings 12:31, and 2 Chronicles 24:7 with 2 Chronicles 23:17. FENCED CITIES. fortified cities. See 2Ch 26:9, 2 Chronicles 26:10. HIS CITIES. See 2 Kings 18:13, i.e. Judah's. THE PALACES THEREOF. her citadels, th... [ Continue Reading ]