Hosea 9:1

CHAPTER IX

The prophet reproves the Israelites for their sacrifices and

rejoicings on their corn-floors, by which they ascribed to

idols, as the heathen did, the praise of all their plenty, 1.

For which reason they are threatened with famine and exile,

2, 3,

in a land where they should be polluted, and want the means of

worshipping the God of their fathers, or observing the

solemnities of his appointment, 4, 5.

Nay more; they shall speedily fall before the destroyer, be

buried in Egypt, and leave their own pleasant places desolate,

6-9.

God is then introduced declaring his early favour for his

people, and the delight he took in their obedience; but now

they had so deeply revolted, all their glory will take wing,

God will forsake them, and their offspring be devoted to

destruction, 10-16.

NOTES ON CHAP. IX

Verse Hosea 9:1. Rejoice not] Do not imitate the heathens, nor serve their idols. Do not prostitute thy soul and body in practicing their impurities. Hitherto thou hast acted as a common harlot, who goes even to the common threshing places; connects herself with the meanest, in order to get a hire even of the grain there threshed out.