| Hosea
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Israel is an empty vine; rejection of their King 1 The glory has departed from the calf images 5 Sin and iniquity, captivity 9 The divine appeal 12 |
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¶ Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according
to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to
the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? .4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. |
1 - Empty vine The vine is God's people
wo are bear fruit for His glory. Here the fruit is turned to false worship.
Compare is0501ff, ho1408.
3 - No king Kings were seen as protectors. Also ho1309ff. |
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The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven:
for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that
rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. .8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. |
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- Cut off ... foam Easy to remove.
8 - Mountains, cover us What a cry of desperation! The wicked will feel this way having no desire for the righteousness that brings peace and happiness re0615. |
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¶ O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood:
the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake
them.
10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. 11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. |
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- Two furrows Other manuscripts read "two transgressions."
The furrow was seen in v4. They were deep into sin.
At v8 they are ready to be covered up. The two may be the calves of Samaria
v5,
and the high places of Israel v8.
11 - Ephriam to ride That is, to be ridden. Ephriam is a synonym for the northern kingdom or for part of it. |
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Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow
ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness
upon you.
13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. 15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. |
The divine appeal. |
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