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Hosea 1:1-11
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Matthew Henry on Hosea 1:1-7Hosea 1:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryIsrael was prosperous, yet then Hosea boldly tells them of their sins, and foretells their destruction. Men are not to be flattered in sinful ways because they prosper in the world; nor will it last long if they go on s…The Time of Hosea's Prophecy. (b. c. 768.)Hosea 1:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE TIME OF HOSEA'S PROPHECY. (B. C. 768.) 1. Here is the prophet's name and surname; which he himself, as other prophets, prefixes to his prophecy, for the satisfaction of all that he is ready to attest what he writes…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1Hosea 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri. The prophets are divided into the former (rishonim, Zechariah 1:4) prophets and the later prophets. The writings of the former prophets comprise most of the h…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1-3Hosea 1:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe sin of Israel sharply reproved. The great sin, the root-sin we may call it, of Israel at this time was idolatry. But that sin was not alone; it was aggravated, as usual, by accompanying abominations. All along, from…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1Hosea 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe prophet and his work. This subject may be appropriately introduced with some remarks about the minor prophets. They are "minor," not because their work was of less consequence than that of the four major prophets, b…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1Hosea 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe word of the Lord. It is characteristic of the inspired Hebrew prophets that they sank themselves, their own individuality, in their Divine commission, and in the authority which accompanied it. In reading their prop…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Hosea 1:1-7Israel was prosperous, yet then Hosea boldly tells them of their sins, and foretells their destruction. Men are not to be flattered in sinful ways because they prosper in the world; nor will it last long if they go on s…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Time of Hosea's Prophecy. (b. c. 768.)THE TIME OF HOSEA'S PROPHECY. (B. C. 768.) 1. Here is the prophet's name and surname; which he himself, as other prophets, prefixes to his prophecy, for the satisfaction of all that he is ready to attest what he writes…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1-3The wife of whoredoms. We cannot doubt but that real incidents in the prophet's history underlie the representations of this chapter. Hosea, in obedience to what he recognized to be a word of God, took to wife Gomer, th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1Superscription. Consider here— I. THE PROPHET. "Hoses, the son of Beeri." Hoses, whose name (Hoshea, "salvation'') remittals of Jesus (Matthew 1:20), was: 1. A native of Israel. One, therefore, who lived in the midst of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1The word of the Lord. It is characteristic of the inspired Hebrew prophets that they sank themselves, their own individuality, in their Divine commission, and in the authority which accompanied it. In reading their prop…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1Scripture, kings, and truth. "The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, Kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, King of Israel.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1-3The sin of Israel sharply reproved. The great sin, the root-sin we may call it, of Israel at this time was idolatry. But that sin was not alone; it was aggravated, as usual, by accompanying abominations. All along, from…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 1:1The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri. The prophets are divided into the former (rishonim, Zechariah 1:4) prophets and the later prophets. The writings of the former prophets comprise most of the h…Joseph S. Exell and contributors