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Hosea 7:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

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Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:1-7Hosea 7:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryA practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on every side of them. Their hearts were inflamed by evil desires,…Charge Drawn up against Israel; The Crimes of the Princes. (b. c. 750.)Hosea 7:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleCHARGE DRAWN UP AGAINST ISRAEL; THE CRIMES OF THE PRINCES. (B. C. 750.) Some take away the last words of the foregoing chapter, and make them the beginning of this: "When I returned, or would have returned, the captivit…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:1-16Hosea 7:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1-7, the prophet reproves with much but deserved severity the depraved morals of king and princes. In the second sectio…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:1-7Hosea 7:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryCrimes charged on Israel; people and princes. It was a time of great corruption and of atrocious crimes. Nor were those crimes committed only by persons "of the baser sort;" people and princes alike, rulers and ruled, h…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:1-7Hosea 7:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentarySins of court and country. The reproofs contained in this chapter lay special emphasis upon the sins of the upper classes. But the prophet brands the whole nation also for its irreligion and immorality, and (in the seco…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Hosea 7:1-7A practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on every side of them. Their hearts were inflamed by evil desires,…Matthew HenrycommentaryCharge Drawn up against Israel; The Crimes of the Princes. (b. c. 750.)CHARGE DRAWN UP AGAINST ISRAEL; THE CRIMES OF THE PRINCES. (B. C. 750.) Some take away the last words of the foregoing chapter, and make them the beginning of this: "When I returned, or would have returned, the captivit…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:1-7Crimes charged on Israel; people and princes. It was a time of great corruption and of atrocious crimes. Nor were those crimes committed only by persons "of the baser sort;" people and princes alike, rulers and ruled, h…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:1-16EXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1-7, the prophet reproves with much but deserved severity the depraved morals of king and princes. In the second sectio…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:1-7Sins of court and country. The reproofs contained in this chapter lay special emphasis upon the sins of the upper classes. But the prophet brands the whole nation also for its irreligion and immorality, and (in the seco…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:2An unconsidered truth. Two facts are suggested here. I. THAT GOD REMEMBERS THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN. "Wickedness" may exist in thought or intention (Psalms 139:23, Psalms 139:24), in word (Matthew 12:36), in act (Psalms 51…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:2God's memory of man's wickedness. There is something to all unreconciled and unpardoned sinners very terrible in this assertion, "I remember all their wickedness." I. GOD REMEMBERS MAN'S WICKEDNESS IN THE EXERCISE OF HI…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 7:2And they consider not in their hearts (margin, say not to their heart) that I remember all their wickedness. Between the common reading libravken and bilravken found in several manuscripts by Kennicott and De Rossi, the…Joseph S. Exell and contributors