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Hosea 9:1-17
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Matthew Henry on Hosea 9:1-6Hosea 9:1-6 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryIsrael gave rewards to their idols, in the offerings presented to them. It is common for those who are niggardly in religion, to be prodigal upon their lusts. Those are reckoned as idolaters, who love a reward in the co…Threatenings of Judgment. (b. c. 740.)Hosea 9:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHREATENINGS OF JUDGMENT. (B. C. 740.) Here, I. The people of Israel are charged with spiritual adultery: O Israel! thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, Hosea 9:1. Their covenant with God was a marriage-covenant, by w…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1-9Hosea 9:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryContain a warning against security arising from temporary prosperity.The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1Hosea 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryRejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people. The occasion on which the prophet penned this section was so no idolatrous merry-making in connection with harvest, and not any change of political situation. For thou ha…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1-6Hosea 9:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentarySin is the cause of sorrow and the source of sadness The merrymaking of wicked people is often both hollow and heartless; it is always without true ground or real cause; while the laughter of fools is like the crackling…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1-9Hosea 9:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe Assyrian captivity. Israel had courted the favor of Assyria; but the result would be her absorption and destruction as a nation. In this and the succeeding chapter, notwithstanding acknowledged difficulties of inter…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Hosea 9:1-6Israel gave rewards to their idols, in the offerings presented to them. It is common for those who are niggardly in religion, to be prodigal upon their lusts. Those are reckoned as idolaters, who love a reward in the co…Matthew HenrycommentaryThreatenings of Judgment. (b. c. 740.)THREATENINGS OF JUDGMENT. (B. C. 740.) Here, I. The people of Israel are charged with spiritual adultery: O Israel! thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, Hosea 9:1. Their covenant with God was a marriage-covenant, by w…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people. The occasion on which the prophet penned this section was so no idolatrous merry-making in connection with harvest, and not any change of political situation. For thou ha…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1-6The Lord's land for the Lord's people. This chapter may fall in the interval between the Assyrian invasions of B.C. 743-738, and the invasions ending in the overthrow of Pekah, B.C. 734-730 (cf. 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 1…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1-9Contain a warning against security arising from temporary prosperity.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1-6Sin is the cause of sorrow and the source of sadness The merrymaking of wicked people is often both hollow and heartless; it is always without true ground or real cause; while the laughter of fools is like the crackling…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1-9The Assyrian captivity. Israel had courted the favor of Assyria; but the result would be her absorption and destruction as a nation. In this and the succeeding chapter, notwithstanding acknowledged difficulties of inter…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:2The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. Thus Israel was not to enjoy the blessings of the harvest; the corn and oil and new wine, or corn and wine, would not prove as abunda…Joseph S. Exell and contributors