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Hosea 10

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry, and exhorted to repentance.
Verse 1

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.
Cir
A.M. 3264. B.C. 740. is.
Isaiah 5:1-7, Ezekiel 15:1-5, Nahum 2:2, John 15:1-6
an empty vine
or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth. unto.
Zechariah 7:5,6, Romans 14:7,8, 2 Corinthians 5:16, Philippians 2:21
to the multitude
2:8, 8:4,11, 12:8,11, 13:2,6, Jeremiah 2:28
images
Heb. statues, or standing images.
Leviticus 26:1, 1 Kings 14:23; *marg:
Verse 2

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Their heart is divided
or, He hath divided their heart.
7:8, 1 Kings 18:21, Isaiah 44:18, Zephaniah 1:5, Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:11,12, James 1:8, 4:4, 1 John 2:15, Revelation 3:15,16
break down
Heb. behead.
5-8, 8:5,6, 1 Samuel 5:4, Jeremiah 43:13, Micah 5:13, Zechariah 13:2
Verse 3

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
We have
7,15, 3:4, 11:5, 13:11, Genesis 49:10, Micah 4:9, John 19:15
Verse 4

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
swearing
6:7, 2 Kings 17:3,4, Ezekiel 17:13-19, Romans 1:31, 2 Timothy 3:3
thus
Deuteronomy 29:18, Isaiah 5:7, 59:13-15, Amos 5:7, 6:12, Acts 8:23, Hebrews 12:15, Revelation 8:10,11
Verse 5

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.
the calves
8:5,6, 13:2, 1 Kings 12:28-32, 2 Kings 10:29, 17:16, 2 Chronicles 11:15, 13:8
Beth-aven
4:15, 5:8, Joshua 7:2
for the people
Judges 18:24, Revelation 18:11-19
the priests
or, Chemarim.
2 Kings 23:5; *marg:; Zephaniah 1:4
for the glory
9:11, 1 Samuel 4:21,22, Acts 19:27
Verse 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.
carried
8:6, Isaiah 46:1,2, Jeremiah 43:12,13, Daniel 11:8
a present
5:13, 2 Kings 17:3
receive
4:19, Isaiah 1:29, 44:9-11, 45:16, Jeremiah 2:26,27,36,37, 3:24,25, 48:13, Ezekiel 36:31
ashamed
11:6, Job 18:7, Isaiah 30:3, Jeremiah 7:24, Micah 6:16
Verse 7

As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
Samaria
1 Kings 21:1, 2 Kings 1:3
king
3,15, 2 Kings 15:30, 17:4
the water
Heb. the face of the waters.
Jude 1:13
Verse 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.
high places
5, 4:15, 5:8
the sin
Deuteronomy 9:21, 1 Kings 12:28-30, 13:34, 14:16, Amos 8:14, Micah 1:5,13
the thorn
9:6, Isaiah 32:13, 34:13
their altars
1 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 23:15, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 34:5-7
they shall
Isaiah 2:19, Luke 23:30, Revelation 6:16, 9:6
Verse 9

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.
from
9:9, Judges 19:22-30, 20:5,13,14
the battle
Judges 20:17-48
did
Genesis 6:5, 8:21, Zephaniah 3:6,7, Matthew 23:31,32
Verse 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.
in my
Deuteronomy 28:63, Isaiah 1:24, Jeremiah 15:6, Ezekiel 5:13, 16:42
and the
8:1,10, Jeremiah 16:16, 21:4, Ezekiel 16:37, 23:9,46, Micah 4:10-13, Zechariah 14:2,3, Matthew 22:7
they, etc
or, I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or, in their two habitations.
Verse 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.
an heifer
4:16, Jeremiah 50:11
and loveth
2:5, 3:1, 9:1, Deuteronomy 25:4, Romans 16:18
but
11:4
her fair neck
Heb. the beauty of her neck. Judah.
2 Chronicles 28:5-8, Isaiah 28:24
Verse 12

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.
Sow
8:7, Psalms 126:5,6, Proverbs 11:18, 18:21, Ecclesiastes 11:6, Isaiah 32:20, James 3:18
break
Jeremiah 4:3,4
time
Psalms 105:4, Isaiah 31:1, 55:6, Jeremiah 29:12-14, 50:4, Amos 5:4,6,8,15, Zephaniah 2:1-3, Luke 13:24
rain
6:3, Psalms 72:6, Isaiah 5:6, 30:23, 44:3, 45:8, Ezekiel 34:26, Acts 2:18, 1 Corinthians 3:6,7
Verse 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.
plowed
8:7, Job 4:8, Proverbs 22:8, Galatians 6:7,8
eaten
Proverbs 1:31, 12:19, 18:20,21, 19:5
didst
Psalms 52:7, 62:10
in the
Psalms 33:16, Ecclesiastes 9:11
Verse 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.
shall a
13:16, Isaiah 22:1-4, 33:14, Amos 3:8, 9:5
and all
2 Kings 17:16, 18:9,10, Jeremiah 48:41, Nahum 3:12, Habakkuk 1:10
as
2 Kings 18:33, 19:11-13
the mother
13:16, Genesis 32:11, Isaiah 13:16-18, Jeremiah 13:14, Nahum 3:10
Verse 15

So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
shall Beth-el
5, Amos 7:9-17
your great wickedness
Heb. the evil of your evil.
Romans 7:13
in
3,7, Isaiah 16:14

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