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Hosea 7

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  A reproof of manifold sins.
11  God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy.
Verse 1

When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
I would
Jeremiah 51:9, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34, 19:42
the iniquity
4:17, 6:8, 8:9, Isaiah 28:1, Micah 6:16
wickedness
Heb. evils.
8:5, 10:5, Ezekiel 16:46, 23:4, Amos 8:14
they commit
5:1, 6:10, 11:12, 12:1, Isaiah 59:12, Jeremiah 9:2-6, Micah 7:3-7
the troop
6:9
spoileth
Heb. strippeth.
Verse 2

And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
consider not in
Heb. say not to.
Deuteronomy 32:29, Psalms 50:22, Isaiah 1:3, 5:12, 44:19
I remember
9:9, Psalms 25:7, Jeremiah 14:10, Amos 8:7, Luke 12:2, 1 Corinthians 4:5
their own
Numbers 32:23, Job 20:11-29, Psalms 9:16, Proverbs 5:22, Isaiah 26:16, Jeremiah 2:19, 4:18
are before
Job 34:21, Psalms 90:8, Proverbs 5:21, Jeremiah 16:17, 32:19, Hebrews 4:13
Verse 3

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
5:11, 1 Kings 22:6,13, Jeremiah 5:31, 9:2, 28:1-4, 37:19, Amos 7:10-13, Micah 6:16, Micah 7:3, Romans 1:32, 1 John 4:5
Verse 4

They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
are all
4:2,12, Jeremiah 5:7,8, 9:2, James 4:4
as
6,7
who ceaseth, etc
or, the raiser will cease. raising. or, waking.
Verse 5

In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
the day
Genesis 40:20, Daniel 5:1-4, Matthew 14:6, Mark 6:21
made
Proverbs 20:1, Isaiah 5:11,12,22,23, 28:1,7,8, Habakkuk 2:15,16, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Peter 4:3,4
bottles of wine
or, heat through wine. he stretched.
1 Kings 13:4
with scorners
Psalms 1:1, 69:12, Proverbs 13:20, 23:29-35, Daniel 5:4,23
Verse 6

For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
they
4,7, 1 Samuel 19:11-15, 2 Samuel 13:28,29, Psalms 10:8,9, Proverbs 4:16, Micah 2:1
made ready
or, applied.
Verse 7

They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
devoured
8:4, 1 Kings 15:28, 16:9-11,18,22, 2 Kings 9:24,33, 10:7,14, 2 Kings 15:10,14,25,30
there
10,14, 5:15, Job 36:13, Isaiah 9:13, 43:22, 64:7, Ezekiel 22:30, Daniel 9:13
Verse 8

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
he hath
5:7,13, 9:3, Ezra 9:1,12, Nehemiah 13:23-25, Psalms 106:35, Ezekiel 23:4-11, Malachi 2:11
a cake
8:2-4, 1 Kings 18:21, Zephaniah 1:5, Matthew 6:24, Revelation 3:15,16
Verse 9

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
devoured
8:7, 2 Kings 13:3-7,22, 15:19, Proverbs 23:35, Isaiah 42:22-25, 57:1
here and there
Heb. sprinkled.
Verse 10

And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
the pride
5:5, Jeremiah 3:3
and they
7, 6:1, Proverbs 27:22, Isaiah 9:13, Jeremiah 8:5,6, 25:5-7, 35:15-17, Amos 4:6-13, Zechariah 1:4
nor
Psalms 10:4, 14:2, 53:2, Romans 3:11
Verse 11

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
a silly
11:11
without
4:11, Proverbs 6:32, 15:32; *marg:; Proverbs 17:16
they call
5:13, 8:8,9, 9:3, 12:1, 14:3, 2 Kings 15:19, 17:3,4, Isaiah 30:1-6, 31:1-3, Jeremiah 2:18,36, Ezekiel 23:4-8
Verse 12

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
I will spread
Job 19:6, Jeremiah 16:16, Ezekiel 12:13, 17:20, 32:3
I will bring
Ecclesiastes 9:12, Leviticus 26:14-46, Deuteronomy 28:15-68, 29:22-28, 31:16-29, 32:15-43, 2 Kings 17:13-18, Jeremiah 44:4, Revelation 3:19
Verse 13

Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Woe
9:12, Isaiah 31:1, Lamentations 5:16, Ezekiel 16:23, Matthew 23:13-29, Revelation 8:13
fled
11:2, Job 21:14,15, 22:17, Psalms 139:7-9, Jonah 1:3,10
destruction
Heb. spoil. though.
Deuteronomy 15:15, Nehemiah 1:10, Psalms 106:10, 107:2,3, Isaiah 41:14, 43:1, 63:8, Micah 6:4, 1 Peter 1:18,19
spoken
3, 11:12, Isaiah 59:13, Jeremiah 18:11,12, 42:20, 44:17,18, Ezekiel 18:2,25, Malachi 3:13-15, 1 John 1:10
Verse 14

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
they have not
Job 35:9,10, Psalms 78:34-37, Isaiah 29:13, Jeremiah 3:10, Zechariah 7:5
when
Isaiah 52:5, 65:14, Amos 8:3, James 5:1
assemble
3:1, Exodus 32:6, Judges 9:27, Amos 2:8, Micah 2:11, Romans 16:18, Philippians 3:19, James 4:3
Verse 15

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
I have
2 Kings 13:5,23, 14:25-27, Psalms 106:43-45
bound
or, chastened.
Job 5:17, Psalms 94:12, Proverbs 3:11, Hebrews 12:5, Revelation 3:19
imagine
Psalms 2:1, 62:3, Jeremiah 17:9, Nahum 1:9, Acts 4:25, Romans 1:21, 2 Corinthians 10:5
Verse 16

They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
return
6:4, 8:14, 11:7, Psalms 78:37, Jeremiah 3:10, Luke 8:13, 11:24-26
like
Psalms 78:57
the rage
13, Psalms 12:4, 52:2, 57:4, 73:9, Isaiah 3:8, Jeremiah 18:18, Matthew 12:36, James 3:5, 2 Peter 2:8, Revelation 13:5
this
8:13, 9:3,6, Ezekiel 23:32, 36:20

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