HOSE A. Before CHRIST about 785. a So ch. 3. 1. THE word of the LORD that children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, 1 Pet. 2. 10. Or, instead T came unto Hosea, the son it shall be said unto of that. 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. Ye are mthe sons of the living 11 Then shall the children of 2 The beginning of the of the LORD by Hosea. the LORD said to Hosea, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoreb Deut. 31. 16. doms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, depart Ps. 73. 27. Jer. 2. 13. Ez. 23.3, &c. ing from the LORD. 8 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. 4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will tavenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 e And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name I Lo-ruhamah: ffor I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 78 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horse men. 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 9 Then said God, Call his name That is, Not Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. 10 Yet the number of the i Gen. 32. 12. Rom. 9. 27, 28. CHAPTER II. 1 The idolatry of the people. 6 God's judg ments against them. 14 His promises of reconciliation with them. SAY AY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 2 Plead with your mother, plead; for a she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her eas a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. 5h For their mother hath played Is. 1. 21. the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovcrs, that give me my bread and i Jer. 44. 17. my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my † drink. 6 Therefore, behold, I will k Job 3, 23. & hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, 'I will go and return to my mfirst hus ver. 8, 12. ↑ Heb. drinks. 19. 8. Lain. 3. 7. 9. † Heb. wall a wall. 1 ch. 5. 15. Luke 15. 18. m Ez. 16. 8. God's judgments against the people. Before CHRIST about 785. n Is, 1.3. Ez. 16. 17, 18, 19. † Heb. new wine. Or, where. with they made Baal, ch. 8. 4. P ver. 3. 1 Or. take away. 9 Ez. 16. 37. & 23. 29. † Heb. folly, or, villany. Amos 8. 10. #1 Kings 12. 32. † Heb. make desolate. t ver. 5. HOSEA. band; for then was it better with me than now. 8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and † wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 9 Therefore will I return, and Ptake away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. 10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. 12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have t The desolation of Israel. Before CHRIST me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, about 785. and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou Jer. 31. 33, shalt know the LORD. 84. John 17.3. i ch. 1.4. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, hI will hear, saith the hZech. 8. 12. LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. 23 And I will sow her unto meJer. 31. 27. in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I m will say to meh. 1. 10. them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. CHAPTER III. 1 By the expiation of an adulteress, 4 is shewed the desolation of Israel bejore their restoration. * Ez. 23. 40, 42. y Ez. 20. 35. to her heart. z Josh. 7.26. Is. 65. 10. them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. 13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and y bring her into the wilderness, and speak It comfortably unto her. 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and z the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in a the days of her youth, and bas E. 16. 8, 22, in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. Zech. 10.9. Ich. 1. 6. Zech. 13.9. Rom. 9. 26. 1 Pet. 2. 10. a Go yet, love a woman beach. 1. 2. loved of her b friend, yet an adul- b Jer. 3. 20. teress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons † of wine. † Heb. of grapes. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a † half ho- Heb., mer of barley: lethech. 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt cabide for me many days; Deut.21. 13. thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. d ch. 10. 3. t Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar, 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days & without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and with- 19. 19. out an image, and without an e ephod, and without fteraphim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the i latter days. e Ex. 28.6. f Judg. 17. 5. Jer. 50. 4,5. ch. 5. 6. h Jer. 30.9. Ez 34.23.24. & 37, 22, 24. i ls. 2.2. Jer 30. 24. Ez. 38, 8, 16. Dan. 2. 28. Mic. 4. 1. about 780. a Is. 1. 18. & 3. 13, 14. Jer. 25. 31. ch. 12, 2. Mic. 6. 2. God's judgments against the sins of Before about 780. b.Jer. 4. 22. & 5. 4. +Heb. bloods. b Before about 780. Or, be punished. mercy, nor knowledge of God | when they commit adultery: for CHRIST in the land. themselves are separated with CHRIST 2 By swearing, and lying, and whores, and they sacrifice with killing, and stealing, and com- harlots: therefore the people mitting adultery, they break out, that doth not understand shall ver. 1, 6. and † blood toucheth blood. I fall. 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and devery one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. Jer. 4. 28. & 12. 4. Amos 5. 16. & 8.4. d Zepli, 1. 3. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people Deut. 17.12. are as they that strive with the priest. 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judali offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, unor swear, The LORD liveth. 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 8 ch. 9. 15. & 12. 11. Amos 4.4. & 5.5. t1 Kings 12. 29. ch. 10 5. Amos 8.14. Zeph. 1. 5. Jer. 3.6. & 7. 24. & 8.5. Zech. 7.11. y Matt. 15. 14. is gone. z Mic. 3. 11. & 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: 18 Their drink tis sour: they tHeb. children. 7 hAs they were increased, so 11 Sam. 2.30. they sinned against me: there fore will I change their glory into Mal, 2. 9. Phil. 3. 19. † Heb. k Is. 24. 2. I Lev. 26. 26. m Is. 28.7. See Ecc.7.7. n Jer. 2.27. Hab. 2. 19. o Is. 44. 20. cl. 5. 4. shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. rael; and give ye ear, O house 9 And there shall be, klike peo- 10 For they shall eat, and not PIs. 1. 29. & 57, 5, 7. 20.28. 9 Amos 7. 17. Rom. 1. 28. 1 Or, Shall 1 not, &c. 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD; for they have begotten strange children: now shall ia month devour them with their portions. An exhortation to repentance. Before CHRIST about 780. k ch. 8. 1. Joel 2.1. 1 Is. 10. 30. m Joshi. 7. 2. ch. 4. 15 "Judg. 5. 14. & 27. 17. HOSEA. 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: I cry aloud at m Beth-aven, "after thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10 The princes of Judah were Deut. 19. 14. like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is Poppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. P Deut. 28.33. 41 Kings 12. 28. Mic. 6. 16. Or, a worm Jer. 30. 12. t 2 Kings 15. 19. 12 Therefore will I be unto Prov. 12. 4. Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah ras rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, "and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. ch. 7 11. & 12.1. uch. 10, 6. 10r, to the king of Ja. reb: or, to the king that should plead. Lam. 3. 10. Lev, 26. 40, 41. Ez. 6.9. & 20 43. & 36. 31. a Ps. 78. 34. about 780. a Deut. 32. 33. 1 Sam. 2. 6. Job 5. 18. cl. 5. 14. b Jer. 30. 17. 1 Cor. 15. 4. d Is. 54. 13. 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: y I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: a in their affliction they will seek me early. 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: 2 Sam. 23. 4. his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. f Ps. 72.6. Job 29. 23. A reproof of manifold sins. them by the words of my mouth: I and thy judgments are as the light that goeth Before CHRIST about 780. 1 Jer. 23. 29. Heb. 4. 12. Or, that thy judgments 1 Sam. 15. might be,&c. 22. "Ps. 50. 8. 9. Prov. 21. 3. Jer. 22. 16. for, John 17. 3. like Adam, ch. 8. 1. ch. 5. 7. 10r.cunning for blood. ch. 12. 11. S Jer. 11. 9. ch.5.1.2. † Heb. with one shoul der, or, to Shechem. Or, enormity. t Jer. 5, 30. ach. 4. 12, 13, 17. peo-Jer, 51, 33. A reproof of manifold sins. 11 God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy. Joel 3. 13. Rev. 14. 15. y Ps. 126. 1. Israel, then the iniquity HEN I would have healed about 780. 10. of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: fort Heb. evils. athey commit falsehood; and the ach. 5. 1. & 6. thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. t 2 And they t consider not in their hearts that I bremember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth I from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. † Heb. strippeth. † Heb. say not to. b Jer. 17. 1. Ps. 9. 16. Prov. 5. 22. d Ps. 90. 8. e Rom. 1. 32. Jer, 9. 2. 10r, the raiser will cease. Or, from waking, with heat through wine. 5 In the day of our king, the princes have made him sick with 10r, bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. 6 For they have made ready 1Or, applied. their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; Fulfilled about 773. Israel reproved for their Before CIIRIST about 780. 8 ch. 8. 4. 10, 14, 25, 30. i Is. 64. 7. HOSEA. g all their kings hare fallen: i there is none among them that calleth unto me. 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed he Kings himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are there and there upon him, yet he knoweth k Ps. 106, 35. 1 ch. 8. 7. † Heb. sprinkled. hypocrisy, impiety, and idolatry. they made them idols, that they may be cut off. Before CHRIST about 760. 5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long hJer. 13. 27. will it be ere they attain to inno-i cency? 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 7 For they have sown the wind, i Prov. 22. 8. and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. ch. 10. 12, 13. Or, stand ing corn. itch. 7. 9. 12 Kings 17.6. 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles mas a vessel wherein is no pleasure. m Jer. 22. 28. & 45, 38. about 771. n2 Kings 15. 19. " Jer. 2. 24. Ez. 16.27. hired. 10. 10. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim Phath † lovers. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall I sorrow a little for the burden of r the king of princes. 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. u 12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; y now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. 14 a For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth ples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but dI will send a 1 Or, begin. Or, in a little while, as Hag. 2. 6. r Is. 10. 8. Ez. 26, 7 Dan. 2. 37. s ch. 12. 11. t Deut 4.6,8. Ps. 119. 18. & 147. 19, 20. u Jer. 7. 21. Zech. 7. 6. Or. In the ings they, Jer. 14. 10, 12. ch. 5. 6. & 9. 4. Amos 5. 22. Y ch. 9. 9. Amos 8. 7. z Deut 23.65. ch. 9, 3, 6. & 11. 5. tem-Deut. 32. 18. Eph. 2. 10. fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. CHAPTER IX. The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins and idolatry. EJOICE not, O Israel, for bls. 29. 23. ci Kings 12. 31. d Jer. 17.27. Amos 2. 5. ach. 4. 12. & 5.4, 7. b Jer. 44. 17. ch 2. 12. &c. Rjoy, as other people: for thou or, in, de ahast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward lupon every cornfloor. 2 The floor and the I winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. Or winefat. dev. 25. 23. Jer. 2. 7. & e ch. 8. 13. & 11. 5. Not into Egypt itself, but into another bondage as bad as that. 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall fFz. 4. 13. return to Egypt, and they shall cat unclean things in Assyria. Dan 1.8. 52 Kings 17.6. ch. 11. 11. |