Hosea 13:2 ASV

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hosea 13:1-14

to Oppose God Is Destruction Hosea 13:1-14 Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt. But when we turn to Baal, the emblem of self-confidence, we pass as the morning cloud the dew, the chaff, and the smoke. In Hosea 13:4 we again get the sweet strain of early memory. God had not changed and was waiting to save. They had refused His help and had destroyed themselves, and He who would have done His best for them had been constrained to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:1-14

In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading be adopted, are both declared. The sin of Ephraim is then more distinctly stated, and its pride and impertinence declared. Yet love would triumph over all. Jehovah declared Himself to be the God who had delivered Israel from Egypt, and who would yet again deliver, being true to the messages of the prophets, to the visions of seers, to the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:1-16

Turning from this main line of the divine message, we now examine the prophet's interpolations. These set forth the history of Israel indicating their relation to Jehovah, and pronounce judgment. They form a remarkable obligato accompaniment in a minor key to the majestic love song of Jehovah, and constitute a contrast ing introduction to the final message of the prophet. The first of them reveals the prophet's sense of Jehovah's controversy with Judah, and his just dealings with Jacob. The... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1-16

AN APPEAL IS MADE TO JACOB’S EXAMPLE WHICH SIMPLY SERVES TO REVEAL ISRAEL’S PARLOUS STATE AND GUARANTEES THE COMING JUDGMENT OF DESTRUCTION AND THE EXILE BUT IT IS WITH THE PROMISE OF FINAL RESTORATION AND FRUITFULNESS IN VIEW (Hosea 12:1 to Hosea 14:9 ). These words were probably mainly spoken during the latter part of the reign of Hoshea, with the destruction of Samaria threatening on the horizon. After a further appeal for repentance Israel is seen to be finally doomed, with any hope that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:2

‘And now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molten images from their silver, Even idols according to their own understanding, All of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.” And they had continued to sin more and more, making themselves 1) molten images of silver, 2) idols which were derived from their own inventiveness, 3) idols which had been made by men’s hands, and which they had the encouraged men to kiss. The... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1-16

Hosea 13:1-Nehemiah : (= Heb. Hosea 13:1 to Hosea 14:1). Facilis descensus Averno.— Israel has persistently lapsed into the Baal-worship and idolatry, and therefore shall be swept away as the chaff” ( Hosea 13:1-Leviticus :). Yahweh has brought him up from Egypt, protected him in the wilderness, and given him plenty, yet he has forgotten Him ( Hosea 13:4-Joshua :), therefore He is against them “ as a bear bereaved of her whelps.” Israel’ s ruin is self-imposed ( Hosea 13:7-1 Samuel :) and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 13:2

And now, though they are admonished, threatened, and in part punished, yet now that Baal is taken in for a god and worshipped, they sin more and more; they go on to sin, and add new idolatries to the old, they increase the number of their sins; in some respect their new sins are greater than those committed formerly, but the prophet here speaks not of greatness of sins, but the number. And have made them molten images of their silver: these were the figures and representations of the gods they... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hosea 13:1-3

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 13:1. Eph.] formerly enjoyed great distinction in Israel. Men listened with fear and trembling to him (Job 29:21); he exalted himself, secured the rule among the tribes, and then seceded and established a separate kingdom. By the introduction of the worship of Baal and the custom of calf-worship he offended and died. Two conditions of Eph. are contrasted, prosperity and destruction. Hosea 13:2. Sin] Add sin to sin, i.e. continue in former transgressions. “This seems to be... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:1-16

Chapter 13Now when Ephraim was speaking trembling ( Hsa Hosea 13:1 ),That is, when Ephraim was not proud and exalted, but recognized their own weakness and all,then the LORD exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died ( Hsa Hosea 13:1 ).The Bible says, "Righteousness exalts a nation; sin is a reproach to any people" ( Proverbs 14:34 ). When Ephraim was trembling... "He that humbles himself shall be exalted, but he who exalts himself shall be abased" ( Luke 14:11 ). How true... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 13:1-16

Hosea 13:2 . Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. The readings vary here. The LXX, “You must sacrifice men, for there are no more calves.” The Vulgate Latin reads, “Sacrifice the men that worship the calves.” The reading of the English is nearer the truth, and better supported by appeals to ancient customs. It is equivalent to saying, that the men who sacrificed their children had the first claim to kiss the calves. In 1 Kings 19:18, we read that God had reserved seven thousand men... read more