Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.Like a silly dove — Ephraim is now become like the dove in weakness and fear, as well as in imprudence and liableness to be deceived.Without heart — Without either discretion or courage.To Assyria — Instead of going to God, who alone can help. read more
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.Go — To seek aid of Egypt or Assyria.Bring them down — Though they attempt to fly, yet as fowls in the net they shall certainly fall.Hath heard — From the prophets whom I have sent unto them. read more
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.Spoken lies — They belied his corrections as if not deserved; they belied the good done, as if too little, or not done by God, but by their idol. read more
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 assembled — In the houses of their idols. read more
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.Bound — As a surgeon binds up a weak member, or a broken one; so did God for Ephraim, when the Syrians and other enemies had broken their arms.Imagine mischief — They devise mischief against my prophets, and let loose the reins to all impieties. read more
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.Not to the most high — What shew soever of repentance was among them, yet they never throughly repented.A deceitful bow — Tho' they seemed bent for, and aiming at the mark, yet like a weak bow they carried not the arrow home, and like a false bow they never carried it strait toward the mark.The rage of their... read more
NEW PICTURE OF THE MORAL CORRUPTION AND RESULTING ANARCHY, Hosea 6:11 to Hosea 7:7. 1, 2. The mercy of Jehovah, manifesting itself in his willingness to “heal,” wrought no change for the better; it was interpreted as an indication of Jehovah’s weakness, and only increased the people’s recklessness. Iniquity… discovered [“uncovered”] The reflexive force of the verb form may be expressed by rendering “displayed itself.” Iniquity broke out with ever-increasing force and prevented the carrying... read more
8. Ephraim As elsewhere, Israel. Hath mixed himself among the people R.V., following the Hebrew, “peoples,” that is, the surrounding nations. Israel has given up its divinely appointed seclusion and has mingled with the surrounding nations by (1) adopting their customs and (2) appealing to them for help. The two forms of apostasy were closely connected, the first being the inevitable result of the second. The people who had lost their faith in Jehovah, which would prompt reliance upon... read more
ISRAEL, BLIND IN HER FOLLY, RUSHES HEADLONG TO DESTRUCTION, Hosea 7:8-16 a. Hosea 7:8-16 a connect very closely with the last clause of Hosea 7:7, but these verses differ so much from the preceding in matter and form that they may be treated as a separate section. Instead of turning to Je-hovah the people mingled with the foreign nations, there to learn wisdom and to find help; unaware that by this policy they were courting certain destruction. What a disappointment the chosen nation has proved! read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Hosea 7:9
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.Knoweth it not — He is not aware of the loss he hath sustained.Gray hairs — Of old age and declining strength are upon their kingdom. read more