Hosea 10:3-15

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:6

It; the golden calf made by Jeroboam the First, 1 Kings 12:28. Shall be carried; though it hath feet, it cannot go, it must be borne; as Isaiah derides the idols of Babylon, Isaiah 46:2,Isaiah 46:7; Jeremiah 10:5; and it is carried in triumph. For a present; according to the custom of conquering generals, the rich and rare things of the conquered people were reserved for gifts to their kings; and here is a rarity indeed, a captive god, and it is rich, for it is made of gold. King Jareb: see... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:7

As for Samaria, after three years’ siege she shall be cut off. Her king is cut off; for all the rest of the kingdom was lost, and now he is pent up there also; he that was once the confidence of the ten tribes, and king of a mighty people, is now spoiled of all but one only city, where he is rather a prisoner than a king, kept close till made a captive. Is cut off; shortly will be cut off; it is not unlikely this prophecy should be delivered when Samaria was besieged. As the foam upon the... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:8

The high places; the temples and altars of Baal and other idols. Aven, for Beth-aven, say most interpreters: what if. Aven, vanity, folly, be here put for all idol worship and rites, which was notoriously the sin of Israel? Shall be destroyed; utterly overthrown; and lie so long waste and desolate, that thorns and thistles shall spring up out of the places where their altars once stood within their stately temples. When this shall be brought to pass, the idolatrous Israelites shall be in such... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:9

O Israel, thou hast sinned; you of the ten tribes with such consent have sinned, that you seem to do it as one man. From the days of Gibeah; ever since the days, so we; but, as Rivet observes, it will bear a comparative thus, thou hast sinned above, or more than. The ten tribes were greater sinners than those Gibeonites; so the prophet compareth the sins of the present age and that past. See Judges 19:0, where the story is set down at large. See also Hosea 5:8, the place described. There they... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:10

Our version leaves this verse somewhat obscure, but our reading in the margin doth much clear the words, and maketh them much more easily intelligible. It is in my desire that I should chastise them; I am resolved to punish them as I see good; they have deserved the utmost that I shall lay upon them, and therefore I will punish as I see meet. The people shall be gathered; the forces of the Assyrian empire shall be gathered in arms against them, I will bring Shalmaneser upon this sinful,... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:11

As an heifer; a young and wanton heifer, unaccustomed to the yoke, not used to hard labour. Taught; used to, and so skilled in or acquainted with. Loveth to tread out the corn: what we do by thrashing, the Jews did by these heifers or oxen, tread out the corn, and in doing this the law provided that the ox should not be muzzled, but should eat what it would: so it was with Ephraim, he loved that work that was so pleasant, which so well fed him. And God doth let Ephraim know that he had been... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:12

Sow to yourselves in righteousness: the prophet continueth his care of their welfare, by exhorting them yet at last to repent, which, as learned interpreters observe, the prophet doth here in the same elliptic speech which is used before these imperatives, and is to be made up thus, The Lord hath said by his prophets, Sow, &c.; this same duty hath been pressed on them formerly, and is again commended to them; sow in righteousness, in universal righteousness, towards God in piety, towards... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:13

You, O Israelites, subjects of the kingdom of the ten tribes, have ploughed wickedness; instead of repentance, and a life of righteousness, you have lived in wickedness, and propagated it, you have increased all manner of impieties; thus you have abused and perverted the fruits of God’s goodness. Ye have reaped iniquity; the wickedness you have sown hath sprung up and ripened into iniquity; or, you have met with a recompence worthy of this your labour, God hath punished you for your wickedness;... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:14

Therefore, since such are their sins, and such will be their disappointments, since their refuges will be so vain, cud their enemies so many and strong, shall a tumult arise; a discontent, murmur, and outcry, as of men affrighted, not knowing what course to take when the alarm is given, and certain news cometh, that Shalmaneser comes with his army against the kingdom of Israel. Among thy people; the Israelites, among all sorts of people, among all the tribes of the kingdom. All thy fortresses... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hosea 10:15

So; mercilessly and universally min. Beth-el; one place put for every one, and the place put for the idolatry committed there. Do; procure, bring your idolatry and sins, do all this evil against you. Unto you, O Samaritans, and the rest of the ten tribes. Because of your great wickedness: this idolatry, and the concomitant sins, are here summed up in their total sum, great wickedness, exceeding great. In a morning; suddenly, or so soon as it is day; possibly the Assyrians might assault the city... read more

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