Hosea 10:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? ”

Hosea 10:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For now they shall say, we have no king - These are the words of despair, not of repentance; of people terrified by the consciousness of guilt, but not coming forth out of its darkness; describin...
Hosea 10:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For now they shall say, We have no (d) king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? (d) The day will come that God will take away their king, and then they will feel the f...
Hosea 10:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

God's Annihilating Judgment on the Mixed Cultus. With the land's abounding prosperity Israel has multiplied altars in the service of the mixed cultus; these Yahweh will destroy ( Hosea 10:1 f.) Th...
Hosea 10:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

do to us: do for us, or, profit us.
Hosea 10:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He explains more at large what he had briefly referred to, when he said, that the condemnation, which would discover their wickedness, was now near at hand. He now adds, that even they themselv...
Hosea 10:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? We have no king - We have rejected the King of kings; and had we any king, he would be of no...
Hosea 10:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For now, &c.— Surely presently shall they say, We have no king, because we feared not the JEHOVAH; and a king, what could he do for us? "After Israel shall be brought into captivity, and sh...
Hosea 10:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then s...
Hosea 10:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Denunciations and Entreaties This prophecy appears to have been uttered at a later date than the last. There is no longer any mention of Egypt, but the calamity from Assyria seems imminent. Again...
Hosea 10:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To us . — Better, as for a king, what will he do for us? The prophet having witnessed a succession of Israelite kings overthrown, and anarchy as its consequence, predicts yet another time of confu...
Hosea 10:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

5. ONCE MORE: PUPPET-KINGS AND PUPPET-GODS Hosea 10:1-15 For another section, the tenth chapter, the prophet returns to the twin targets of his scorn: the idols and the puppet-kings. But few no...
Hosea 10:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Break up Your Fallow Ground” Hosea 10:1-15 Israel brought forth fruit, but not such as God could delight in. It was corrupt and evil. How great a disappointment to the Great Cultivator! The la...
Hosea 10:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The section dealing with pollution and its punishment closes with the prophet's recapitulation and appeal. The whole case is first stated under the figure of the vine. Israel was a luxuriant vine, an...
Hosea 10:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Alas! how often do the Lord's people still find a divided heart! Precious Jesus! though I am fully convinced that there can be no happiness but in thee, yet how frequently is my poor heart going afte...
Hosea 10:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For now they shall say, we have no king ,.... This they would say, either when they had one; but by their conduct and behaviour said they had none; because they had no regard unto him, no affection...
Hosea 10:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? Ver. 3. For now they shall say, We have no king ] sc. to do us good; he is no better to...
Hosea 10:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Their heart is divided Between God and their idols, or between God and the world. Now shall they be found faulty As this was their sin, so it is here threatened, that the effects thereof should p...
Hosea 10:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Degeneracy of Israel; Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 730. 1 Israel is an empty vine,...
Hosea 10:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For; surely. Now ; ere long. They shall say; see, and feel, and be convinced too of this truth. We have no king; either no king at all, as in an interregnum, or no such king as we expected and h...
Hosea 10:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's ‘Fruitfulness' Is Revealed By Their Setting Up A Multiplicity Of Altars And Religious Pillars, Declaring That They Are Responsible To No One, And Do Not Fear God, But They Will Shortly Disc...
Hosea 10:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. — Hosea 10:1 . Empty] Luxuriant. Lit. poureth out, emptying itself into leaves; stretching itself far and wide towards foreign alliances ( Psalms 80:9 ; Psalms 80:12 ); outwar...
Hosea 10:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 10:1 . Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: Not to his God. It matters not how much fruit we bear if it is for self, we are really fruitless. A thing which is good...
Hosea 10:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 10:1 . Israel is an empty vine. So is the Hebrew, but the LXX read, “a well-branched vine;” that is, full of leaves, but destitute of fruit. Their fruits are the fruits of idolatry. The figu...
Hosea 10:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The concluding thought of the last chapter is the commencing one of this; while the sad subject of Israel's guilt being resumed continues in the first section ( Hosea 10:1-28 ) of the...
Hosea 10:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Seats of Worship Destroyed
Hosea 10:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 49:10 ; Hosea 10:15 ; Hosea 10:7 ; Hosea 11:5 ; Hosea 13:11 ; Hosea 3:4 ; John 19:15 ; Micah 4:9
Hosea 10:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Say — See and feel. No king — Either no king at all, or no such king as we expected. What then — For kings are not able to save without the God of kings.

Hosea 10:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 10:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 10:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 10:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 10:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 10:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 10:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 10:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 10:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 10:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 10:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 10:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 10:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 10:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 10:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes