Hosea 11:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. ”

Hosea 11:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I taught Ephraim also to go - Literally, “and I set Ephraim on his feet;” i. e., while they were rebelling, I was helping and supporting them, as a nurse doth her child, teaching it to go with li...
Hosea 11:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Divine Father's Love for Israel. In Israel's youth Yahweh loved him, and called him from Egypt to be His son, but he proved disloyal, sacrificing to the Baalim ( Hosea 11:1 f.). Yet it was Yah...
Hosea 11:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I taught, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 1:31 ; Deuteronomy 32:10 ; Deuteronomy 32:11 ; Deuteronomy 32:12 ). Compare Isaiah 46:3 . go . walk. See Acts 13:18 margin taking ....
Hosea 11:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here again God amplifies the sin of the people, by saying, that by no kindness, even for a long time, could they be allured, or turned, or reformed, or reduced to a sound mind. It was surely en...
Hosea 11:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. I taught Ephraim also to go - An allusion to a mother or nurse teaching a child to walk, directing it how...
Hosea 11:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Healed them— Preserved them.
Hosea 11:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. I taught Ephraim also to go - literally, to use his feet: 'I set Ephraim on his feet.' Compare a...
Hosea 11:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ingratitude of Israel Jehovah had been like a tender father and a kind master to Israel from the first, yet had they ever rejected Him and turned to idols. He cannot bear the thought of punish...
Hosea 11:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Read, Yet it was I who guided Ephraim’s steps, taking him by his arms. There is a beautiful parallel to this in Deuteronomy 32:10-11 . Knew not ... — This obtuseness to the source of all mercies...
Hosea 11:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FATHERHOOD AND HUMANITY OF GOD Hosea 11:1-12 FROM the thick jungle of Hosea's travail, the eleventh chapter breaks like a high and open mound. The prophet enjoys the first of his two clear...
Hosea 11:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Bands of Love” Hosea 11:1-11 This is a very tender chapter, full of moving appeals. God looks back on the happy, blessed past, as a fond parent on the innocent childhood of a son who is now ca...
Hosea 11:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The third cycle of the prophecy sets forth the love which Jehovah had for His people, notwithstanding their sin. This section sets forth Jehovah's love toward His sinning people, and, for the most pa...
Hosea 11:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe the grace of the Lord, by way of heightening that grace, in the riches of it! It was never for want of education, in any period of the Church, that his people revolted; for the Lord did by th...
Hosea 11:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I taught Ephraim also to go ,.... All the tribes of Israel and Ephraim, or the ten tribes with the rest; these the Lord instructed in the way of his commandments, and taught them to walk therein; he...
Hosea 11:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. Ver. 3. I taught Ephraim also to go ] A child he was, Hosea 11:1 , and like a child I dealt with him,...
Hosea 11:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I taught Ephraim also to go Hebrew, תרגלתי לאפרים, I directed the feet of Ephraim. In this time of Ephraim's childhood, I supported and directed his steps, as a mother or nurse those of a child w...
Hosea 11:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Goodness to Israel; The Ingratitude of Israel; God's Displeasure with Israel. B. C. 730. ...
Hosea 11:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I taught Ephraim also to go ; as a mother or nurse doth help the child, and with tenderest care doth guide and form its steps, and by long-continued patience waits on it; such like was the tendernes...
Hosea 11:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Describes How He Had Called His Son (Israel) Out Of Egypt And Watched Over Him As A Faithful Father, Training Him In The Right Way, Only For His Son's Heart To Remain In Egypt So That He Would...
Hosea 11:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Hosea 11:1 .] The prophet shows how Israel had repaid God’s love in the past with ingratitude and unfaithfulness. Child ] “First-born son” ( Exodus 4:22 ), the infancy in Egyp...
Hosea 11:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 11:1 . When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. God's love was very early love. He began with the nation of Israel when it was a mere handful of men in Egy...
Hosea 11:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 11:1 . When Israel was a child I loved him. I led Joseph like a flock, by the hands of Moses and Aaron. I protected him among the kings of Canaan. I fed and multiplied him in Egypt; and when...
Hosea 11:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms. Taken by the arm When God redeems and shelters His people by the blood of the Paschal Lamb,-- i.e ., of Christ our Passover sacrificed fo...
Hosea 11:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION In Hosea 11:1-28 Jehovah enumerates the benefits conferred on Israel all along from the time of their departure out of Egypt. But parallel with this enumeration runs the history of...
Hosea 11:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Proof of Jehovah's Love
Hosea 11:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:18 ; Deuteronomy 1:31 ; Deuteronomy 32:10-12 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; Exodus 15:26 ; Exodus 19:4 ; Exodus 23:25 ; Hosea 14:4 ; Hosea 2:8 ; Hosea 7:1 ; Isaiah 1:2 ; Isaiah 30:26 ; Isai...
Hosea 11:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Bird's-Eye View of Hosea Hosea 11:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to our study of the Book of Hosea, we propose to show how God wrote His messages in Hosea, as well as by him. There...
Hosea 11:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I taught — As a mother or nurse helps the child. Taking them — Supporting and bearing them up. They knew not — They would not see nor acknowledge me in it.

Hosea 11:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 11:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 11:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 11:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 11:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 11:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 11:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 11:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 11:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 11:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 11:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 11:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 11:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 11:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 11:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 11:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Hosea 11:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes