Hosea 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. ”

Hosea 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? - o : “God is infinitely just and infinitely merciful. The two attributes are so united in Him, yea, so one in Him who is always one, and in whose counsels “th...
Hosea 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(f) How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as (g) Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, (h) my repentings are...
Hosea 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

How... ? Figures of speech Erotesis and Pathopoeia. App-6. Admah... Zeboim. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 10:19 ; Genesis 14:2 ; Genesis 14:8 ; Deuteronomy 29:23 ). App-92. These plac...
Hosea 11:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here God consults what he would do with the people: and first, indeed, he shows that it was his purpose to execute vengeance, such as the Israelites deserved, even wholly to destroy them: but y...
Hosea 11:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1171 GOD’S COMPASSION Hosea 11:7-9 . My people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him: [yet] how shall I give thee up,...
Hosea 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled toge...
Hosea 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How shall I give thee up? &c.— The mercy of the Almighty is here pathetically represented as contending with his justice; to shew that he does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of m...
Hosea 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled toge...
Hosea 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the depth of despair the prophet delivers himself of one of the most pathetic passages in Hebrew prophecy. On the darkest cloud gleams the bow of promise. A nation so much beloved as Israel cannot...
Hosea 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! pause over those precious words, and ponder well their gracious meaning. Admah and Zeboim, were the cities the Lord destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah. Deuteronomy 29:23 . Now, as the inhabit...
Hosea 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee , Israel ?.... That is, as usually interpreted, into the hand of the enemy, or unto wrath, ruin, and destruction; for, notwithstanding...
Hosea 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled toge...
Hosea 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim To utter destruction? God's mercy is here pathetically described as contending with his justice, to show that he does not willingly destroy, or even afflict , or...
Hosea 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Forbearance. B. C. 730. 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I...
Hosea 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

After such unparalleled abuse of infinite mercy and patience, what could be expected, but unrelenting wrath and fiercest indignation? but here is a wonder above all the rest; bowels troubled, and str...
Hosea 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Hosea 11:7 . Bent ] Lit. hung suspended on backsliding, “impaled or fastened upon apostasy as upon a stake, so that it cannot get loose” [ Keil ]. None ] Lit. together they exa...
Hosea 11:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

repentings ( See Scofield) - ( Zechariah 8:14 ).
Hosea 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? God’s feeling in the face of man’s obstinacy Many have been the ways adopted by God to communicate His thoughts and reveal His will to the human race. But in...
Hosea 11:8 - 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 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? What would be the proper measure of punishment to mete out to such a stubborn people?. How shall I deliver thee, Israel? namely, to a proper measure of chastiseme...
Hosea 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 13:23 ; 2 Peter 2:6 ; 2 Samuel 24:16 ; Amos 4:11 ; Amos 7:3 ; Amos 7:6 ; Deuteronomy 29:23 ; Deuteronomy 32:36 ; Genesis 14:8 ; Genesis 19:24 ; Genesis 19:25 ; Hosea 6:4 ; Isaiah...
Hosea 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Give thee up — To utter destruction. Admah and Zeboim were two of the four cities which were destroyed with fire from heaven. My repentings — Not that God is ever fluctuating or unresolved; but the...

Hosea 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 11:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hosea 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 11:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hosea 11:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 11:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Hosea 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes