“ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. ”
I did know thee in the wilderness - “ God so knew them, as to deserve to be known by them. By “knowing” them, He shewed how He ought to be acknowledged by them.” “As we love God, because He first...
Hosea 13:1-16 (= Heb. Hosea 13:1 to Hosea 14:1 ). Facilis descensus Averno. Israel has persistently lapsed into the Baal-worship and idolatry, and therefore shall be swept away as the chaff...
I did know thee, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 2:7 ; Deuteronomy 8:15 ; Deuteronomy 32:10 ). Compare Amos 3:2 . The Septuagint reads "I shepherded, or was shepherd to thee", read...
He afterwards adds Thee I knew in the desert, in the land of droughts God here confirms the truth that the Israelites had acted very absurdly in having turned their minds to other gods, for...
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. I did know thee - I approved of thee; I loved thee; and by miraculously providing for thee in that land of drought, I demonstrated my...
I did know thee, &c.— I fed thee, &c. Houbigant after the LXX.
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. I did know thee in the wilderness - i:e., did acknowledge thee as mine, and so took care of thee ( Psalms 144:3 ; Amos 3:2 )....
Israel's Idolatry and its Consequences The main thought of this c., which is a continuation of the last (cp. Hosea 12:9 ; Hosea 13:4 ), is the folly of Israel incurring the enmity of God, who ha...
THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvation: "How am I to give thee, up, Ephraim? how am I...
to Oppose God Is Destruction Hosea 13:1-14 Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt. But when we turn to Baal, the emblem of self-con...
In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading be adopted, are both declared. The sin of Ephraim...
Whoever reads the history of Israel, and observes the Lord's kindness, and carefulness over that people, will enter into the beauty and grace here described, of the Lord's covenant faithfulness. See...
I did know thee in the wilderness ,.... Where there were no food nor drink, where were scorpions, serpents, and beasts of prey; there the Lord knew them, owned them, and showed a fatherly affection...
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. Ver. 5. I knew thee in the wilderness, in a place of great drought ] In terra torridissima, where I gave thee pluviam escatilem...
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud , &c. All the comparisons in this verse are intended to express a quick destruction, or that they should soon come to nothing. Yet I am the Lord thy...
Ingratitude of Israel. B. C. 722. 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of...
I did know, owned, took care of, guided, and supplied, thee, O Israel, in thy fathers, in the wilderness; through which for forty years together thou wast moving, and foundest nothing for thy sus...
Because Ephraim Have Offended So Deeply, And Have Rejected Their Deliverer, Judgment Upon Them Is Inevitable ( Hosea 13:1-16 ). The crimes of Israel are again laid bear. They are guilty of idolatr...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 13:5 . Know ] i.e. cared for them, and loved them as his own ( Psalms 144:3 ; Amos 3:2 ). Hosea 13:6 .] A reproof from cattle growing wanton in abundant pasture;...
Hosea was full of complaints against the people of God; for, in his day, they had very sadly wandered from the Lord. They had even forgotten him. In Hosea's prophecy, we have the plaintive voice of a...
Hosea 13:2 . Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. The readings vary here. The LXX, “You must sacrifice men, for there are no more calves.” The Vulgate Latin reads, “Sacrifice the men that w...
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. Wilderness-knowledge God knows His people where nobody else will take any notice of them. You do not know a man until you know h...
EXPOSITION The first eight verses of this chapter form the premises from which the prophet, in the ninth verse, draws the conclusion that the conduct of Israel had been suicidal; that they had b...
God's Benefits Scorned by Israel
1 Corinthians 8:3 ; Deuteronomy 2:7 ; Deuteronomy 32:10 ; Deuteronomy 8:15 ; Exodus 2:25 ; Galatians 4:9 ; Jeremiah 2:2 ; Jeremiah 2:6 ; Nahum 1:7 ; Psalms 1:6 ; Psalms 142:3 ; Psalms 31:...
I did know — Owned, took care of, guided and supplied.