“ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. ”
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in Me is thy help - This is one of the concise sayings of Hosea, which is capable of many shades of meaning. The five words, one by one, are literally,...
O Israel, thou (f) hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help. (f) Your destruction is certain, and my benefits toward you declare that it comes not from me: therefore your own malice, idolat...
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...
thou hast destroyed thyself . the destruction [which thou art suffering] is all thine own. Ref to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:5 . Hebrew. shahath, same word as "corrupted"). App-92. but in Me, &...
In the first place, God upbraids the Israelites for having in their perverseness rejected whatever was offered for their safety: but he proceeds farther and says, that they were past hope, and...
DISCOURSE: 1174 HELP IN CHRIST FOR SELF-DESTROYED SINNERS Hosea 13:9 . O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help . THE great mass of nominal Christians need to be informed...
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself - These evils come not by my immediate infliction; they are the consequences of thy own crimes....
O Israel, &c.— O Israel, I will destroy thee, and who shall bring thee help? Hosea 13:10 . Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? And thy judges, &c. Houbigan...
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me. Thou and ME stand in contrast. Hast destroyed thyself - Literally, thy de...
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...
In me ... Help. — The close of this verse is rhetorically abrupt, which is altogether missed in the English version. Render, but against Me thy help. We must supply “Thou hast rebelled,” the con...
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...
Oh, what a verse is here! Could it be possible to give a fuller account of the blessed gospel of the ever blessed God in a more comprehensive manner! Israel hath destroyed himself. Yea, so hath every...
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself ,.... Though the Lord was a lion, a leopard, and a bear to them, yet their destruction was not owing to him, but to themselves; he was not chargeable with it, b...
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help. Ver. 9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself ] Heb. He, or, It hath marred thee, O Israel; that is, either thy sin of self-exalta...
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself Thy sins have brought down destruction upon thee, and it is from me only thou canst expect any help, which I will in due time afford thee. The Hebrew of this v...
The Folly of Israel; Promises of Mercy. B. C. 722. 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy...
Thou hast destroyed thyself; after these menaces it might seem I had destroyed thee, but thou thyself hast done it by thy sins. It is the rebel that destroys himself, though he fall by the sword of...
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 13:9 . ] This destruction is entirely their own. Against God, men are against their own help and welfare. HOMILETICS MORAL SUICIDE AND DIVINE HELP.— Hosea 13:9 T...
Part III. The ultimate blessing of Israel in the kingdom, chapter divider. The response of Jehovah continues to the end, but at ( Hosea 13:9 ) changes to entreaty and promise.
Hosea 13:9 I. Self-destruction is possible to us men even the destruction of the highest, noblest, and divinest part of our nature. II. The only power by which we can destroy ourselves is the pow...
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...
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in Me is thine help, literally, "It has destroyed thee, Israel, because [thou art] against Me, against thy Help. " That is the great contrast: on the one si...
2 Kings 17:7-17 ; Deuteronomy 33:26 ; Ephesians 1:3-5 ; Hosea 14:1 ; Hosea 13:4 ; Isaiah 3:11 ; Isaiah 3:9 ; Jeremiah 2:17 ; Jeremiah 2:19 ; Jeremiah 4:18 ; Jeremiah 5:25 ; Malachi 1:9 ;...