Hosea 4:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. ”

Hosea 4:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let not Judah offend - The sentence of Israel had been pronounced; she had been declared incorrigible. The prophet turns from her now to Judah. Israel had abandoned God’s worship, rejected or cor...
Hosea 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] (r) let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto (s) Gilgal, neither go ye up to (t) Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. (r) God complains that Judah is i...
Hosea 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Utter Corruption of the Nation Traced to Irreligion. (The text of Hosea 4:15-19 is hopelessly corrupt. Marti regards Hosea 4:3 as an insertion and Hosea 4:5-6 a as foreign to their pres...
Hosea 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

harlot . wanton. Not the same word as in Hosea 4:14 , though the symbol is similar. Judah. Compare Hosea 1:7 . Gilgal. Jeroboam had erected an idolatrous temple there. See Hosea 9:15 ; Hos...
Hosea 4:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here complains that Judah also was infected with superstitions, though the Lord had hitherto wonderfully kept them from pollutions of this kind. He compares Israel with Judah, as th...
Hosea 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. Let not Judah offend - Israel was totally diss...
Hosea 4:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Though thou, Israel, &c.— Here a transition is made, with great elegance and animation, from the general subject of the whole people, in both its branches, to the kingdom of the ten tribes in p...
Hosea 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, ye...
Hosea 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Condemnation of the Priesthood An arraignment against Israel as a whole, because of all manner of wickedness against God and man. Prophet and priest, who ought to have taught them better, are only...
Hosea 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Israel... Judah. — The prophet warns Judah of Israel’s peril, and perhaps hints at the apostacy of some of her kings, as Ahaziah, Joram, and Ahaz. He returns to the symbolic use of the word “whor...
Hosea 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1-19 ; Hosea 5:1-15 ; Hosea 6:1-11 ; Hosea 7:1-16 ; Hosea 8:1-14 ; Hosea 9:1-17 ; Hosea 10:1-15 ; Hosea 11:1-12 ; Hosea 12:1-14 ; Hosea 13:1-16 ; Hosea...
Hosea 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Joined to Idols” Hosea 4:11-19 The prophet does not mince his words in describing the morals of his time. We are reminded of Bunyan's words: “My original and inward pollution was my plague. It...
Hosea 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In any attempt to analyze and tabulate the teaching in this second division of the Book it must be remembered that the prophetic utterances cannot be treated as verbatim reports. As they here appear,...
Hosea 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I beg the Reader to observe, for I think it is very observable, and very blessed it is in the observance, what sweet minglings of grace is here amidst the solemn and awful account the Lord gives of h...
Hosea 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend ,.... That is, though the Israelites, the people of the ten tribes, committed adultery, both corporeal and spiritual, in their idolatro...
Hosea 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. Ver. 15. Though thou, Israel, play the harl...
Hosea 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though , &c. “Here,” says Bishop Horsley, “a transition is made, with great elegance and animation, from the general subject of the whole people, in both its branches, to the kingdom of the ten...
Hosea 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of the Priests and the People; Warning to Judah. B. C. 758. 12 My people ask...
Hosea 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This summeth up the sins, the idolatries of the ten tribes; and is a transition to what next follows; either by way of exhortation, or admonition, or prayer and wish, for the two tribes which stuck t...
Hosea 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Strong Wine and Illicit Sex Have Turned The People's Minds So That They Look To Bits Of Wood Concerning Their Future And Play The Harlot On The Tops Of Mountains And Under Sacred Trees Rather Than L...
Hosea 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 4:15 . Come not ] by pilgrimages to places of idolatrous worship. Swear not ] in temples of idols. “The confession of Jehovah is hypocrisy in the mouth of an idolater; pr...
Hosea 4:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Faith ; new household of, ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 12:46 ). Faith ; justification by, ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:26 ). Faith ; justification by, illustrated, ( See Scofield)...
Hosea 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 4:1 . Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel. Here a new sermon is built upon a new revelation. Hosea 4:2 . Blood toucheth blood, as explained in the words preseding, adultery...
Hosea 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 4:1 A new and distinct division of the book commences with this fourth chapter and continues till the close. What had previously been presented in figure and symbol is now...
Hosea 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Part of the Accusation
Hosea 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:28 ; 1 Kings 12:29 ; 2 Kings 17:18 ; 2 Kings 17:19 ; Amos 4:4 ; Amos 5:5 ; Amos 6:10 ; Amos 8:14 ; Ephesians 5:11 ; Ezekiel 20:39 ; Ezekiel 23:4-8 ; Hosea 10:5 ; Hosea 10:8 ;...
Hosea 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Offend — Commit like sins. Gilgal — Gilgal was chosen by Jeroboam, or by succeeding idolaters for the solemn worship of their idols. Beth — aven — Beth — el, where Jacob lodged, who called it Beth...

Hosea 4:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 4:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 4:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hosea 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes