Hosea 5:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. ”

Hosea 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound - All avaricious encroachment on the paternal inheritance of others, was strictly forbidden by God in the law, under the penalty of His c...
Hosea 5:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The princes of Judah were like them that (k) remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. (k) They have turned upside down all political order and all manner of relig...
Hosea 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Here the immoral cultus is no longer the subject, but the inner moral corruption of the state and its leaders. The parallelism of Judah and Ephraim in this section is remarkable, but seems to be orig...
Hosea 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

that remove, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 19:14 ; Deuteronomy 27:17 ). App-92 Elsewhere only in Job 24:2 . Proverbs 22:28 ; Proverbs 23:10 . bound . boundary, or landmark.
Hosea 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet transfers the blame of all the evils which then reigned in the tribe of Judah to their princes. He says, that the people had fallen away and departed from God through their fau...
Hosea 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. Like them that remove the bound - As execrable as they who remove the land-mark....
Hosea 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The princes of Judah, &c.— "They have violated the most sacred laws of the Almighty, upon which not only the ordinances of his worship, but also the rights and properties of men depend; and are...
Hosea 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. Ephraim ... Judah. - Israel is referred to in Hosea 5:9 , Judah in H...
Hosea 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Predictions of Punishment The priests, the people, and the royal dynasty have alike sinned, and will alike be punished. Their coquetting with Assyria will prove utterly futile. Judah has also sinn...
Hosea 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The princes of Judah, such as Ahaz, whose pusillanimity brought untold evil on both Israel and Judah ( 2 Kings 16:10-18 ). Like them that remove the bound (landmark). — A practice prohibited in D...
Hosea 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. PRIESTS AND PRINCES FAIL Hosea 5:1-14 The line followed in this paragraph is almost parallel to that of chapter 4, running out to a prospect of invasion. But the charge is directed solely ag...
Hosea 5:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Rebuke of Apostasy Hosea 5:1-15 The prophet continues his grave indictment of his people. The court and the priesthood were chiefly responsible for the awful degeneracy that was eating ou...
Hosea 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus declared the cause of pollution, the prophet's next message was especially addressed to priest, people, and king. First to the priests and the king as elders, and consequently responsible...
Hosea 5:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet Hosea useth many similitudes, in order to convey yet more forcibly his divine truths; but the whole of what is here said, is much to one and the same purpose; namely, the defection of Isr...
Hosea 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound ,.... Or landmark, which to do was contrary to the law, Deuteronomy 19:14 ; and has always been reckoned a heinous sin among all nations, a...
Hosea 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. Ver. 10. The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound ] A wickedn...
Hosea 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The princes of Judah , &c. The prophet in this chapter passes frequently from the one kingdom to the other, that he might set forth the crimes, and foretel the punishments of both, unless they a...
Hosea 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 758. 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet...
Hosea 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The princes; the great men about the king and court, the rulers and governors, who by the law of God and man should have been the maintainers of equity and justice among the people. Of Judah; of...
Hosea 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephraim Are To Prepare For An Invasion Which Will Lead To Their Desolation Whilst Judah Will Be Punished For Taking Advantage Of The Situation To Seize Land. Both Will Suffer As A Consequence. Meanw...
Hosea 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 5:8 . The evil denounced is vividly described as actually come. Hosea 5:9 . Shall surely be] Lit. established or well grounded in God’s purpose. On lofty summits the...
Hosea 5:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

Tabernacle ; divided, ( See Scofield) - ( 1 Chronicles 16:37 ). Tabernacles ; feast of, observed, ( See Scofield) - ( Nehemiah 8:17 ). Tabernacles ; feast of, typical meaning, ( S...
Hosea 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:1 . Ye have been a snare and a net spread upon Tabor. This was a high mountain of Galilee, in the lot of Zebulon, called by the Greeks Itabyricum, having a plain on the top. Idolatry has e...
Hosea 5:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound. Breaking bounds It was a custom among the heathen and the Romans, if any man removed the bound, the ancient landmark, to adjudge them,...
Hosea 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king. The persons here addressed comprise all the estates of the realm—pries...
Hosea 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Threat of Punishment
Hosea 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 28:16-22 ; 2 Kings 16:7-9 ; Deuteronomy 19:14 ; Deuteronomy 27:17 ; Hosea 5:5 ; Luke 6:49 ; Matthew 7:27 ; Proverbs 17:14 ; Proverbs 22:28 ; Psalms 32:6 ; Psalms 88:17 ; Psal...
Hosea 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The bound — The ancient bounds which limited every one, and prevented the encroaching of covetous men. Like water — Like an overflowing flood.

Hosea 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 5:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 5:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hosea 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes