Hosea 5:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. ”

Hosea 5:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment - Literally, “crushed in judgment.” Holy Scripture, elsewhere also, “combines” these same two words, rendered “oppressed” and “crushed,” in speaking o...
Hosea 5:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the (l) commandment. (l) That is, after King Jeroboam's commandment, and did not rather follow God.
Hosea 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

oppressed and broken. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 28:33 ). willingly . willfully. walked after . followed (perseveringly). the commandment. Note the Ellipsis : "the [idolatrous] c...
Hosea 5:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here again the Prophet shows that the vengeance of God would be just against Israel, because they willingly followed the impious edicts of their king. The people might indeed have appeared to b...
Hosea 5:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. Walked after the commandment - Jeroboam's commandment to worship his calves at Dan and Beth-el. Man...
Hosea 5:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephraim is oppressed— Ephraim shall be oppressed, shall be broken in judgment, because it pleased him to walk after vain things. Houbigant.
Hosea 5:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment - namely, 'crushed' in the "judgment" of God on him...
Hosea 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Broken in judgment. — The Authorised version is probably right in this rendering, the phrase having reference to rights pertaining to individuals. Interpreters differ as to the rare word tsav, tr...
Hosea 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephraim [is] oppressed, [and] broken in judgment ,.... Here the prophet again returns to the ten tribes, who were oppressed and broken, either by their own judgments, as the Targum; by the tyranny o...
Hosea 5:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. Ver. 11. Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment ] Calumniam passus est Ephraim, so the Vu...
Hosea 5:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment He is delivered over to oppressors by God's just judgment. Such were Pul and Tiglath-pileser, kings of Assyria. Archbishop Newcome distinguishes between...
Hosea 5:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 758. 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet...
Hosea 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephraim; the subjects of the kingdom of Israel, the ten tribes; the prophet resumeth his threat against them. Is oppressed; supposing, as well we may, that this prophecy respecteth Ahaz's time, i...
Hosea 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Scofield Reference Notes

Unbelievers ; subject to demon possession, ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 7:22 ). Unleavened ; bread, feast of, ( See Scofield) - ( Leviticus 23:6 ). "Until," ; the three of Israel, (...
Hosea 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Threat of Punishment
Hosea 5:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:26-33 ; 2 Kings 15:16-20 ; 2 Kings 15:29 ; Amos 5:11 ; Amos 5:12 ; Deuteronomy 28:33 ; Micah 6:16
Hosea 5:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ephraim — The ten tribes are by seditions, civil wars, unjust sentences, and bloody conspiracies eaten up already. After the commandment — To forbear going to the temple, and to worship the calves...

Hosea 5:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 5:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 5:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 5:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 5:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 5:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 5:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 5:11 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hosea 5:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 5:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 5:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 5:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes