Hosea 5:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. ”

Hosea 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They will not frame their doings ... - They were possessed by an evil spirit, impelling and driving them to sin; “the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them,” i. e., in their very inward sel...
Hosea 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Priests and Rulers are Bringing the Nation to Ruin. Judgment is declared against ( Hosea 5:1 mg. ) [9] the priests and ruling class because they have ensnared the people (by encouraging the mixed...
Hosea 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

frame . fashion. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. the spirit of whoredoms. See note on Hosea 4:12 ; Hosea 4:19 . spirit. Hebrew. ruach. not known. See note on Hosea 2:20 . the LORD....
Hosea 5:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Some translate thus, “their inclinations allow them not to turn themselves;” and this meaning is probable, that is, that they were so much given to their own superstitions, that they were not n...
Hosea 5:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1149 THE EXTENT AND CAUSES OF MEN’S SUPINENESS Hosea 5:4 . They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have...
Hosea 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. They will not frame their doings - They never purpose...
Hosea 5:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They will not frame their doings— They will not give their thoughts, or minds. Houbigant.
Hosea 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. They will not frame their doings to turn unto t...
Hosea 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The margin, “Their deeds will not suffer (them),” requires the introduction of the word “them,” not in the Hebrew. It is favoured by the Jewish commentators, Schmoller, and others, but it is better t...
Hosea 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It should seem, that in the days of the Prophet, such was the general defect in the pure worship of the God of Israel, that even the priests and the great men openly opposed the truth. Mizpah and Tab...
Hosea 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God ,.... Either their evil doings; they will not leave, as the Targum and Jarchi g; their evil ways and worship, their adultery and idolatry; whi...
Hosea 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms [is] in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. Ver. 4. They will not frame their doings to turn...
Hosea 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I know Ephraim I am perfectly well acquainted with the actions of Ephraim, the head of the ten tribes; and Israel is not hid from me And the actions of the other nine tribes are no less known to...
Hosea 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charge against Israel and Judah; Judgments Threatened. B. C. 758. 1 Hear ye this, O prie...
Hosea 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, those revolters, polluted Israelites and idolatrous Ephraimites, will not frame their doings; they are so intent upon their idolatries and oppressions, they have been so long inured to these...
Hosea 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judgment Is Announced On The Priests, People And Royal House Of Israel Because Of Their Going Astray In Their Ritual, Something Which Has Prevented Them From Turning To YHWH And Has Made Them Unacce...
Hosea 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 5:4 . Will not frame] Heb. give their doings. Margin, will not suffer them. They are slaves, not free to turn from evil habits. Their works stand in the way, prevent them...
Hosea 5:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Nahum ; Book of, Introduction, ( See Scofield) - ( Nahum 1:1 ). Nations ; see Gentile Nations ; Gentile, judgment of, ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 25:32 ). Natural ; man, Cain a ty...
Hosea 5:4 - 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 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God. Framing the doings This is one of those strong Old English expressions which have been retained in our north country speech. People say,...
Hosea 5:4 - 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 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Accusation Against the Priests
Hosea 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:3 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 Samuel 2:12 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:12 ; Hosea 4:1 ; Hosea 4:12 ; Jeremiah 22:15 ; Jeremiah 22:16 ; Jeremiah 24:7 ; Jeremiah 50:38 ; Jeremia...

Hosea 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 5:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hosea 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 5:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 5:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hosea 5:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge