Hosea 5:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. ”

Hosea 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall go with their flocks - “ They had let slip the day of grace, wherein God had called them to repentance, and promised to be found of them and to accept them. When then the decree was gon...
Hosea 5:6 - 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 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

go. seek the LORD. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 10:9 ). seek the Lord. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 4:29 ). App-92. withdrawn Himself. Heb . halaz; not sur ("depart") in Hosea...
Hosea 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here laughs to scorn the hypocrisy of the people, because they thought they had ready at hand a way of dealing with God, which was, to pacify him with their sacrifices. He therefore...
Hosea 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him ; he hath withdrawn himself from them. They shall go with their flocks - They shall offer many sacr...
Hosea 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They shall go with their flocks, &c.— They shall run up and down, from altar to altar, with all their stock, as if they could buy off their sins and redeem their sorrows by hecatombs and holoca...
Hosea 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. They shall go with their flocks and with their herds -...
Hosea 5:6 - 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 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The vain effort to repent when it is too late. The spirit with which sacrifices of flocks and herds were offered is of more consequence than the multitude of such oblations ( Micah 3:4 ; Isaiah 1:11...
Hosea 5:6 - 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 5:6 - 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 5:6 - 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 5:6 - 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 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord ,.... Not only the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, to whom Kimchi, Aben Ezra, and Abarbinel, restrain the words; but the ten t...
Hosea 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find [him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them. Ver. 6. They shall go with their flocks, and with their h...
Hosea 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord They shall seek to make their peace with God, and to induce him to be favourable to them by a multitude of sacrifices; but they shall not...
Hosea 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Charge against Israel and Judah; Judgments Threatened. B. C. 758. 1 Hear ye this, O prie...
Hosea 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They; the people of Judah, say some, but I rather think it is spoken of the Ephraimites, and either implies by what they did support their confidence of escaping ruin, or else foretells that extrem...
Hosea 5:6 - 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 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 5:5 Pride] The haughtiness of Isa. shall be a witness before God of their folly. Others refer it to Jehovah, the glory of Is., who will witness by judgments and the dest...
Hosea 5:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

Parables (New Testament) ; See Passage ( Matthew 5:13 ). See Passage ( Luke 21:29 ). Parables (New Testament) ; ( Matthew 5:13-16 ); ( Luke 21:29-31 ); ( Matthew 7:24-27 ); ( Matthew 7...
Hosea 5:6 - 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 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

He hath withdrawn Himself from them. Divine withdrawal “Withdrawn” is a word that may well chill our heart. It would be enough to express intolerable displeasure, if it stood just as it stands...
Hosea 5:6 - 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 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Accusation Against the Priests
Hosea 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:21-23 ; Exodus 10:24-26 ; Exodus 10:9 ; Ezekiel 8:18 ; Isaiah 1:11-15 ; Isaiah 66:3 ; Jeremiah 11:11 ; Jeremiah 7:4 ; John 7:34 ; Lamentations 3:44 ; Luke 5:16 ; Micah 3:4 ; Micah...
Hosea 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To seek the Lord — The Jewish doctors tell us, that under Hosea, Israel had liberty of bringing their sacrifices to Jerusalem. Shall not find him — God will not be found of them. Hath withdrawn him...

Hosea 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 5:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 5:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hosea 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes