Hosea 5:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. ”

Hosea 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah - The evil day and destruction, denounced, is now vividly pictured, as actually come. All is in confusion, hurry, alarm, because the enemy was in the midst of them. T...
Hosea 5:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O (h) Benjamin. (h) That is, all of Israel that was included under this tribe, signifying that the Lord...
Hosea 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cornet . horn. Beth-aven. See note on Hosea 4:15 . after thee, &c. Apparently. war-cry. "[Look] behind thee,. Benjamin! "Compare Judges 5:14 ; Judges 20:40 .
Hosea 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet speaks here more emphatically, and there is in these words a certain lively representation; for the Prophet assumes here the character of a herald, or he introduces heralds who decl...
Hosea 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah - Gibeah and Ramah were cities of Judah, in the tribe of Benjam...
Hosea 5:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah— Lo! the cornet is sounded in Gibeah; and the trumpet in Ramah: howlings are heard at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin. Houbigant. The prophet here declares the app...
Hosea 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah. The arrival of the enemy is announced in the form of an in...
Hosea 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cornet ... trumpet. — The two kinds of trumpet mentioned here are the cornet, made like the bent horn of an animal, and the long, straight metallic trumpet, used for sounding an alarm and conv...
Hosea 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah ,.... As an alarm of war, to give notice that the enemy is at hand, just ready to invade the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and bring destruct...
Hosea 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. Ver. 8. Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah ] Clangite, clamate, not...
Hosea 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah , &c. The prophet here calls upon the watchmen of Judah and Israel to sound an alarm, and give notice of the approach of the enemy: compare Joel 2:1 . It was usual...
Hosea 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Blow ye the cornet; ye watchmen, or whoever have the care and custody of these fortified towns, sound the alarm, for the enemy cometh. In Gibeah; a town of Benjamin situate on a hill, built by As...
Hosea 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Blow you the ram's horn in Gibeah, And the trumpet in Ramah, Sound an alarm at Beth-aven. Behind you, O Benjamin.' The picture is vivid. The call is to the watchmen on the watchtowers to sound t...
Hosea 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Rainbow ; typical meaning, ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 9:13 ). Rebekah ; type of the church, ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 24:1 ). Reconciliation ; not an Old Testament word, ( See...
Hosea 5:8 - 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 5:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah. An earnest ministry The idea of the passage is, Give an earnest warning of the judgment about to break on the people, sound the alarm and startle the population....
Hosea 5:8 - 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 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, the ancient city of Saul, and the trumpet in Ramah, another city located on an eminence, both of them most suitable for giving signals on account of their lofty situat...
Hosea 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:29 ; 1 Samuel 15:34 ; 1 Samuel 7:17 ; 1 Samuel 8:4 ; 2 Samuel 21:6 ; Hosea 10:5 ; Hosea 10:8 ; Hosea 10:9 ; Hosea 4:15 ; Hosea 8:1 ; Hosea 9:9 ; Isaiah 10:29 ; Jeremiah 4:5 ;...
Hosea 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Blow ye — Ye watchmen, sound the alarm, the enemy cometh. After thee, O Benjamin — After thy cries. After thee, O Beth — aven, let Benjamin also cry aloud: for they shall also fall for their sin.

Hosea 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 5:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 5:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 5:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 5:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hosea 5:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 5:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 5:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes