Hosea 7:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. ”

Hosea 7:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephraim is - (become) like a silly dove “There is nothing more simple than a dove,” says the Eastern proverb. Simplicity is good or bad, not in itself, but according to some other qualities of th...
Hosea 7:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without (h) heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. (h) That is, without all judgment, as those that cannot tell whether it is better to cleave only to God,...
Hosea 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:8 to Hosea 8:3 . Political Decay the Outward Sign of Israel's Moral Decay. The attempts to cure national ills and secure safety by foreign aid, instead of by turning to Yahweh, are fored...
Hosea 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

silly . harmless, innocent. Ang. -Sax., saelig, happy they call, &c. See 2 Kings 15:19 ; 2 Kings 17:4-6 . Compare Hosea 5:13 ; Hosea 9:3 ; Hosea 12:1 .
Hosea 7:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here first blames Israel for foolish credulity, and compares them to a dove; for they had invited the Egyptians and sent to Assyria for help. Simplicity is indeed a commendable virt...
Hosea 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart - A bird that has little understanding; that is easily snared...
Hosea 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephraim—is like a silly dove— Or, one which the fowler easily intercepts by his snares. Ephraim was deceived by the foolish counsels of those men, who are just before said to have their heads besp...
Hosea 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. Ephraim also is like a silly dove - a bird proverbial for simplicity: easily deceived. Silly - lit...
Hosea 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Corruption of the Court In this chapter the tone again becomes despondent. How can Israel be saved when her iniquity is so deep, so glaring, so obstinate? Samaria is especially instanced as the ce...
Hosea 7:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Silly dove. — No creature is less able to defend itself than the dove, which flies from the bird of prey to the net of the fowler. In this powerful metaphor we have a political allusion. King Hoshe...
Hosea 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1-19 ; Hosea 5:1-15 ; Hosea 6:1-11 ; Hosea 7:1-16 ; Hosea 8:1-14 ; Hosea 9:1-17 ; Hosea 10:1-15 ; Hosea 11:1-12 ; Hosea 12:1-14 ; Hosea 13:1-16 ; Hosea...
Hosea 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Iniquity Uncovered Hosea 7:1-16 The last clause of the previous chapter belongs to this. God desired to turn aside the captivity of His people and to heal Israel, but His pleading was unavailin...
Hosea 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The prophet then declared more particularly the true state of affairs. The divine desire to heal was frustrated by the pollution and the people's persistent ignoring of God. Hosea graphically describ...
Hosea 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here a continuation of the same subject, namely, the Lord's remonstrance with Israel. But I pray the Reader to observe, how many sweet and gracious expressions of our God are mingled with his...
Hosea 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without heart ,.... Or understanding; which comes and picks up the corns of grain, which lie scattered about, and does not know that the net is spread for it; and...
Hosea 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. Ver. 11. Ephraim also is like a silly dove ] That may be drawn any way for want of wit (so the word פיתה si...
Hosea 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart Which has neither courage to defend itself, nor cunning to prevent its falling into the snares that are laid for it. They call to Egypt , &c. Sometim...
Hosea 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of the People; Infatuation of Ephraim; Ephraim's Obstinate Rebellion; Ephraim's Hypocrisy. B. C. 750....
Hosea 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephraim: see Hosea 7:1,8 . Is like a silly dove; a deceived dove, seduced by false prophets and idolatrous priests, whose weak arguments are soon believed, and whose unseasonable advice is too...
Hosea 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Ephraim is like a silly dove, Without understanding, They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.' Ephraim is depicted as a hapless, fluttering bird, which, ignorant of what was best for it (genu...
Hosea 7:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 7:11 . Dove ] A type of simplicity ( Matthew 10:16 ). Silly ] Simplicity. Without heart ] Lit, without understanding, easily taken in the net ( Ezekiel 12:13 ). Ho...
Hosea 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 7:1 . When I would have healed Israel, by Jehu's zeal for the Lord, then the idolatrous priests, like troops of robbers, gathered round him with lies in their mouth, and persuaded him to ret...
Hosea 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart. A silly dove The race of Ephraim is not extinct. Men are to this day very much like what they were in the days of the prophets. I. A saintly...
Hosea 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1-28 , the prophet reproves with much but deserved severity the depraved morals of king and p...
Hosea 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart, one which is too simple to notice the snare of the fowler. They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria, not realizing that the very nations whose help th...
Hosea 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 15:19 ; 2 Kings 17:3 ; 2 Kings 17:4 ; Ezekiel 23:4-8 ; Hosea 11:11 ; Hosea 12:1 ; Hosea 14:3 ; Hosea 4:11 ; Hosea 5:13 ; Hosea 8:8 ; Hosea 8:9 ; Hosea 9:3 ; Isaiah 30:1-6 ; Isai...
Hosea 7:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Like a silly dove — Ephraim is now become like the dove in weakness and fear, as well as in imprudence and liableness to be deceived. Without heart — Without either discretion or courage. To Assyri...

Hosea 7:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 7:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 7:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes