“ Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. ”
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall indeed be unto him to sin - that is, they shall be proved to him to be so, by the punishment which they shall draw upon him. The prophet...
Israel's Unsanctified National Life. Man-made kings, like man-made gods (the calf of Samaria), are impotent; Israel sows the wind and shall reap the whirlwind; the sources of the national life are...
The Prophet here again inveighs against the idolatry of the people, which was, however, counted then the best religion; for the Israelites, as it has been said were become hardened in their sup...
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. Many altars to sin - Though it does not appear that the Jews in Babylon were obliged to worship the idols of the country...
Because Ephraim hath made, &c.— This verse may be thus paraphrased: "Since Ephraim, forsaking God, and that one altar, at which alone he required them to serve him, idolatrously multiplied alta...
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. Because Ephriam hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. God, in righteous retribution, gi...
The Long-merited Retribution The enemy is coming immediately to destroy their temples and palaces and desolate the land, and as a punishment for their idolatry and disloyalty to God. In vain will...
Many altars. — Multiplication of altars was condemned in the law ( Deuteronomy 12:5 seq. ). The narrative in Joshua 22 shows that unity of altar and sanctuary was essential to the unity of the...
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...
Reaping the Whirlwind Hosea 8:1-14 A conqueror was at hand who should subdue and punish the whole nation for taking its own course, irrespective of God, Hosea 8:4-8 ; for seeking foreign allia...
From this statement of the case the prophet turned to the pronouncement of judgment. This he did by adopting the figure of the trumpet lifted to the mouth, on which five blasts were sounded, in each...
Here is a very striking passage in these words of the Lord, and is as suited to all ages as to the age of Israel. The Lord saith, that the great things he wrote to Israel were counted by them strange...
Because Ephraim hath, made many altars to sin ,.... Not with an intention to commit sin, but to offer sacrifice for sin, and make atonement for it, as they thought; but these altars being erected fo...
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. Ver. 11. Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin ] Because he hath multiplied altars against God's express comma...
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin “Since the Israelites, forsaking that one altar at which alone God required them to serve him, idolatrously multiplied altars to themselves, altars agai...
The Sins of Israel; The Crimes of the People. B. C. 745. 8 Israel is swallowed up: now...
Because: this refers to what follows. Ephraim hath made many altars; multiplied either to many idols, every one having his altar, or multiplied altars in several places to the same idol. They had...
Because Israel Have Deserted YHWH And Looked To Others, (Both Nations And Gods), In Spite Of Having Received His Abundant Instruction, He Will Desert Them And They Will Return To Egypt And See Their...
CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 8:11 . Many ] Israel should only have one altar ( Deuteronomy 12:3 ; Deuteronomy 12:5 ). To sin ] Altars made by them should be the source of their punishment; they sh...
Hosea 8:1 . Set the trumpet to thy mouth. Give alarm, for the king of Assyria is coming; he is stretching his wings like an eagle to take the prey. Isaiah uses the same figure, in Isaiah 58:1 ....
Ephraim hath made many altars to sin. Perversion of worship Israel was to have only one altar. Ephraim had built a number of altars in different places. Men have perverted worship, not only by...
EXPOSITION This chapter deals with the punishment of apostasy. Once more the sins of the northern kingdom are enumerated and its approaching fall predicted. There is a close connection between t...
A Further Threat of Judgment
Deuteronomy 4:28 ; Hosea 10:1 ; Hosea 10:2 ; Hosea 10:8 ; Hosea 12:11 ; Isaiah 10:10 ; Isaiah 10:11 ; Jeremiah 16:13
Altars — Those which they shall find in Assyria. To sin — Shall be the occasion of his greater guilt and punishment.