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

“ Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. ”

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

Israel is swallowed up - Not only shall all which they have, be swallowed up by the enemy, but themselves also; and this, not at any distant time, but “now.” “Now,” at a time all but present, “th...
Hosea 8:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Hosea 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Israel is swallowed up. See 2 Kings 17:6 . gentiles . nations. as. vessel. Compare Jeremiah 22:28 ; Jeremiah 48:38 .
Hosea 8:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He uses the same word as before when he spake of the meal, and says, that not only the provision of Israel shall be devoured, but also the people themselves; and he upbraids the Israelites with...
Hosea 8:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. Now shall they be among the Gentiles - They shall be carried into captivity, and there be as a vesse...
Hosea 8:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. Israel is swallowed up - not merely Israel's possessions, but Israel herself. Now shall the...
Hosea 8:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

Vessel wherein is no pleasure — i.e. , worthless (comp. Jeremiah 48:38 ; Psalms 31:13 ; 2 Timothy 2:20 ); a vessel devoted to vilest uses, or smashed up as worthless.
Hosea 8:8 - 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 8:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

The Chapter opens with a command to someone, and it should seem most likely to be to the Prophet, to cry aloud, in a way of reproof and expostulation. The expression is not unlike that command to Is...
Hosea 8:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Israel is swallowed up ,.... Not only their substance, but their persons also, the whole nation of them, their whole estate, civil and ecclesiastic: it notes the utter destruction of them by the Ass...
Hosea 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure. Ver. 8. Israel is swallowed up ] Not their meal only, as Hosea 8:7 , but themselves also are dev...
Hosea 8:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Israel is swallowed up Under this image the Hebrew language, the Greek, and our own, describe any sudden destruction, so complete as to leave no visible vestige of the thing remaining. The prophet...
Hosea 8:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of Israel; The Crimes of the People. B. C. 745. 8 Israel is swallowed up: now...
Hosea 8:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the former verse the prophet foretells the lost labour of such pains and seed as Ephraim bestowed; now he addeth somewhat more dreadful, the harvest is ruin and destruction to the seedsman, he is...
Hosea 8:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Israel is swallowed up. Now are they among the nations, As a vessel in which none delights. . For they are gone up to Assyria, A wild ass alone by himself, Ephraim has hired lovers.' Not only...
Hosea 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 8:8 . Swallowed ] up as devoured by beasts of prey. Vessel ] worthless and dishonoured ( 2 Timothy 2:20 ); and broken ( Psalms 31:12 ; Jeremiah 22:28 ; Jeremiah 48:38...
Hosea 8:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ....
Hosea 8:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Israel is swallowed up, its judgment being practically accomplished even now, the statement being made as though the prophecy were already fulfilled; now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel...
Hosea 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:1-6 ; 2 Kings 18:11 ; 2 Timothy 2:20 ; 2 Timothy 2:21 ; Deuteronomy 28:25 ; Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Ezekiel 36:3 ; Isaiah 30:14 ; Jeremiah 22:28 ; Jeremiah 48:38 ; Jeremiah 50:17 ;...

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

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

Hosea 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hosea 8:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Hosea 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Hosea 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Hosea 8:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Hosea 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge