Hosea 9:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. ”

Hosea 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land. The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof - Yet He had chosen the land of Canaan, there to place His people; there, above others, to work His miracl...
Hosea 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Joyless Discipline of Exile. The delirious joy of the popular nature-religion shall soon be exchanged for the sorrows of exile. In her own land Israel had treacherously ascribed to the Baalim t...
Hosea 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

return to Egypt. See Hosea 8:13 ; Hosea 11:5 . Compare Ezekiel 4:13 . in Assyria. See 2 Kings 17:6 ; 2 Kings 11:11 .
Hosea 9:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet proclaims here a heavier punishment — that the Lord would drive them into exile. It was indeed a dreadful repudiation, when they were deprived of the land of Canaan, which was the L...
Hosea 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. But Ephraim shall return to Egypt - See on Hosea 8:12 (note).
Hosea 9:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But Ephraim shall return to Egypt— When Salmaneser made the ten tribes captive, such as were able to escape the conqueror fled into Egypt, having implored the aid of that country against the Assyri...
Hosea 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to...
Hosea 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exile is at Hand This prophecy appears to have been written in a time of rejoicing over a good harvest and vintage. Israel need not rejoice, says the prophet, with the wild joy of the heathen. The...
Hosea 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Canaan, the land of Jehovah, is holy, Assyria unholy ( Amos 7:17 ), where there was no temple or sacred ordinances. Since meat was not a divinely sanctioned food, except in connection with a Jehovah...
Hosea 9:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

3. THE EFFECTS OF EXILE Hosea 9:1-9 Hosea now turns to describe the effects of exile upon the social and religious habits of the people. It must break up at once the joy and the sacredness of t...
Hosea 9:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Days of Recompense Are Come” Hosea 9:1-9 The subject of this chapter is the bitterness of the captivity which was awaiting Israel as the result of their unfaithfulness. Their exile would p...
Hosea 9:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The judgment was then described in detail. Its first note was of the death of joy. Israel could not find her joy like other peoples. She had gone whoring from God, loving hire on every threshing floo...
Hosea 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Looking with an eye to the captivity in Babylon, the Lord threatens Israel with removing them from the holy land. Indeed, an unfaithful wife ought not to dwell under the roof with her injured husband...
Hosea 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall not dwell in the Lord's land ,.... The land of Israel, or Canaan; which, though all the earth is the Lord's, was peculiarly his; which he had chosen for himself, and for this people; wher...
Hosea 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean [things] in Assyria. Ver. 3. They shall not dwell in the Lord's land] Because they would not l...
Hosea 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall not dwell in the Lord's land, but Ephraim shall return into Egypt God will turn them out of that inheritance he gave to their fathers, and they shall be carried into captivity or become...
Hosea 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 740. 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people...
Hosea 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, who worship idols, and give my glory to them, depending on them, and ascribing to them what I alone give them, shall not dwell in the Lord's land; though they have been in possession many y...
Hosea 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Israel Must Not Rejoice At Their Harvest Feast Because Everything Will Shortly Be Taken From Them When They Are Exiled To Egypt/Assyria Because Of What They Have Become And Because Of How They Have...
Hosea 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Israel had fallen away from God, would not enjoy the produce of the field, but would be taken captive into Assyria, and be unable to keep the feasts. Hosea 9:1 . Rejoice ] Lit....
Hosea 9:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 9:1 . Rejoice not, oh Israel, with the shouts of harvest, and the songs of the vintage, as all heathen nations have done, and have ascribed their harvests to their idols; for God was about t...
Hosea 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land. The Lord’s land Before, God was to them as a father taking maintenance away from them, leaving them to suffer want: but here His anger increases, and He...
Hosea 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 9:1-28 Contain a warning against security arising from temporary prosperity. Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people. The occasion on which the pr...
Hosea 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Against False Security
Hosea 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:7 ; 2 Kings 17:6 ; Acts 10:14 ; Daniel 1:8 ; Deuteronomy 28:63 ; Deuteronomy 28:68 ; Deuteronomy 4:26 ; Ezekiel 4:13 ; Hosea 11:11 ; Hosea 11:5 ; Hosea 8:13 ; Hosea 9:6 ; Isaia...
Hosea 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ephraim — Many of Ephraim shall fly into Egypt. And they — The residue shall be carried captive into Assyria.

Hosea 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 9:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 9:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 9:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 9:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes