Hosea 9:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For, lo, they are gone because of destruction:b Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. ”

Hosea 9:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For lo, they are gone because of destruction - They had fled, for fear of destruction, to destruction. For fear of the destruction from Assyria, they were fled away and gone to Egypt, hoping, dou...
Hosea 9:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For, lo, they are gone because of (g) destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their...
Hosea 9:6 - 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 9:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

because of . from. Egypt . [yet] Egypt. Compare Hosea 7:16 . shall gather them up . shall rake them out [for manure, or for burning]; not for burial in their own land; this would be 'asaph. B...
Hosea 9:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet confirms here what is contained in the last verse, that is, that the Israelites would at length find that the Prophets had not in vain threatened them, though they at the time heedl...
Hosea 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabe...
Hosea 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The pleasant places, &c.— The precious things which they had purchased for silver. The words are obscure; but the meaning seems to be, that the Israelites, upon the approach of the enemy, sho...
Hosea 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabe...
Hosea 9:6 - 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 9:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Translate, Behold if they have gone from the desolation ( i.e., Palestine laid waste by the invader), Egypt shall gather them, Memphis bury them — Memphis, the vast city and necropolis of Ptah,...
Hosea 9:6 - 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 9:6 - 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 9:6 - 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 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader, I beg of you to observe the Lord's grace still to Israel. How tenderly doth the Lord mourn over his captives, when beholding them void of ordinances. What will ye do, saith the Lord? If there...
Hosea 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For, lo, they are gone, because of destruction ,.... That is, many of the people of Israel were gone out of their own land to others, particularly to Egypt, because of the destruction that was comin...
Hosea 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabe...
Hosea 9:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What will ye do in the solemn day What will you do in your captivity, when any of your solemn or festival days come? When you shall find yourselves far from your own country, without temple, withou...
Hosea 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 740. 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people...
Hosea 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For, lo; mark it well, and observe the event. They are gone because of destruction; some of the wary and timorous are already withdrawn from the desolation that cometh on their country, and more...
Hosea 9:6 - 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 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 9:5 . Solemn day ] God “singles out the great festivals which commemorated his great doings for his people as though they had no more share in these mercies.” Sad to be de...
Hosea 9:6 - 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 9:6 - 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 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Against False Security
Hosea 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:6 ; 2 Kings 13:7 ; Deuteronomy 28:63 ; Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Hosea 10:8 ; Hosea 7:13 ; Hosea 11:11 ; Hosea 7:16 ; Hosea 8:13 ; Hosea 9:3 ; Isaiah 11:11 ; Isaiah 27:12 ; Isaiah...
Hosea 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They are gone — Some are already withdrawn from the desolation that cometh. Egypt — In Egypt they hope to be quiet and survive these desolations, but they shall die in Egypt. The pleasant places —...

Hosea 9:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 9:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 9:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 9:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 9:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes