Hosea 8:5

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to (d) innocency?

(d) That is, upright judgment and a godly life.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 8:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off - Israel had cast off God, his good. In turn, the prophet says, the “calf,” which he had chosen to be his...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet goes on with the same subject; for he shows that Israel perished through their own fault, and that the crime, or the cause of destr...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? Thy calf, O Samari...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. ARTIFICIAL KINGS AND ARTIFICIAL GODS Hosea 8:4-13 The curse of such a state of dissipation as that to which Israel had fallen is that it pro...
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, irrespectiv...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off ,.... Or, is the cause of thy being cast off by the Lord, and of being cast out of thine own land, and car...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocency? Ver. 5. Thy cal...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy calf, O Samaria Here God himself, who is the speaker, turns short upon Samaria, or the ten tribes; and, in a tone of dreadful indignation, upbr...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sin and Punishment of Israel; Crimes Charged against Israel; Sottish Idolatry of Israel. B. C....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Israel Have Laid False Foundations In Kingship And Religion, And YHWH, Despairing Of There Being Any Likelihood Of Their Becoming Pure, Will In Ange...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Hosea 8:5 I. Consider the expression, "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off." The clever policy by which Jeroboam was to escape a difficulty wh...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Judgment Announced
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off, or, "Is rejected thy calf," one of the idols made with their gold, "O Samaria?" the reference being to the c...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:16-18 ; 2 Kings 17:21-23 ; Acts 7:41 ; Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Hosea 10:5 ; Hosea 8:6 ; Isaiah 45:20 ; Jeremiah 13:27 ; Jeremiah 4:14...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy calf — The chief idol set up in Samaria. Cast thee off — Hath provoked God to cast thee off. Against them — Idols, and idol worshippers. How lo...

⁵ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

Related Commentaries of Hosea 8:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hosea 8:5