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Hosea 4:1 open_in_new
the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
children. sons.
a controversy. a judicial inquiry and cause. Compare Hosea 12:2.Isaiah 1:18, and Isaiah 3:13; Isaiah 3:14.Jeremiah 25:31.Micah 6:2.
mercy. lovingkindness, or grace.
knowledge: or, acknowledgement. See note on Hosea 2:20. Compare Hosea 4:6; Hosea 5:4.
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Hosea 4:2 open_in_new
By swearing, &c. These are the evils which flow from. want of the knowledge of God. Compare Hosea 4:6; Hosea 2:20. Rom 1:21. 1 John 2:3 1 John 2:4. 1 John 4:7; 1 John 4:8.
blood toucheth blood: or, murder follows murder; "blood" being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for bloodshed.
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Hosea 4:3 open_in_new
Therefore shall the land mourn. Compare Jeremiah 4:28, and Jeremiah 12:4.Amos 5:16, and Amos 8:8.
the beasts. the very beasts (Beth essentioe).
be taken away. be gathered [into the ranks of the mourners].
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Hosea 4:4 open_in_new
let no man. The reason being given in Hosea 4:4.
they that strive with the priest. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 16:1, &c. Deuteronomy 17:12). App-92.
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Hosea 4:5 open_in_new
fall. stumble.
in the day. Compare Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 6:5 and Hos 15:8.
destroy. lay prostrate.
thy mother: i. e. the whole nation is referred to, as is clear from verses: Hosea 4:4; Hosea 4:3, &o.; Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:9; Hosea 2:12.
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Hosea 4:6 open_in_new
People are. Not "is", because the noun though singular is collective, with plural verb.
lack of knowledge. See note on Hosea 2:20.
knowledge. the knowledge [of Me].
thou hast forgotten. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:18).
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Hosea 4:7 open_in_new
sinned. Hebrew chata'. App-44.
therefore will. change their glory into shame. The Sopherim confess (App-33) that they altered thus the primitive Hebrew text: which read "My glory have they changed into shame": i. e. they altered the verb hemiru (they have changed) to 'amir (I shall change); and, kebodi (My glory) to kebodam (their glory). This alteration was made from. mistaken reverence. It will be seen that the word "therefore" is not required.
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Hosea 4:8 open_in_new
eat up the sin. the sin-offering. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:30): i. e. those sin-offerings which should have been wholly burnt, and not eaten. See notes on Leviticus 6:26; Leviticus 6:30. App-92.
Set their heart. lift up their soul: i. e. desire. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
iniquity. wrong-doing.
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Hosea 4:10 open_in_new
not have enough. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:26). The same words. App-92.
shall commit. have committed.
whoredom. idolatry. See note on Hosea 1:2.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. (with. eth). Jehovah Himself. App-4.
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Hosea 4:11 open_in_new
wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.
new wine. Hebrew. tirosh. App-27.
heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for understanding. See Isaiah 28:6.
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Hosea 4:12 open_in_new
ask counsel. inquire of (habitually). Compare Jeremiah 2:27; Habakkuk 2:19.
stocks. idols made of wood.
staff, &c. Referring to divination by rods.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. Compare Hosea 5:4.Isaiah 44:20.
gone. whoring: i. e. gone away into idolatry. Compare Ezekiel 23:5.
from under. from under [the authority] of, &c, as Gomer had left Hosea. Compare Numbers 5:19; Numbers 5:29; Ezekiel 23:5.
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Hosea 4:13 open_in_new
They sacrifice, &c. Compare Isaiah 1:29, and Isaiah 57:5; Isaiah 57:7; Ezekiel 6:13, and Ezekiel 20:28. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 12:2).
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Hosea 4:14 open_in_new
daughters: who became Temple-women. See next verse.
themselves. [the men] themselves.
separated. secluded.
harlots. Hebrew. kedeshah = the Temple-women, consecrated to the unclean "worship" of the Canaanites, by which the foulest corruption became. holy duty. Reference to Pentateuch. Found only here and Genesis 38:21; Genesis 38:22, and Deuteronomy 23:17. App-92.
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Hosea 4:15 open_in_new
harlot. wanton. Not the same word as in Hosea 4:14, though the symbol is similar.
Judah. Compare Hosea 1:7.
Gilgal. Jeroboam had erected an idolatrous temple there. See Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:11.Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5. Compare Judges 3:19. There, too, they had rejected Jehovah as king (1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 11:14; 1 Samuel 11:15). See note on Hosea 9:15.
Beth-aven. house of naught. Put for Beth-el (= the house of GOD), now profaned by Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:28-33; 1 Kings 13:1.Amos 3:14; Amos 3:14). The prophecy fulfilled in Jeremiah 48:13. See also 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 17:6-23.Amos 7:13.
nor swear, &c. Compare Amos 8:14.Zephaniah 1:5.
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Hosea 4:16 open_in_new
slideth back. hath been stubborn, restive, or intractable, refractory.
a lamb. a young ram of more than. year old.
in. large place. an uninclosed space: i. e. the lands of the heathen.
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Hosea 4:17 open_in_new
joined. mated, or united to.
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Hosea 4:18 open_in_new
sour. Hebrew turned, turned back, thrust aside as having turned bad.
Give ye. By the Figure of speech Metallage (App-6) the fact of continual whoredom (or idolatrous worship) is changed to the new thought of the rulers loving to continually command, "Give ye [sacrifices]", with contempt for the sacrifices Jehovah commanded. See Hosea 8:13. Thus, the verse is not "untranslatable", as alleged.
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Hosea 4:19 open_in_new
wind, &c.. the spirit of whoredoms (Hosea 4:12) has bound itself up. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
in her wings. in her skirts (so as to impede her gait).
they shall be ashamed. Compare Isaiah 1:29; Jeremiah 2:26. This verse is not "in confusion", as alleged. These verses (16-19) are not "scraps", as alleged, but are closely connected with the context. They are required by the Structure "Hosea 4:15-19 " and "Hosea 5:8-15 " on p. 1213.