joined. mated, or united to.
Ephraim is joined to idols - that is, banded, bound up with them, “associated,” as the word means, with them so as to cleave to them, willing nei...
The Utter Corruption of the Nation Traced to Irreligion. (The text of Hosea 4:15-19 is hopelessly corrupt. Marti regards Hosea 4:3 as an insert...
As if wearied, God here bids his Prophet to rest; as though he said, “Since I prevail nothing with this people, they must be given up; cease fr...
DISCOURSE: 1148 THE DANGER OF SPIRITUAL IDOLATRY Hosea 4:17 . Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone . THERE is a day of grace, wherein God...
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. Ephraim - The ten tribes. Is joined to idols - Is become incorporated with false gods. Let him alone -...
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. Ephraim - the ten tribes. Judah was at this time not so given to idolatry as afterward. Is join...
Condemnation of the Priesthood An arraignment against Israel as a whole, because of all manner of wickedness against God and man. Prophet and prie...
Ephraim ] i.e. Israel. Let him alone ] a general exhortation to any who might seek to meddle with idolatrous Israel.
Ephraim ... idols. — The prophet calls on Judah to leave Ephraim to himself. The Jewish interpreters Rashi and Kimchi understand this as the appea...
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...
“Joined to Idols” Hosea 4:11-19 The prophet does not mince his words in describing the morals of his time. We are reminded of Bunyan's words: “...
In any attempt to analyze and tabulate the teaching in this second division of the Book it must be remembered that the prophetic utterances cannot be...
I beg the Reader to observe, for I think it is very observable, and very blessed it is in the observance, what sweet minglings of grace is here amids...
Ephraim is joined to idols ,.... That is, the ten tribes of Israel, frequently so called after their separation from the rest, because that Jeroboam...
Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone. Ver. 17. Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone ] Ephraim, that is, the ten revolted tribes, who a...
Ephraim , &c. The Ephraimites were numerous and potent, and are here put for the whole ten tribes. Is joined to idols The word עצבים, here ren...
The Sins of the Priests and the People; Warning to Judah. B. C. 758....
The children of Ephraim were numerous and potent among the ten tribes, a principal part of them, and out of which tribe the first idolater and usurpe...
Strong Wine and Illicit Sex Have Turned The People's Minds So That They Look To Bits Of Wood Concerning Their Future And Play The Harlot On The Tops...
‘Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone.' Indeed all are to recognise that Ephraim (Israel) is conjoined with idols (like mistresses to their lov...
CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 4:15 . Come not ] by pilgrimages to places of idolatrous worship. Swear not ] in temples of idols. “The confession of Je...
Habakkuk ; Book of, Introduction, ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 1:1 ). Habakkuk ; quoted by Paul, ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 1:5 )....
Hosea 4:17 Spiritual abandonment. I. We are apt to be surprised at the proneness of the Israelites to the sin of idolatry. And yet it may be doub...
Hosea 4:1 . Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel. Here a new sermon is built upon a new revelation. Hosea 4:2 . Blood toucheth bloo...
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. Beware of unholy companionships These words do not mean that nothing was to be done for Ephraim. The...
EXPOSITION Hosea 4:1 A new and distinct division of the book commences with this fourth chapter and continues till the close. What had prev...
The Second Part of the Accusation
Ephraim, the northern kingdom, is joined to idols, so linked with idolatrous worship as to make it impossible for them to leave it alone at this ti...
Hosea 11:2 ; Hosea 12:1 ; Hosea 13:2 ; Hosea 4:4 ; Matthew 15:14 ; Psalms 81:12 ; Revelation 22:11
Ephraim — The children of Ephraim were numerous and potent, and here put for the whole ten tribes. Let him alone — He is obstinate, as such, throw...
17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.