Hosea 7:11

silly. harmless, innocent. Ang. -Sax., saelig, happy they call, &c. See 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 17:4-6. Compare Hosea 5:13; Hosea 9:3; Hosea 12:1.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 7:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephraim is - (become) like a silly dove “There is nothing more simple than a dove,” says the Eastern proverb. Simplicity is good or bad, not in i...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without (h) heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. (h) That is, without all judgment, as those that cannot...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:8 to Hosea 8:3 . Political Decay the Outward Sign of Israel's Moral Decay. The attempts to cure national ills and secure safety by forei...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here first blames Israel for foolish credulity, and compares them to a dove; for they had invited the Egyptians and sent to Assyria...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart - A bird tha...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephraim—is like a silly dove— Or, one which the fowler easily intercepts by his snares. Ephraim was deceived by the foolish counsels of those men,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. Ephraim also is like a silly dove - a bird proverbia...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Corruption of the Court In this chapter the tone again becomes despondent. How can Israel be saved when her iniquity is so deep, so glaring, so ob...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A silly dove ] As the dove flies helplessly one way and another, so Israel turns to one power after another, only eventually to make enemies of both...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Silly dove. — No creature is less able to defend itself than the dove, which flies from the bird of prey to the net of the fowler. In this powerful...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1. THE CONFUSION OF THE NATION Hosea 7:8-16 ; Hosea 8:1-3 Hosea begins by summing up the public aspect of Israel in two epigrams, short but of...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Iniquity Uncovered Hosea 7:1-16 The last clause of the previous chapter belongs to this. God desired to turn aside the captivity of His people...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The prophet then declared more particularly the true state of affairs. The divine desire to heal was frustrated by the pollution and the people's per...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here a continuation of the same subject, namely, the Lord's remonstrance with Israel. But I pray the Reader to observe, how many sweet and gr...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without heart ,.... Or understanding; which comes and picks up the corns of grain, which lie scattered about, and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. Ver. 11. Ephraim also is like a silly dove ] That may be...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart Which has neither courage to defend itself, nor cunning to prevent its falling into the snares that are...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of the People; Infatuation of Ephraim; Ephraim's Obstinate Rebellion; Ephraim's Hypocrisy....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephraim: see Hosea 7:1,8 . Is like a silly dove; a deceived dove, seduced by false prophets and idolatrous priests, whose weak arguments are s...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Ephraim is like a silly dove, Without understanding, They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.' Ephraim is depicted as a hapless, fluttering b...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephraim (Israel) Are Pictured As A Hapless Dove Fluttering Between Egypt And Assyria As They Endeavour To Avoid YHWH's Net ( Hosea 7:11-16 ). Ephr...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 7:11 . Dove ] A type of simplicity ( Matthew 10:16 ). Silly ] Simplicity. Without heart ] Lit, without understanding,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 7:1 . When I would have healed Israel, by Jehu's zeal for the Lord, then the idolatrous priests, like troops of robbers, gathered round him...
The Biblical Illustrator

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart. A silly dove The race of Ephraim is not extinct. Men are to this day very much like what they...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1-28 , the prophet reproves with much but d...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart, one which is too simple to notice the snare of the fowler. They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hypocrisy Rebuked
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 15:19 ; 2 Kings 17:3 ; 2 Kings 17:4 ; Ezekiel 23:4-8 ; Hosea 11:11 ; Hosea 12:1 ; Hosea 14:3 ; Hosea 4:11 ; Hosea 5:13 ; Hosea 8:8...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Like a silly dove — Ephraim is now become like the dove in weakness and fear, as well as in imprudence and liableness to be deceived. Without heart...

¹¹ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 7:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's 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

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

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