Hosea 8:9

gone up. Compare Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:11.

a. [as] a. wild ass. Compare Isaiah 1:3.

hired lovers. paid the love-fee. Comparing idolatry to whoredom. Compare Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 16:34. and see 2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 28:21.

Related Commentaries of Hosea 8:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For they are gone up to Assyria - The ground of this their captivity is that wherein they placed their hope of safety. They shall be presently sw...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For they are gone up to Assyria, a (g) wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. (g) They never cease, but run to and fro to seek help.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Unsanctified National Life. Man-made kings, like man-made gods (the calf of Samaria), are impotent; Israel sows the wind and shall reap th...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here again the Prophet derides all the labour the people had undertaken to exempt themselves from punishment. For though hypocrites dare not op...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. They are gone up to Assyria - For succor. A wild ass alone...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For they are gone up to Assyria— These verses are connected with that preceding, and are thus translated by Houbigant: Because they go to the Assy...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. For they are gone up to Assyria - referring to Menah...
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

Hired lovers ] with reference to the tribute paid to Tiglath-pileser by Menahem (cp. Hosea 7:9-11 ), and the attempts made by others to coquet with...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Gone up to Assyria . — The word thus translated is elsewhere used for “going up” to the sanctuary of the Lord. (See Note on Hosea 7:11 .) Wild ass...
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)

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

Here is a very striking passage in these words of the Lord, and is as suited to all ages as to the age of Israel. The Lord saith, that the great thin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For they are gone up to Assyria ,.... Or, "though they should go up to Assyria" g; to the king of Assyria, to gain his friendship, and enter into al...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. Ver. 9. For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of Israel; The Crimes of the People. B. C. 745....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The prophet gives now an account why Israel was so impoverished, and why they should be so severely punished, why so punished of God, and why so slig...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Israel is swallowed up. Now are they among the nations, As a vessel in which none delights. . For they are gone up to Assyria, A wild ass alone...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Because Israel Have Deserted YHWH And Looked To Others, (Both Nations And Gods), In Spite Of Having Received His Abundant Instruction, He Will Deser...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 8:9 . Assy- ] to gain friendship and alliance. Wild ass ] A comparison which shows their folly, not as a paramour burn...
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

A wild ass alone by himself. The Scripture figure of the wild ass What a figure of the untamed soul which refuses the easy yoke of the blessed...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter deals with the punishment of apostasy. Once more the sins of the northern kingdom are enumerated and its approaching fal...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Further Threat of Judgment
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For they are gone up to Assyria, their object being to gain the friendship of the powerful nation, a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired l...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 15:19 ; Ezekiel 16:33 ; Ezekiel 16:34 ; Ezekiel 23:5-9 ; Hosea 12:1 ; Hosea 2:10 ; Hosea 2:5-7 ; Hosea 5:13 ; Hosea 7:11 ; Isaiah 3...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gone up — Israel is like a wild ass. A wild ass — Stubborn, wild, untamed. Alone — Solitary, where is no path or tract; so they were in their capti...

⁹ For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.b

Related Commentaries of Hosea 8:9

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

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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