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Hosea 9:1 open_in_new
people. peoples.
gone. whoring: i.e. gone into idolatry. See note on Hosea 1:2.
a reward. a love-fee. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:18, "hire"). App-92.
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Hosea 9:2 open_in_new
floor. threshing-floor.
winepress. wine fat. Hebrew. yekeb, the wine receptacle; not gath, the winepress. See note on Isaiah 5:2.
new wine. Hebrew. tirosh. App-27. Not same as Hosea 9:4.
her.. special various reading called Sevir (App-34), with some codices, one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, give "them"; some give "with her" in margin
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Hosea 9:3 open_in_new
return to Egypt. See Hosea 8:13; Hosea 11:5. Compare Ezekiel 4:13.
in Assyria. See 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 11:11.
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Hosea 9:4 open_in_new
wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27. Not same as in Hosea 9:2.
bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food.
of mourners. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 26:14.Numbers 19:14; Numbers 19:14). App-92. Hebrew. 'aven.. Homonym. See note on "Benjamin", Genesis 35:18.
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Hosea 9:6 open_in_new
because of. from.
Egypt. [yet] Egypt. Compare Hosea 7:16.
shall gather them up. shall rake them out [for manure, or for burning]; not for burial in their own land; this would be 'asaph. But here it is kabaz. (Jeremiah 8:2.Ezekiel 29:5.)
Memphis. The capital of Lower Egypt (near Cairo). Now Mitrahumy. also called Noph.
tabernacles. tents. Hebrew. 'ohel (App-40.); "tents" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the place where their tents were pitched.
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Hosea 9:7 open_in_new
The days of visitation are come. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34). App-92. Compare Luke 19:44; Luke 21:22.
recompence. retribution.
know [it]. discover [her wickedness, when she said].
spiritual man. man of the Spirit: i.e. God's prophet, who is defined as. man in whom the Spirit of God was.
for the multitude, &c.. for great is thine iniquity, great is thine enmity.
iniquity. distortion. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.
hatred. provocation.
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Hosea 9:8 open_in_new
The watchman. Note the series of contrasts, what Ephraim had been, and what Ephraim had now become, which commences here; with remarks following each. See Hosea 9:10 and Hosea 9:13; Hosea 10:1; Hosea 10:9; Hosea 11:1; Hosea 13:1.
watchman. Used of. true prophet in Isaiah 21:6-11.Jeremiah 6:17; Jeremiah 31:6; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:7.
was. Render: "Ephraim [was so], e.g. in Joshua's days.
my God: i.e. Hosea's God.
but. [but now].
the prophet: i.e. Ephraim.
is. is become.
his God. In contrast with Hosea's God.
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Hosea 9:9 open_in_new
the days of Gibeah. See Hosea 10:9. This implies. common knowledge of the history of Judges 19:15, &c.
therefore. Some codices, with three early printed editions (one Rabbinic, marg), read "now will He", &c.
He: i.e. Jehovah. App-4. He will visit. Some codices read "that He may visit". Compare Hosea 8:13.
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Hosea 9:10 open_in_new
I found, &c. Another contrast. See Hosea 9:8.
they went, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 25:3). The history was well known, or this reference to it would be useless. App-92.
Baal-peor. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 25:3.Deuteronomy 4:3; Deuteronomy 4:3). Elsewhere only in Psalms 106:28. Compare Joshua 22:17.
that shame. that shameful thing: the 'Asherah and its worship. See App-42.
their, &c. Supply the Ellipsis, and render: "became an abomination like their paramour".
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Hosea 9:11 open_in_new
from the birth, &c.. no birth, none with child, no conception.
conception. This particular word herayon occurs only here, and Ruth 4:13. A similar word (Hebrew. haron) in Genesis 3:16.
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Hosea 9:12 open_in_new
Though they bring up, &c Not "inappropriate after Hosea 9:11 ", but is part of the contrast commenced there.
children. sons.
will. bereave them. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:22.Deuteronomy 28:41; Deuteronomy 28:62).
when. depart from them. when. take command from them. Hebrew. sur, as in Hosea 8:4, and Hosea 12:3 (see notes there). Not the same word as "withdraw" in Hosea 5:6, which is halaz.
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Hosea 9:13 open_in_new
as. saw Tyrus. Another contrast. See note on Hosea 9:8. The verse does not "defy explanation".
as. according as.
Tyrus. See Isaiah 23.Ezekiel 26; Ezekiel 27; Ezekiel 28.
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Hosea 9:15 open_in_new
wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
Gilgal. Compare Hosea 4:15; Hosea 12:11. The place where Jehovah was rejected, and man's king set up; and where, on account of his impatience and disobedience Saul got his first message of his rejection (1 Samuel 13:4-15), and his second (1 Samuel 15:12-33). See note on Hosea 4:15.
I hated them. have. come to hate them.
for the wickedness, &c. Compare Hosea 1:6.
their princes are revolters. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. sareyhem. sorerim. It may be Englished by "their rulers are unruly". Compare Isaiah 1:23, where the same words are used.
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Hosea 9:17 open_in_new
they shall be wanderers, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 28:65).