Amos 1:2; Amos 3:4; Amos 3:8; Hosea 5:14; Isaiah 42:13; Jeremiah 5:6; Lamentations 3:10
I will be unto them as a lion - They had waxen fat, were full; yet it was, to become themselves a prey. Their wealth which they were proud of, wh...
Hosea 13:1-16 (= Heb. Hosea 13:1 to Hosea 14:1 ). Facilis descensus Averno. Israel has persistently lapsed into the Baal-worship and idolatr...
as. lion. App-92. Compare Hosea 5:14 . as. leopard. Compare Jeremiah 5:6 by the way. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Sept...
The Prophet denounces again on the Israelites the vengeance of God; and as they were become torpid through their own flatteries, as we have alr...
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them : I will be unto them as a lion - שחל shachal is supposed to me...
As a leopard, &c.— As a leopard in the way to the Assyrians. Houbigant.
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: Therefore I will be unto them as a lion - ( Hosea 5:14...
Israel's Idolatry and its Consequences The main thought of this c., which is a continuation of the last (cp. Hosea 12:9 ; Hosea 13:4 ), is the f...
I will be ... — More correctly, have become ... as a panther in the way do I lie in wait. The idea of this and the following verses is that of a...
THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvati...
to Oppose God Is Destruction Hosea 13:1-14 Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt...
In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading...
Turning from this main line of the divine message, we now examine the prophet's interpolations. These set forth the history of Israel indicating thei...
I do not presume to interpret those verses as with an eye to mercy only; no doubt they contain under several similitudes, tokens of the Lord's heavy...
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD’S ANGER ‘I will be unto them as a lion.’ Hosea 13:7 I. Apostasy from Jehovah, which appears here also as Israel’s chief...
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion , Because of their idolatry, ingratitude, luxury, and especially their forgetfulness of God, which is last m...
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]: Ver. 7. Therefore will I be unto them as a lion, as a leop...
According to their pasture , &c. As I was their shepherd, and provided pasture for them, so they were fully fed; they had an abundant plenty of...
Ingratitude of Israel. B. C. 722. 5...
Therefore; since they have so abused my gifts by luxury, pride, and atheistical forgetfulness of me, of what I had done for them, what I deserved a...
Because Ephraim Have Offended So Deeply, And Have Rejected Their Deliverer, Judgment Upon Them Is Inevitable ( Hosea 13:1-16 ). The crimes of Isra...
‘Therefore am I to them as a lion, As a leopard will I watch by the way, I will meet them as a bear which is bereaved of her whelps, And will rend...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 13:5 . Know ] i.e. cared for them, and loved them as his own ( Psalms 144:3 ; Amos 3:2 ). Hosea 13:6 .] A reproo...
Hosea was full of complaints against the people of God; for, in his day, they had very sadly wandered from the Lord. They had even forgotten him. In...
Hosea 13:1 . When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; When we are little in our own esteem, when we are full of fears concern...
Hosea 13:2 . Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. The readings vary here. The LXX, “You must sacrifice men, for there are no more calves.”...
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. Wilderness-knowledge God knows His people where nobody else will take any noti...
EXPOSITION The first eight verses of this chapter form the premises from which the prophet, in the ninth verse, draws the conclusion that the co...
God's Benefits Scorned by Israel
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard by the way will I observe them, lurking by the path ready to pounce upon his victims;
Observe them — Watch for them, that I might be sure to take them.
7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: