Hosea 9:1-2 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for you have gone a whoring from your God… The doctrine of this chapter relates to a time wherein Israel flourished much by reason of outward plenty, victories, and confederacies with their neighbours; and therefore did harden and please themselves in their sins, whatever the prophets said to the contrary. Therefore the whole chapter contains a large description of the miseries that were to come upon them for their sins, which may be branched out in four parts. 1. There is a description of the desolation to come upon them, to silence their presumptuous and carnal joy; wherein he declareth they had no cause to be insolent, thinking to prosper in sin as other nations, seeing their sin (idolatry) was more heinous than the sins of other people. 2. This desolation is declared to be near, whereby, the Lord would discover the folly of their false prophets, and their sin in procuring such at God's hands who. whatever they pretended to, were but snares to the people and causes of God's anger. 3. They are charged with the sins, of their fathers, whom they imitated, hereby provoking God to call them to an account, particularly with ingrate forsaking of God, for which they are threatened that God would cut them off without hope of prosperity and abandon them, 4. Their superstition and idolatry, wherein their princes had chief hand, is again laid to their charge; for which they are threatened with God's anger, and rejection; and exile, and with cutting them off root and branch. Such despisers of God's Word should be rejected, and made to wander in exile. (George Hutcheson.) Parallel Verses KJV: Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. |
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