Hosea 8:1, Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.
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Hosea 8
Hosea 8 — Overview
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Hosea 8 — OverviewHosea 8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter, as that before, divides itself into the sins and
punishments of Israel; every verse almost declares both, and all to
bring them to repentance. When they saw the malignant nature of their
sin, in…Hosea 8 — OverviewHosea 8 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter treats of the sins and punishment of Israel for them, as the preceding; it is threatened and proclaimed that an enemy should come swiftly against them, because of their transgression of the covenant and law…Hosea 8:1-7Hosea 8:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe reproofs and threatenings here are introduced with an order to the
prophet to set the trumpet to his mouth (v. 1), thus to call a solemn
assembly, that all might take notice of what he had to deliver and take…Hosea 8:1Hosea 8:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe exclamation in this verse, A trumpet to thy mouth, supersedes the necessity of supplying a verb. The alarm of war or of hostile invasion is to be sounded by the prophet at the command of Jehovah. TheHosea 8:1-3Hosea 8:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryMinisterial faithfulness.
The prophet is represented as a messenger with alarming tidings, or sentinel at his post to give warning of the enemy's approach, or rather as a herald commissioned to declare war. Earthly…Hosea 8:1-4Hosea 8:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryA trumpet-blast of judgment.
In this passage the announcement of Israel's doom is still more direct than it has hitherto been. Up to this point the prophet's message has been principally one of complaint, with…
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