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Hosea 13:9-16

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9 He destroys[a] you, O Israel, for you are against me, against 1your helper.
10 2Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers-- those of whom 3you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
11 4I gave you a king in my anger, and 5I took him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is 6bound up; his sin is 7kept in store.
13 8The pangs of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son, for at the right time he does not present himself 9at the opening of the womb.
14 10Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? 11Shall I redeem them from Death? 12O 13Death, where are your plagues? 14O 15Sheol, where is your sting? 16Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
15 Though 17he may flourish among his brothers, 18the east wind, the wind of the LORD, shall come, rising from the wilderness, 19and his fountain shall dry up; his spring shall be parched; it shall strip 20his treasury of every precious thing.
16 [b] Samaria 21shall bear her guilt, because 22she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; 23their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their 24pregnant women ripped open.
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Hosea 13:9-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 13

This chapter begins with observing the different state and condition of Ephraim before and after his idolatry, Ho 13:1; his increase in it, Ho 13:2; and therefore his prosperity was very short lived, which is signified by various metaphors, Ho 13:3; and his sins are aggravated by the former goodness of God unto him his great ingratitude unto God, and forgetfulness him, Ho 13:4-6; hence he is threatened with his wrath and vengeance in a very severe manner, Ho 13:7,8; for which he had none to blame but himself; yea, such was the grace and goodness of God to him, that though he had destroyed himself, yet there were help and salvation for him in him, Ho 13:9; though not in his king he had desired, and was given, and was took away in wrath, Ho 13:10,11; but his sin being bound up and hid, and he foolish and unwise, sharp corrections would be given him, Ho 13:12,13; and yet a gracious promise is made of redemption from death and the grave by the Messiah, Ho 13:14; but, notwithstanding this, and all his present prosperity, he would be blasted in his wealth and riches; and Samaria the metropolis of his country would he desolate; and the inhabitants of it be used in the most cruel manner, because of their rebellion against God, Ho 13:15,16.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

  • 1. [Deuteronomy 33:26]
  • 2. [Hosea 8:4; Hosea 10:3]
  • 3. 1 Samuel 8:5, 19
  • 4. [1 Samuel 8:22]
  • 5. [1 Samuel 15:23]
  • 6. Job 14:17
  • 7. Job 14:17
  • 8. Isaiah 13:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  • 9. [2 Kings 19:3]
  • 10. Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 26:19; Ezekiel 37:12
  • 11. Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 26:19; Ezekiel 37:12
  • 12. [1 Corinthians 15:55]
  • 13. [Ezekiel 14:21]
  • 14. [1 Corinthians 15:55]
  • 15. [Ezekiel 14:21]
  • 16. [Ezekiel 9:10]
  • 17. [Genesis 41:52]
  • 18. [Ezekiel 19:12; Jonah 4:8; Habakkuk 1:9]
  • 19. [Ezekiel 17:10]
  • 20. [Hosea 12:8]
  • 21. [Habakkuk 1:11]
  • 22. 2 Kings 18:12
  • 23. [Hosea 9:12; Hosea 10:14]
  • 24. [2 Kings 8:12; 2 Kings 15:16; Amos 1:13]

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