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Hosea 13:5-15

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5 I 1cared for you in the wilderness, 2In the land of drought.
6 As they had their pasture, they became 3satisfied, And being satisfied, their 4heart became proud; Therefore * they 5forgot Me.
7 So I will be 6like a lion to them; Like a 7leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside.
8 I will encounter them 8like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests *; There I will also 9devour them like a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them.
9 It is your destruction, O Israel, That you are 10against Me, against your 11help.
10 Where now is your 12king That he may save you in all your cities, And your 13judges of whom you requested, "Give me a king and princes "?
11 I 14gave you a king in My anger And 15took him away in My wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is 16stored up.
13 The pains of 17childbirth come upon him; He is 18not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should 19delay at the opening * of the womb.
14 Shall I 20ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? 21O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? 22Compassion will be hidden from My sight.
15 Though he 23flourishes among the reeds, An 24east wind will come, The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will 25become dry And his spring will be dried up; It will 26plunder his treasury of every precious article.
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Hosea 13:5-15 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 26

  • 1. Deuteronomy 2:7; Deuteronomy 32:10
  • 2. Deuteronomy 8:15
  • 3. Deuteronomy 8:12, 14; Deuteronomy 32:13-15; Jeremiah 5:7
  • 4. Hosea 7:14
  • 5. Hosea 2:13; Hosea 4:6; Hosea 8:14
  • 6. Lamentations 3:10; Hosea 5:14
  • 7. Jeremiah 5:6
  • 8. 2 Samuel 17:8
  • 9. Psalms 50:22
  • 10. Jeremiah 2:17, 19; Malachi 1:12, 13
  • 11. Deuteronomy 33:26, 29
  • 12. 2 Kings 17:4; Hosea 8:4
  • 13. 1 Samuel 8:5, 6
  • 14. 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:17-24
  • 15. 1 Samuel 15:26; 1 Kings 14:7-10; Hosea 10:7
  • 16. Deuteronomy 32:34, 35; Job 14:17; Romans 2:5
  • 17. Isaiah 13:8; Micah 4:9, 10
  • 18. Deuteronomy 32:6; Hosea 5:4
  • 19. Isaiah 37:3; Isaiah 66:9
  • 20. Psalms 49:15; Ezekiel 37:12, 13
  • 21. 1 Corinthians 15:55
  • 22. Jeremiah 20:16; Jeremiah 31:35-37
  • 23. Genesis 49:22; Hosea 10:1
  • 24. Genesis 41:6; Jeremiah 4:11, 12; Ezekiel 17:10; Ezekiel 19:12
  • 25. Jeremiah 51:36
  • 26. Jeremiah 20:5

Footnotes 8

  • [a]. Or "knew"
  • [b]. Or "watch"
  • [c]. Lit "the enclosure of their heart"
  • [d]. Or "But in Me is your help"
  • [e]. Lit "said"
  • [f]. Lit "it is the time that he should not tarry at the breaking forth of children"
  • [g]. Lit "hand"
  • [h]. Or "brothers"
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