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Hosea 13:8-16

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8 I will encounter them 1like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests *; There I will also 2devour them like a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them.
9 It is your destruction, O Israel, That you are 3against Me, against your 4help.
10 Where now is your 5king That he may save you in all your cities, And your 6judges of whom you requested, "Give me a king and princes "?
11 I 7gave you a king in My anger And 8took him away in My wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is 9stored up.
13 The pains of 10childbirth come upon him; He is 11not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should 12delay at the opening * of the womb.
14 Shall I 13ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? 14O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? 15Compassion will be hidden from My sight.
15 Though he 16flourishes among the reeds, An 17east wind will come, The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will 18become dry And his spring will be dried up; It will 19plunder his treasury of every precious article.
16 Samaria will be held 20guilty, For she has 21rebelled against her God. 22They will fall by the 23sword, Their little ones will be 24dashed in pieces, And their pregnant 25women will be ripped open.
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Hosea 13:8-16 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 25

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

Footnotes 7

  • [a]. Lit "the enclosure of their heart"
  • [b]. Or "But in Me is your help"
  • [c]. Lit "said"
  • [d]. Lit "it is the time that he should not tarry at the breaking forth of children"
  • [e]. Lit "hand"
  • [f]. Or "brothers"
  • [g]. Ch 14:1 in Heb
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