The prophet reproves the Israelites for their sacrifices and rejoicings on their corn-floors, by which they ascribed to idols, as the heathen did, the praise of all their plenty, Hos 9:1. For which reason they are thr…
1No te alegres, oh Israel, hasta saltar de gozo como los pueblos, pues has fornicado apartándote de tu Dios; amaste salario de ramera en todas las eras de trigo.
2La era y el lagar no los mantendrán, y les fallará el mosto.
3No quedarán en la tierra de Jehová, sino que volverá Efraín a Egipto y a Asiria, donde comerán vianda inmunda.
4No harán libaciones a Jehová, ni sus sacrificios le serán gratos; como pan de enlutados les serán a ellos; todos los que coman de él serán inmundos. Será, pues, el pan de ellos para sí mismos; ese pan no entrará en la casa de Jehová.
5¿Qué haréis en el día de la solemnidad, y en el día de la fiesta de Jehová?
6Porque he aquí se fueron ellos a causa de la destrucción. Egipto los recogerá, Menfis los enterrará. La ortiga conquistará lo deseable de su plata, y espino crecerá en sus moradas.
7Vinieron los días del castigo, vinieron los días de la retribución; e Israel lo conocerá. Necio es el profeta, insensato es el varón de espíritu, a causa de la multitud de tu maldad, y grande odio.
8Atalaya es Efraín para con mi Dios; el profeta es lazo de cazador en todos sus caminos, odio en la casa de su Dios.
9Llegaron hasta lo más bajo en su corrupción, como en los días de Gabaa; ahora se acordará de su iniquidad, castigará su pecado.
10Como uvas en el desierto hallé a Israel; como la fruta temprana de la higuera en su principio vi a vuestros padres. Ellos acudieron a Baal-peor, se apartaron para vergüenza, y se hicieron abominables como aquello que amaron.
11La gloria de Efraín volará cual ave, de modo que no habrá nacimientos, ni embarazos, ni concepciones.
12Y si llegaren a grandes sus hijos, los quitaré de entre los hombres, porque ¡ay de ellos también, cuando de ellos me aparte!
13Efraín, según veo, es semejante a Tiro, situado en lugar delicioso; pero Efraín sacará sus hijos a la matanza.
14Dales, oh Jehová, lo que les has de dar; dales matriz que aborte, y pechos enjutos.
15Toda la maldad de ellos fue en Gilgal; allí, pues, les tomé aversión; por la perversidad de sus obras los echaré de mi casa; no los amaré más; todos sus príncipes son desleales.
16Efraín fue herido, su raíz está seca, no dará más fruto; aunque engendren, yo mataré lo deseable de su vientre.
17Mi Dios los desechará, porque ellos no le oyeron; y andarán errantes entre las naciones.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
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Versículo 1
I. Rejoice not - Do not imitate the heathens, nor serve their idols. Do not prostitute thy soul and …
Rejoice not - Do not imitate the heathens, nor serve their idols. Do not prostitute thy soul and body in practicing their impurities. Hitherto thou hast acted as a common harlot, who goes even to the common threshing places; connects herself with the meanest, in order to get a hire even of the grain there threshed out.
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II. But Ephraim shall return to Egypt - See on Hos 8:12 (note).
But Ephraim shall return to Egypt - See on Hos 8:12 (note).
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III. As the bread of mourners - By the law, a dead body, and every thing that related to it, the house…
As the bread of mourners - By the law, a dead body, and every thing that related to it, the house where it lay, and the persons who touched it, were all polluted and unclean, and whatever they touched was considered as defiled. See Deu 26:14; Num 19:11, Num 19:13, Num 19:14.
For their bread for their soul - The bread for the common support of life shall not be sanctified to them by having the first-fruits presented at the temple.
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IV. What will ye do in the solemn day - When ye shall be despoiled of every thing by the Assyrians; f…
What will ye do in the solemn day - When ye shall be despoiled of every thing by the Assyrians; for the Israelites who remained in the land after its subjection to the Assyrians did worship the true God, and offer unto him the sacrifices appointed by the law, though in an imperfect and schismatic manner; and it was a great mortification to them to be deprived of their religious festivals in a land of strangers. See Calmet.
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V. For, lo, they are gone - Many of them fled to Egypt to avoid the destruction; but they went there…
For, lo, they are gone - Many of them fled to Egypt to avoid the destruction; but they went there only to die.
Memphis - Now Cairo, or Kahira, found them graves.
The pleasant places for their silver - The fine estates or villas which they had purchased by their money, being now neglected and uninhabited, are covered with nettles; and even in their tabernacles, thorns and brambles of different kinds grow. These are the fullest marks of utter desolation.
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VI. The days of visitation - Of punishment are come.
The days of visitation - Of punishment are come.
The prophet is a fool - Who has pretended to foretell, on Divine authority, peace and plenty; for behold all is desolation.
The spiritual man - איש הרוח ish haruach, the man of spirit, who was ever pretending to be under a Divine afflatus.
Is mad - He is now enraged to see every thing falling out contrary to his prediction.
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Versículo 8
VII. The watchman of Ephraim - The true prophet, was with - faithful to, God.
The watchman of Ephraim - The true prophet, was with - faithful to, God.
The prophet - The false prophet is the snare of a fowler; is continually deceiving the people, and leading them into snares, and infusing into their hearts deep hatred against God and his worship.
VIII
Versículo 9
VIII. They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah - This relates to that shocking r…
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah - This relates to that shocking rape and murder of the Levite's wife, mentioned Jdg 19:16, etc.
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Versículo 10
IX. I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness - While they were faithful, they were as acceptable …
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness - While they were faithful, they were as acceptable to me as ripe grapes would be to a thirsty traveler in the desert.
I saw your fathers - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Samuel, etc.
As the first ripe - Those grapes, whose bud having come first, and being exposed most to the sun, have been the first ripe upon the tree; which tree was now in the vigor of youth, and bore fruit for the first time. A metaphor of the rising prosperity of the Jewish state.
But they went to Baal-Peor - The same as the Roman Priapus, and worshipped with the most impure rites.
And their abominations were according as they loved - Or, "they became as abominable as the object of their love." So Bp. Newcome. And this was superlatively abominable.
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X. Their glory shall fly away - It shall suddenly spring away from them, and return no more.
Their glory shall fly away - It shall suddenly spring away from them, and return no more.
From the birth - "So that there shall be no birth, no carrying in the womb, no conception." - Newcome. They shall cease to glory in their numbers; for no children shall be born, no woman shall be pregnant, for none shall conceive. Here judgment blasts the very germs of population.
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XI. Though they bring up their children - And were they even to have children, I would bereave them o…
Though they bring up their children - And were they even to have children, I would bereave them of them; for, when I depart from them, they shall have all manner of wretchedness and wo.
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Versículo 13
XII. Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus - Tyre was strongly situated on a rock in the sea; Samaria was on a mount…
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus - Tyre was strongly situated on a rock in the sea; Samaria was on a mountain, both strong and pleasant. But the strength and beauty of those cities shall not save them from destruction.
Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer - The people shall be destroyed, or led into captivity by the Assyrians. Of the grandeur, wealth, power, etc., of Tyre, see the notes on Ezekiel 27 (note) and Ezekiel 28 (note).
XIII
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XIII. Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? - There is an uncommon beauty in these words. The prophet…
Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? - There is an uncommon beauty in these words. The prophet, seeing the evils that were likely to fall upon his countrymen, begins to make intercession for them; but when he had formed the first part of his petition, "Give them, O Lord!" the prophetic light discovered to him that the petition would not be answered and that God was about to give them something widely different. Then changing his petition, which the Divine Spirit had interrupted, by signifying that he must not proceed in his request, he asks the question, then, "What wilt thou give them?" and the answer is, "Give them a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts." And this he is commanded to announce. It is probable that the Israelites had prided themselves in the fruitfulness of their families, and the numerous population of their country. God now tells them that this shall be no more; their wives shall be barren, and their land cursed.
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Versículo 15
XIV. All their wickedness is in Gilgal - Though we are not directly informed of the fact, yet we have …
All their wickedness is in Gilgal - Though we are not directly informed of the fact, yet we have reason to believe they had been guilty of some scandalous practices of idolatry in Gilgal See Hos 4:15.
For there I hated them - And therefore he determined, "for the wickedness of their doings, to drive them out of his house," so that they should cease to be a part of the heavenly family, either as sons or servants; for he would "love them no more," and bear with them no longer.
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XV. Ephraim is smitten - The thing being determined, it is considered as already done.
Ephraim is smitten - The thing being determined, it is considered as already done.
Their root is dried up - They shall never more be a kingdom. And they never had any political form from their captivity by the Assyrians to the present day.
Yea, though they bring forth - See the note on Hos 9:11-12 (note).
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Versículo 17
16. My God will cast them away - Here the prophet seems to apologize for the severity of these denunc…
My God will cast them away - Here the prophet seems to apologize for the severity of these denunciations; and to vindicate the Divine justice, from which they proceeded. It is: -
Because they did not hearken unto him - That "my God," the fountain of mercy and kindness, "will cast them away."
And they shall be wanderers among the nations - And where they have wandered to, who can tell? and in what nations to be found, no man knows. Wanderers they are; and perhaps even now unknown to themselves. Some have thought they have found them in one country; some, in another; and a very pious writer, in a book entitled, The Star in the West, thinks he has found their descendants in the American Indians; among whom he has discovered many customs, apparently the same with those of the ancient Jews, and commanded in the Law. He even thinks that the word Je-ho-vah is found in their solemn festal cry, Ye-ho-wa-he. If they be this long lost people, they are utterly unknown to themselves; their origin being lost in a very remote antiquity.
Antiguo Testamento
Hosea — Capítulo 9
The prophet reproves the Israelites for their sacrifices and rejoicings on their corn-floors, by which they ascribed to idols, as the heathen did, the praise of all their plenty, Hos 9:1. For which reason they are thr…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1No te alegres, oh Israel, hasta saltar de gozo como los pueblos, pues has fornicado apartándote de tu Dios; amaste salario de ramera en todas las eras de trigo.
2La era y el lagar no los mantendrán, y les fallará el mosto.
3No quedarán en la tierra de Jehová, sino que volverá Efraín a Egipto y a Asiria, donde comerán vianda inmunda.
4No harán libaciones a Jehová, ni sus sacrificios le serán gratos; como pan de enlutados les serán a ellos; todos los que coman de él serán inmundos. Será, pues, el pan de ellos para sí mismos; ese pan no entrará en la casa de Jehová.
5¿Qué haréis en el día de la solemnidad, y en el día de la fiesta de Jehová?
6Porque he aquí se fueron ellos a causa de la destrucción. Egipto los recogerá, Menfis los enterrará. La ortiga conquistará lo deseable de su plata, y espino crecerá en sus moradas.
7Vinieron los días del castigo, vinieron los días de la retribución; e Israel lo conocerá. Necio es el profeta, insensato es el varón de espíritu, a causa de la multitud de tu maldad, y grande odio.
8Atalaya es Efraín para con mi Dios; el profeta es lazo de cazador en todos sus caminos, odio en la casa de su Dios.
9Llegaron hasta lo más bajo en su corrupción, como en los días de Gabaa; ahora se acordará de su iniquidad, castigará su pecado.
10Como uvas en el desierto hallé a Israel; como la fruta temprana de la higuera en su principio vi a vuestros padres. Ellos acudieron a Baal-peor, se apartaron para vergüenza, y se hicieron abominables como aquello que amaron.
11La gloria de Efraín volará cual ave, de modo que no habrá nacimientos, ni embarazos, ni concepciones.
12Y si llegaren a grandes sus hijos, los quitaré de entre los hombres, porque ¡ay de ellos también, cuando de ellos me aparte!
13Efraín, según veo, es semejante a Tiro, situado en lugar delicioso; pero Efraín sacará sus hijos a la matanza.
14Dales, oh Jehová, lo que les has de dar; dales matriz que aborte, y pechos enjutos.
15Toda la maldad de ellos fue en Gilgal; allí, pues, les tomé aversión; por la perversidad de sus obras los echaré de mi casa; no los amaré más; todos sus príncipes son desleales.
16Efraín fue herido, su raíz está seca, no dará más fruto; aunque engendren, yo mataré lo deseable de su vientre.
17Mi Dios los desechará, porque ellos no le oyeron; y andarán errantes entre las naciones.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 1
I. Rejoice not - Do not imitate the heathens, nor serve their idols. Do not prostitute thy soul and …
Versículo 3
II. But Ephraim shall return to Egypt - See on Hos 8:12 (note).
Versículo 4
III. As the bread of mourners - By the law, a dead body, and every thing that related to it, the house…
Versículo 5
IV. What will ye do in the solemn day - When ye shall be despoiled of every thing by the Assyrians; f…
Versículo 6
V. For, lo, they are gone - Many of them fled to Egypt to avoid the destruction; but they went there…
Versículo 7
VI. The days of visitation - Of punishment are come.
Versículo 8
VII. The watchman of Ephraim - The true prophet, was with - faithful to, God.
Versículo 9
VIII. They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah - This relates to that shocking r…
Versículo 10
IX. I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness - While they were faithful, they were as acceptable …
Versículo 11
X. Their glory shall fly away - It shall suddenly spring away from them, and return no more.
Versículo 12
XI. Though they bring up their children - And were they even to have children, I would bereave them o…
Versículo 13
XII. Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus - Tyre was strongly situated on a rock in the sea; Samaria was on a mount…
Versículo 14
XIII. Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? - There is an uncommon beauty in these words. The prophet…
Versículo 15
XIV. All their wickedness is in Gilgal - Though we are not directly informed of the fact, yet we have …
Versículo 16
XV. Ephraim is smitten - The thing being determined, it is considered as already done.
Versículo 17
16. My God will cast them away - Here the prophet seems to apologize for the severity of these denunc…