REPROOF OF ISRAEL. (Hos. 7:1-16) Probably delivered in the interreign and civil war at Pekah's death; for Hos 7:7, "all their kings . . . fallen," refers to the murder of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pek…
1Mientras curaba yo a Israel, se descubrió la iniquidad de Efraín, y las maldades de Samaria; porque hicieron engaño; y entra el ladrón, y el salteador despoja por fuera.
2Y no consideran en su corazón que tengo en memoria toda su maldad; ahora les rodearán sus obras; delante de mí están.
3Con su maldad alegran al rey, y a los príncipes con sus mentiras.
4Todos ellos son adúlteros; son como horno encendido por el hornero, que cesa de avivar el fuego después que está hecha la masa, hasta que se haya leudado.
5En el día de nuestro rey los príncipes lo hicieron enfermar con copas de vino; extendió su mano con los escarnecedores.
6Aplicaron su corazón, semejante a un horno, a sus artificios; toda la noche duerme su hornero; a la mañana está encendido como llama de fuego.
7Todos ellos arden como un horno, y devoraron a sus jueces; cayeron todos sus reyes; no hay entre ellos quien a mí clame.
8Efraín se ha mezclado con los demás pueblos; Efraín fue torta no volteada.
9Devoraron extraños su fuerza, y él no lo supo; y aun canas le han cubierto, y él no lo supo.
10Y la soberbia de Israel testificará contra él en su cara; y no se volvieron a Jehová su Dios, ni lo buscaron con todo esto.
11Efraín fue como paloma incauta, sin entendimiento; llamarán a Egipto, acudirán a Asiria.
12Cuando fueren, tenderé sobre ellos mi red; les haré caer como aves del cielo; les castigaré conforme a lo que se ha anunciado en sus congregaciones.
13¡Ay de ellos! porque se apartaron de mí; destrucción vendrá sobre ellos, porque contra mí se rebelaron; yo los redimí, y ellos hablaron mentiras contra mí.
14Y no clamaron a mí con su corazón cuando gritaban sobre sus camas; para el trigo y el mosto se congregaron, se rebelaron contra mí.
15Y aunque yo los enseñé y fortalecí sus brazos, contra mí pensaron mal.
16Volvieron, pero no al Altísimo; fueron como arco engañoso; cayeron sus príncipes a espada por la soberbia de su lengua; esto será su escarnio en la tierra de Egipto.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
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I. consider not in their hearts--literally "say not to," &c. (Psa 14:1).
consider not in their hearts--literally "say not to," &c. (Psa 14:1).
that I remember--and will punish.
their own doings have beset them about--as so many witnesses against them (Psa 9:16; Pro 5:22).
before my face-- (Psa 90:8).
II
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II. Their princes, instead of checking, "have pleasure in them that do" such crimes (Rom 1:32).
Their princes, instead of checking, "have pleasure in them that do" such crimes (Rom 1:32).
III
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III. who ceaseth from raising--rather, "heating" it, from an Arabic root, "to be hot." So the Septuagi…
who ceaseth from raising--rather, "heating" it, from an Arabic root, "to be hot." So the Septuagint. Their adulterous and idolatrous lust is inflamed as the oven of a baker who has it at such a heat that he ceaseth from heating it only from the time that he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened; he only needs to omit feeding it during the short period of the fermentation of the bread. Compare Pe2 2:14, "that cannot cease from sin" [HENDERSON].
IV
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IV. the day of our king--his birthday or day of inauguration.
the day of our king--his birthday or day of inauguration.
have made him sick--namely, the king. MAURER translates, "make themselves sick."
with bottles of wine--drinking not merely glasses, but bottles. MAURER translates, "Owing to the heat of wine."
he stretched out his hand with scorners--the gesture of revellers in holding out the cup and in drinking to one another's health. Scoffers were the king's boon companions.
V
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V. they have made ready--rather, "they make their heart approach," namely their king, in going to dr…
they have made ready--rather, "they make their heart approach," namely their king, in going to drink with him.
like an oven--following out the image in Hos 7:4. As it conceals the lighted fire all night while the baker sleeps but in the morning burns as a flaming fire, so they brood mischief in their hearts while conscience is lulled asleep, and their wicked designs wait only for a fair occasion to break forth [HORSLEY]. Their heart is the oven, their baker the ringleader of the plot. In Hos 7:7 their plots appear, namely, the intestine disturbances and murders of one king after another, after Jeroboam II.
VI
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VI. all hot--All burn with eagerness to cause universal disturbance (2Ki. 15:1-38).
all hot--All burn with eagerness to cause universal disturbance (2Ki. 15:1-38).
devoured their judges--magistrates; as the fire of the oven devours the fuel.
all their kings . . . fallen--See on Hos 7:1.
none . . . calleth unto me--Such is their perversity that amid all these national calamities, none seeks help from Me (Isa 9:13; Isa 64:7).
VII
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VII. mixed . . . among the people--by leagues with idolaters, and the adoption of their idolatrous pra…
mixed . . . among the people--by leagues with idolaters, and the adoption of their idolatrous practices (Hos 7:9, Hos 7:11; Psa 106:35).
Ephraim . . . cake not turned--a cake burnt on one side and unbaked on the other, and so uneatable; an image of the worthlessness of Ephraim. The Easterners bake their bread on the ground, covering it with embers (Kg1 19:6), and turning it every ten minutes, to bake it thoroughly without burning it.
VIII
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VIII. Strangers--foreigners: the Syrians and Assyrians (Kg2 13:7; Kg2 15:19-20; Kg2 17:3-6).
Strangers--foreigners: the Syrians and Assyrians (Kg2 13:7; Kg2 15:19-20; Kg2 17:3-6).
gray hairs--that is, symptoms of approaching national dissolution.
are here and there upon--literally, "are sprinkled on" him.
yet he knoweth not--Though old age ought to bring with it wisdom, he neither knows of his senile decay, nor has the true knowledge which leads to reformation.
IX
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IX. Repetition of Hos 5:5.
Repetition of Hos 5:5.
not return to . . . Lord . . . for all this--notwithstanding all their calamities (Isa 9:13).
X
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X. like a silly dove--a bird proverbial for simplicity: easily deceived.
like a silly dove--a bird proverbial for simplicity: easily deceived.
without heart--that is, understanding.
call to Egypt--Israel lying between the two great rival empires Egypt and Assyria, sought each by turns to help her against the other. As this prophecy was written in the reign of Hoshea, the allusion is probably to the alliance with So or Sabacho II (of which a record has been found on the clay cylindrical seals in Koyunjik), which ended in the overthrow of Hoshea and the deportation of Israel (Kg2 17:3-6). As the dove betrays its foolishness by fleeing in alarm from its nest only to fall into the net of the fowler, so Israel, though warned that foreign alliances would be their ruin, rushed into them.
XI
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XI. When they shall go--to seek aid from this or that foreign state.
When they shall go--to seek aid from this or that foreign state.
spread my net upon them--as on birds taken on the ground (Eze 12:13), as contrasted with "bringing them down" as the "fowls of the heavens," namely, by the use of missiles.
as their congregation hath heard--namely, by My prophets through whom I threatened "chastisement" (Hos 5:9; Kg2 17:13-18).
XII
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XII. fled--as birds from their nest (Pro 27:8; Isa 16:2).
fled--as birds from their nest (Pro 27:8; Isa 16:2).
me--who both could and would have healed them (Hos 7:1), had they applied to Me.
redeemed them--from Egypt and their other enemies (Mic 6:4).
lies-- (Psa 78:36; Jer 3:10). Pretending to be My worshippers, when they all the while worshipped idols (Hos 7:14; Hos 12:1); also defrauding Me of the glory of their deliverance, and ascribing it and their other blessings to idols [CALVIN].
XIII
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XIII. not cried unto me--but unto other gods [MAURER], (Job 35:9-10). Or, they did indeed cry unto Me, …
not cried unto me--but unto other gods [MAURER], (Job 35:9-10). Or, they did indeed cry unto Me, but not "with their heart": answering to "lies," Hos 7:13 (see on Hos 7:13).
when they howled upon their beds--sleepless with anxiety; image of deep affliction. Their cry is termed "howling," as it is the cry of anguish, not the cry of repentance and faith.
assemble . . . for corn, &c.--namely in the temples of their idols, to obtain from them a good harvest and vintage, instead of coming to Me, the true Giver of these (Hos 2:5, Hos 2:8, Hos 2:12), proving that their cry to God was "not with their heart."
rebel against me--literally, "withdraw themselves against Me," that is, not only withdraw from Me, but also rebel against Me.
XIV
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XIV. I . . . bound--when I saw their arms as it were relaxed with various disasters, I bound them so a…
I . . . bound--when I saw their arms as it were relaxed with various disasters, I bound them so as to strengthen their sinews; image from surgery [CALVIN]. MAURER translates, "I instructed them" to war (Psa 18:34; Psa 144:1), namely, under Jeroboam II (Kg2 14:25). GROTIUS explains, "Whether I chastised them (Margin) or strengthened their arms, they imagined mischief against Me." English Version is best.
XV
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XV. return, but not to the Most High--or, "to one who is not the Most High," one very different from …
return, but not to the Most High--or, "to one who is not the Most High," one very different from Him, a stock or a stone. So the Septuagint.
deceitful bow-- (Psa 78:57). A bow which, from its faulty construction, shoots wide of the mark. So Israel pretends to seek God, but turns aside to idols.
for the rage of their tongue--their boast of safety from Egyptian aid, and their "lies" (Hos 7:13), whereby they pretended to serve God, while worshipping idols; also their perverse defense for their idolatries and blasphemies against God and His prophets (Psa 73:9; Psa 120:2-3).
their derision in . . . Egypt--Their "fall" shall be the subject of "derision" to Egypt, to whom they had applied for help (Hos 9:3, Hos 9:6; Kg2 17:4).
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Hosea — Capítulo 7
REPROOF OF ISRAEL. (Hos. 7:1-16) Probably delivered in the interreign and civil war at Pekah's death; for Hos 7:7, "all their kings . . . fallen," refers to the murder of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pek…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Mientras curaba yo a Israel, se descubrió la iniquidad de Efraín, y las maldades de Samaria; porque hicieron engaño; y entra el ladrón, y el salteador despoja por fuera.
2Y no consideran en su corazón que tengo en memoria toda su maldad; ahora les rodearán sus obras; delante de mí están.
3Con su maldad alegran al rey, y a los príncipes con sus mentiras.
4Todos ellos son adúlteros; son como horno encendido por el hornero, que cesa de avivar el fuego después que está hecha la masa, hasta que se haya leudado.
5En el día de nuestro rey los príncipes lo hicieron enfermar con copas de vino; extendió su mano con los escarnecedores.
6Aplicaron su corazón, semejante a un horno, a sus artificios; toda la noche duerme su hornero; a la mañana está encendido como llama de fuego.
7Todos ellos arden como un horno, y devoraron a sus jueces; cayeron todos sus reyes; no hay entre ellos quien a mí clame.
8Efraín se ha mezclado con los demás pueblos; Efraín fue torta no volteada.
9Devoraron extraños su fuerza, y él no lo supo; y aun canas le han cubierto, y él no lo supo.
10Y la soberbia de Israel testificará contra él en su cara; y no se volvieron a Jehová su Dios, ni lo buscaron con todo esto.
11Efraín fue como paloma incauta, sin entendimiento; llamarán a Egipto, acudirán a Asiria.
12Cuando fueren, tenderé sobre ellos mi red; les haré caer como aves del cielo; les castigaré conforme a lo que se ha anunciado en sus congregaciones.
13¡Ay de ellos! porque se apartaron de mí; destrucción vendrá sobre ellos, porque contra mí se rebelaron; yo los redimí, y ellos hablaron mentiras contra mí.
14Y no clamaron a mí con su corazón cuando gritaban sobre sus camas; para el trigo y el mosto se congregaron, se rebelaron contra mí.
15Y aunque yo los enseñé y fortalecí sus brazos, contra mí pensaron mal.
16Volvieron, pero no al Altísimo; fueron como arco engañoso; cayeron sus príncipes a espada por la soberbia de su lengua; esto será su escarnio en la tierra de Egipto.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. consider not in their hearts--literally "say not to," &c. (Psa 14:1).
Versículo 3
II. Their princes, instead of checking, "have pleasure in them that do" such crimes (Rom 1:32).
Versículo 4
III. who ceaseth from raising--rather, "heating" it, from an Arabic root, "to be hot." So the Septuagi…
Versículo 5
IV. the day of our king--his birthday or day of inauguration.
Versículo 6
V. they have made ready--rather, "they make their heart approach," namely their king, in going to dr…
Versículo 7
VI. all hot--All burn with eagerness to cause universal disturbance (2Ki. 15:1-38).
Versículo 8
VII. mixed . . . among the people--by leagues with idolaters, and the adoption of their idolatrous pra…
Versículo 9
VIII. Strangers--foreigners: the Syrians and Assyrians (Kg2 13:7; Kg2 15:19-20; Kg2 17:3-6).
Versículo 10
IX. Repetition of Hos 5:5.
Versículo 11
X. like a silly dove--a bird proverbial for simplicity: easily deceived.
Versículo 12
XI. When they shall go--to seek aid from this or that foreign state.
Versículo 13
XII. fled--as birds from their nest (Pro 27:8; Isa 16:2).
Versículo 14
XIII. not cried unto me--but unto other gods [MAURER], (Job 35:9-10). Or, they did indeed cry unto Me, …
Versículo 15
XIV. I . . . bound--when I saw their arms as it were relaxed with various disasters, I bound them so a…
Versículo 16
XV. return, but not to the Most High--or, "to one who is not the Most High," one very different from …