I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression. When I pleaseThis phrase underscores the sovereignty of God. The Hebrew root here is "אָפֵק" (afek), which conveys the idea of God's timing and will. It emphasizes that God's actions are not arbitrary but are executed according to His divine plan and purpose. In the historical context, this reflects God's control over the events of Israel's history, reminding us that He is the ultimate authority over all nations and their destinies. I will discipline them
The Hebrew word for "discipline" is "יָסַר" (yasar), which can mean to chasten or correct. This is not merely punitive but is intended for correction and restoration. In the biblical narrative, God's discipline is an expression of His love and desire for His people to return to righteousness. It is a reminder that God's discipline is a form of grace, aiming to bring His people back into a covenant relationship with Him. and nations will be gathered against them
This phrase indicates the means by which God will execute His discipline. The gathering of nations against Israel is historically seen in the invasions by Assyria and Babylon. The Hebrew root "קָבַץ" (qavats) for "gathered" suggests a purposeful assembly, orchestrated by God. This serves as a warning of the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness and a call to repentance, highlighting the seriousness of turning away from God. to bind them
The imagery of binding suggests captivity and subjugation. The Hebrew "אָסַר" (asar) implies being tied or restricted, often used in the context of prisoners. This reflects the historical reality of Israel's exile, a direct result of their disobedience. Spiritually, it symbolizes the bondage of sin and the need for liberation through repentance and divine intervention. in their double sin
The phrase "double sin" refers to the compounded nature of Israel's transgressions. The Hebrew "עָוֹן" (avon) for "sin" often denotes iniquity or guilt. The "double" aspect suggests repeated or intensified sinfulness, possibly referring to both idolatry and social injustice. This highlights the depth of Israel's rebellion and the need for sincere repentance. It serves as a cautionary tale for believers to examine their own lives for areas of persistent sin and to seek God's forgiveness and transformation. Persons / Places / Events 1. HoseaA prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Hosea's ministry focused on calling Israel to repentance and warning of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness to God. 2. IsraelThe Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, which had fallen into idolatry and moral decay, prompting God's judgment. 3. NationsRefers to the foreign powers that God would use as instruments of judgment against Israel, such as Assyria. 4. Double IniquityThis term highlights the compounded sins of Israel, including idolatry and social injustice, which warranted divine discipline. 5. DisciplineGod's corrective action intended to bring Israel back to righteousness and covenant faithfulness. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty in DisciplineGod exercises His authority to discipline His people at His discretion, emphasizing His control over nations and events. The Consequences of SinIsrael's "double iniquity" serves as a warning about the seriousness of sin and its inevitable consequences. The Purpose of Divine DisciplineGod's discipline is not merely punitive but redemptive, aiming to restore His people to a right relationship with Him. The Role of Nations in God's PlanGod can use even foreign nations to accomplish His purposes, demonstrating His power over all creation. Call to RepentanceThe passage serves as a call to examine our own lives for areas of unfaithfulness and to seek repentance and restoration. Bible Study Questions 1. How does understanding God's sovereignty in discipline affect your view of current events in your life or the world? 2. In what ways can the concept of "double iniquity" be seen in today's society, and how should Christians respond? 3. How can we discern when God is using difficult circumstances as a form of discipline in our lives? 4. What steps can you take to ensure that you are living in obedience to God, avoiding the pitfalls of Israel's disobedience? 5. How can the principles of divine discipline and repentance in Hosea 10:10 be applied to strengthen your personal relationship with God? Connections to Other Scriptures Deuteronomy 28This chapter outlines the blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience, providing a backdrop for understanding the consequences Israel faced in Hosea. Amos 3:2Emphasizes that God disciplines those He has chosen, reinforcing the idea of divine correction seen in Hosea. Hebrews 12:6Discusses God's discipline as an act of love, which can be related to the purpose of God's actions in Hosea. People Hosea, Jacob, Jareb, ShalmanPlaces Assyria, Aven, Beth-arbel, Beth-aven, Bethel, Gibeah, Gilgal, SamariaTopics Assembled, Bind, Bonds, Bound, Chastise, Chastised, Desire, Double, Furrows, Gathered, Guilt, Iniquities, Iniquity, Nations, Peoples, Pleasure, Punish, Punishment, Reward, Rings, Sin, Sins, Themselves, Transgressions, Wayward, YokedDictionary of Bible Themes Hosea 10:8 4520 thorns
5067 suicide
5225 barrenness
7241 Jerusalem, significance
7442 shrine Hosea 10:5-8 7233 Israel, northern kingdom Library 'Fruit which is Death'
'Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2. Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: He shall break down their altars, He shall spoil their images. 3. For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us? 4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureA Divided Heart
I intend, however, to take the text this morning specially with reference to our individual condition. We shall look at the separate individual heart of each man. If divisions in the great main body--if separation among the distinct classes of that body should each promote disasters, how much more disastrous must be a division in that better kingdom--the heart of man. If there be civil tumult in the town of Mansoul, even when no enemy attacks its walls, it will be in a sufficiently dangerous position. …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859 How to Promote a Revival.
Text.--Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.--Hosea x. 12. THE Jews were a nation of farmers, and it is therefore a common thing in the Scriptures to refer for illustrations to their occupation, and to the scenes with which farmers and shepherds are familiar. The prophet Hosea addresses them as a nation of backsliders, and reproves them for their idolatry, and threatens them with the judgments of God. I have showed you in my first …
Charles Grandison Finney—Lectures on Revivals of Religion The Books of the Old Testament as a Whole. 1 the Province of Particular Introduction is to Consider the Books of the Bible Separately...
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AS A WHOLE. 1. The province of Particular Introduction is to consider the books of the Bible separately, in respect to their authorship, date, contents, and the place which each of them holds in the system of divine truth. Here it is above all things important that we begin with the idea of the unity of divine revelation--that all the parts of the Bible constitute a gloriously perfect whole, of which God and not man is the author. No amount of study devoted …
E. P. Barrows—Companion to the Bible Arbel. Shezor. Tarnegola the Upper.
"Arbel a city of Galilee."--There is mention of it in Hosea 10:14. But there are authors which do very differently interpret that place, viz. the Chaldee paraphrast, R. Solomon, Kimchi: consult them. It was between Zippor and Tiberias. Hence Nittai the Arbelite, who was president with Josua Ben Perahiah. The valley of Arbel is mentioned by the Talmudists. So also "The Arbelite Bushel." "Near Zephath in Upper Galilee was a town named Shezor, whence was R. Simeon Shezori: there he was buried. There …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Letter Xli to Thomas of St. Omer, after He had Broken his Promise of Adopting a Change of Life.
To Thomas of St. Omer, After He Had Broken His Promise of Adopting a Change of Life. He urges him to leave his studies and enter religion, and sets before him the miserable end of Thomas of Beverley. To his dearly beloved son, Thomas, Brother Bernard, called Abbot of Clairvaux, that he may walk in the fear of the Lord. 1. You do well in acknowledging the debt of your promise, and in not denying your guilt in deferring its performance. But I beg you not to think simply of what you promised, but to …
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux Of Love to God
I proceed to the second general branch of the text. The persons interested in this privilege. They are lovers of God. "All things work together for good, to them that love God." Despisers and haters of God have no lot or part in this privilege. It is children's bread, it belongs only to them that love God. Because love is the very heart and spirit of religion, I shall the more fully treat upon this; and for the further discussion of it, let us notice these five things concerning love to God. 1. The …
Thomas Watson—A Divine Cordial The Prophet Hosea.
GENERAL PRELIMINARY REMARKS. That the kingdom of Israel was the object of the prophet's ministry is so evident, that upon this point all are, and cannot but be, agreed. But there is a difference of opinion as to whether the prophet was a fellow-countryman of those to whom he preached, or was called by God out of the kingdom of Judah. The latter has been asserted with great confidence by Maurer, among others, in his Observ. in Hos., in the Commentat. Theol. ii. i. p. 293. But the arguments …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament The Worst Things Work for Good to the Godly
DO not mistake me, I do not say that of their own nature the worst things are good, for they are a fruit of the curse; but though they are naturally evil, yet the wise overruling hand of God disposing and sanctifying them, they are morally good. As the elements, though of contrary qualities, yet God has so tempered them, that they all work in a harmonious manner for the good of the universe. Or as in a watch, the wheels seem to move contrary one to another, but all carry on the motions of the watch: …
Thomas Watson—A Divine Cordial How Christ is the Way in General, "I am the Way. "
We come now to speak more particularly to the words; and, first, Of his being a way. Our design being to point at the way of use-making of Christ in all our necessities, straits, and difficulties which are in our way to heaven; and particularly to point out the way how believers should make use of Christ in all their particular exigencies; and so live by faith in him, walk in him, grow up in him, advance and march forward toward glory in him. It will not be amiss to speak of this fulness of Christ …
John Brown (of Wamphray)—Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life The Barren Fig-Tree;
OR, THE DOOM AND DOWNFALL OF THE FRUITLESS PROFESSOR: SHOWING, THAT THE DAY OF GRACE MAY BE PAST WITH HIM LONG BEFORE HIS LIFE IS ENDED; THE SIGNS ALSO BY WHICH SUCH MISERABLE MORTALS MAY BE KNOWN. BY JOHN BUNYAN 'Who being dead, yet speaketh.'--Hebrews 11:4 London: Printed for J. Robinson, at the Golden Lion, in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1688. This Title has a broad Black Border. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. This solemn, searching, awful treatise, was published by Bunyan in 1682; but does not appear …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Directions to Awakened Sinners.
Acts ix. 6. Acts ix. 6. And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do. THESE are the words of Saul, who also is called Paul, (Acts xiii. 9,) when he was stricken to the ground as he was going to Damascus; and any one who had looked upon him in his present circumstances and knew nothing more of him than that view, in comparison with his past life, could have given, would have imagined him one of the most miserable creatures that ever lived upon earth, and would have expected …
Philip Doddridge—Practical Discourses on Regeneration "There is Therefore Now no Condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who Walk not after the Flesh, but after the Spirit. "
Rom. viii. 1.--"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." There are three things which concur to make man miserable,--sin, condemnation, and affliction. Every one may observe that "man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward," that his days here are few and evil. He possesses "months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed" for him. Job v. 6, 7, vii. 3. He "is of few days and full of trouble," Job xiv. …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hosea
The book of Hosea divides naturally into two parts: i.-iii. and iv.-xiv., the former relatively clear and connected, the latter unusually disjointed and obscure. The difference is so unmistakable that i.-iii. have usually been assigned to the period before the death of Jeroboam II, and iv.-xiv. to the anarchic period which succeeded. Certainly Hosea's prophetic career began before the end of Jeroboam's reign, as he predicts the fall of the reigning dynasty, i. 4, which practically ended with Jeroboam's …
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