You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men, You have plowed wickednessThe imagery of plowing suggests preparation and cultivation, but here it is used negatively. In Hebrew, the word for "plowed" (חרש, charash) implies deliberate action. The Israelites have actively engaged in wickedness, preparing their hearts and actions for sin rather than righteousness. This phrase calls to mind the agricultural society of ancient Israel, where plowing was a common activity. Spiritually, it suggests that just as a farmer prepares the soil for planting, the people have prepared their lives for iniquity. you have reaped injustice
Reaping is the natural consequence of what has been sown. The Hebrew word for "reaped" (קצר, qatsar) indicates the act of gathering what has been cultivated. The Israelites' actions have led to a harvest of injustice, a direct result of their initial sowing of wickedness. This reflects the biblical principle of sowing and reaping found throughout Scripture, emphasizing that actions have consequences. The term "injustice" (עולה, avlah) underscores the moral corruption and unfairness that have become prevalent in society. you have eaten the fruit of lies
Eating the fruit signifies partaking in the results of one's actions. The "fruit of lies" suggests deception and falsehoods that have been embraced and internalized. In Hebrew, "lies" (שקר, sheker) conveys falsehood and deceit. This phrase indicates that the Israelites have not only been deceived but have also willingly consumed and accepted these lies, leading to spiritual malnourishment and decay. It serves as a warning against the dangers of living in falsehood and the importance of seeking truth. Because you have trusted in your own way
Trusting in one's own way implies self-reliance and pride. The Hebrew word for "trusted" (בטח, batach) denotes confidence and security. The Israelites have placed their confidence in their own wisdom and methods rather than in God. This self-reliance is a recurring theme in the Bible, often leading to downfall. It highlights the danger of forsaking divine guidance in favor of human understanding, which is limited and flawed. and in the multitude of your mighty men
The phrase "multitude of your mighty men" refers to reliance on military strength and human power. In Hebrew, "mighty men" (גבור, gibbor) are warriors or strong men. The Israelites have placed their trust in their armies and military capabilities instead of in God. This reflects a common biblical theme where reliance on human strength is contrasted with reliance on God. It serves as a reminder that true security and victory come from the Lord, not from human might or numbers. Persons / Places / Events 1. HoseaA prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the 8th century BC, 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 turned away from God, engaging in idolatry and forming alliances with foreign nations instead of trusting in the Lord. 3. Injustice and LiesThe consequences of Israel's actions, representing the moral and spiritual decay resulting from their departure from God's ways. 4. Mighty MenRefers to the military strength and alliances that Israel relied upon instead of trusting in God for protection and provision. 5. WickednessThe sinful behaviors and idolatry that Israel engaged in, which led to their downfall and judgment. Teaching Points The Consequences of SinJust as Israel reaped injustice from their wickedness, we too will face consequences when we turn away from God's ways. It's crucial to recognize the long-term impact of our actions. The Deception of Self-RelianceTrusting in our own strength and understanding can lead us away from God. We must learn to depend on Him rather than our abilities or resources. The Importance of TruthEating the fruit of lies signifies the destructive power of deception. We must seek and uphold truth in our lives to avoid spiritual decay. The Call to RepentanceHosea's message is a call to return to God. We are invited to examine our lives, repent of our sins, and realign our trust in the Lord. The Role of Faith in God's ProvisionInstead of relying on human strength, we are encouraged to have faith in God's provision and protection, trusting that He is sufficient for all our needs. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the principle of sowing and reaping in Hosea 10:13 apply to your personal life and decisions today? 2. In what areas of your life are you tempted to rely on your own strength or understanding instead of trusting in God? 3. How can you actively seek truth in your daily life to avoid the deception that leads to spiritual decay? 4. Reflect on a time when you faced consequences for trusting in your own way. What did you learn from that experience? 5. How can the message of Hosea 10:13 encourage you to repent and realign your trust in God, especially in challenging situations? Connections to Other Scriptures Galatians 6:7-8This passage speaks to the principle of sowing and reaping, emphasizing that those who sow to please their sinful nature will reap destruction, while those who sow to please the Spirit will reap eternal life. Proverbs 3:5-6Highlights the importance of trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not leaning on your own understanding, contrasting with Israel's reliance on their own way and strength. Jeremiah 17:5-8Discusses the curse of trusting in man and the blessing of trusting in the Lord, paralleling Israel's misplaced trust in their own strength and alliances. People Hosea, Jacob, Jareb, ShalmanPlaces Assyria, Aven, Beth-arbel, Beth-aven, Bethel, Gibeah, Gilgal, SamariaTopics Abundance, Chariots, Confide, Deceit, Deception, Depended, Eaten, Evil, Faith, Fruit, Got, Hast, Iniquity, Injustice, Lies, Lying, Mighty, Multitude, Numerous, Perversity, Ploughed, Ploughing, Plowed, Reaped, Sin, Store, Strength, Trust, Trusted, War, Warriors, WickednessDictionary of Bible Themes Hosea 10:13 8021 faith, nature of
8331 reliability
8804 pride, examples Hosea 10:12-13 4510 sowing and reaping
8160 seeking God Hosea 10:13-14 5316 fortress
5813 conceit
8032 trust, lack of
8224 dependence 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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