The next three verses (5-7) describe the severe chastisement Israel incurred by ingratitude for, and contempt of, the Divine love.
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Hosea 11:5-7
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Matthew Henry on Hosea 11:1-7Hosea 11:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryWhen Israel were weak and helpless as children, foolish and froward as children, then God loved them; he bore them as the nurse does the sucking child, nourished them, and suffered their manners. All who are grown up, o…God's Goodness to Israel; The Ingratitude of Israel; God's Displeasure with Israel. (b. c. 730.)Hosea 11:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleGOD'S GOODNESS TO ISRAEL; THE INGRATITUDE OF ISRAEL; GOD'S DISPLEASURE WITH ISRAEL. (B. C. 730.) Here we find, I. God very gracious to Israel. They were a people for whom he had done more than for any people under heave…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:1-7Hosea 11:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryA typical portrait of a people. "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:1-12Hosea 11:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION In Hosea 11:1-4 Jehovah enumerates the benefits conferred on Israel all along from the time of their departure out of Egypt. But parallel with this enumeration runs the history of Israel's ingratitude.The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:5Hosea 11:5 · The Pulpit CommentaryHe shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. These words sound like an announcement that the season of Divine grace, so long extended to that sin-laden…The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:5-12Hosea 11:5-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe ingratitude of Israel and its punishment. Both are remarkably manifested in these verses. After all God's loving-kindness they refuse to turn to God. I. THEIR PERVERSENESS. History repeats itself. This is true eccle…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Hosea 11:1-7When Israel were weak and helpless as children, foolish and froward as children, then God loved them; he bore them as the nurse does the sucking child, nourished them, and suffered their manners. All who are grown up, o…Matthew HenrycommentaryGod's Goodness to Israel; The Ingratitude of Israel; God's Displeasure with Israel. (b. c. 730.)GOD'S GOODNESS TO ISRAEL; THE INGRATITUDE OF ISRAEL; GOD'S DISPLEASURE WITH ISRAEL. (B. C. 730.) Here we find, I. God very gracious to Israel. They were a people for whom he had done more than for any people under heave…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:1-7A typical portrait of a people. "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:1-12EXPOSITION In Hosea 11:1-4 Jehovah enumerates the benefits conferred on Israel all along from the time of their departure out of Egypt. But parallel with this enumeration runs the history of Israel's ingratitude.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:5-7Fatal courses. So the wise man teaches, "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 16:25). We have here— I. ISRAEL'S BANE. They insisted on thinking their own way…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. These words sound like an announcement that the season of Divine grace, so long extended to that sin-laden…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:5-12The ingratitude of Israel and its punishment. Both are remarkably manifested in these verses. After all God's loving-kindness they refuse to turn to God. I. THEIR PERVERSENESS. History repeats itself. This is true eccle…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 11:5-7The Divine goodness despised. Ephraim had acted as if the mercy of God were unconditional; and he persistently contravened the one condition, via repentance, upon which alone that favor could be continued. He was thus g…Joseph S. Exell and contributors