The Lord Will Punish Israel. Hosea 9:1-17
God’s Love for His Apostate People
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I cast thee off, Israel? Hos_11:8
II. THE DIVINE JUDGMENT AND MERCY, Hosea 4-14
5. The History of Israel’s Apostasies, Hos_9:10-17; Hos_10:1-15; Hos_11:1-12
THE LORD WILL PUNISH ISRAEL
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation as do the [pagan] peoples, For you have played the prostitute, turning away from your God. You have loved prostitutes’ earnings on every threshing floor [attributing the harvest to the Baals instead of to God].
Hos 9:2 The threshing floor and the wine press will no longer feed them, And the new wine will fail them [because they failed to honor the God who provides].
Hos 9:3 They will not remain in the land of the LORD, But Ephraim will return to [another] Egypt [in bondage] And they will eat [ceremonially] unclean food in Assyria. [2Ki_25:26; Eze_4:13]
Hos 9:4 They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the LORD; Their sacrifices will not please Him. Their bread will be like mourners’ bread [eaten at funerals]; All who eat it will be [ceremonially] unclean, For their bread will be for themselves; It will not enter the house of the LORD [to be consecrated].
Hos 9:5 What will you do on the day of the appointed festival And on the day of the feast of the LORD [when you are in exile]?
Hos 9:6 For behold, they will go away because of devastation and destruction; Egypt will gather them up, Memphis will bury them. Weeds will take over their treasures of silver; Thorns will grow in their tents.
Hos 9:7 The days of punishment have come; The days of retribution are at hand; Let Israel know this! The prophet is [considered] a fool; The man [of God] who is inspired is [treated as if] demented, Because of the abundance of your wickedness and guilt, And because your deep antagonism [toward God and the prophets] is so great. [Luk_21:22]
Hos 9:8 Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a [true] prophet [to warn the nation]; But the snare of a bird catcher was laid in all his paths. And there is only deep hostility in the house of his God (the land of Israel).
Hos 9:9 They have deeply corrupted (perverted) themselves As in the days of Gibeah. The LORD will remember their wickedness and guilt; He will punish their sins. [Judges 20]
Hos 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness [an unexpected and refreshing delight]; I saw your fathers (ancestors) as the first ripe fruit on the fig tree in its first season, But they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to shamefulness [the worship of Baal], And [because of their spiritual and physical adultery] they became as detestable and loathsome as the thing they loved.
Hos 9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird; No birth, no pregnancy, and [because of their impurity] no conception.
Hos 9:12 Even though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them until not one is left. Indeed, woe (judgment is coming) to them when I look away and withdraw [My blessing] from them!
Hos 9:13 Ephraim, as I have seen, Is planted in a pleasant [and prosperous] meadow like Tyre; But Ephraim will bring out his children to the executioner [for slaughter].
Hos 9:14 Give them [the punishment they deserve], O LORD! What will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Hos 9:15 All their wickedness [says the LORD] is focused in Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their [idolatrous] practices I will drive them out of My house (the land of Israel)! I will love them no longer; All their princes are rebels. [Hos_4:15; Hos_12:11]
Hos 9:16 Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, They will bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, I will slay the precious children of their womb.
Hos 9:17 My God will reject them and cast them away Because they did not listen to Him; And they will be wanderers (fugitives) among the nations.
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