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Hosea 9

Introduction

1  The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins.
Verse 1

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
Rejoice
10:5, Isaiah 17:11, 22:12, Lamentations 4:21, Ezekiel 21:10, Amos 6:6,7,13, 8:10, James 4:16, 5:1
as
Ezekiel 16:47,48, 20:32, Amos 3:2
gone
4:12, 5:4,7
thou hast loved
2:12, Jeremiah 44:17
upon
or, in, etc.
Verse 2

The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
floor
2:9,12, Isaiah 24:7-12, Joel 1:3-7,9-13, Amos 4:6-9,5-11, Micah 6:13-16, Haggai 1:9, 2:16
winepress
or, winefat.
Verse 3

They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
shall not
Leviticus 18:28, 20:22, Deuteronomy 4:26, 28:63, Joshua 23:15, 1 Kings 9:7, Micah 2:10
the Lord's
Leviticus 25:23, Jeremiah 2:7, 16:18
but
6, 8:13, 11:5, Deuteronomy 28:68, Isaiah 11:15,16
"Not into Egypt itself, but into another bondage as bad as that
&" and.
Ezekiel 4:13, Daniel 1:8, Acts 10:14
in Assyria
11:11, 2 Kings 17:6
Verse 4

They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
shall not
3:4, Joel 1:13, 2:14
neither
8:13, Isaiah 1:11-15, 57:6, 66:3, Jeremiah 6:20, Amos 4:4,5, 5:22, Malachi 1:9,10
as
Numbers 19:11, Deuteronomy 26:14, Nehemiah 8:9-12, Ezekiel 24:17,22, Malachi 2:13
their bread
Exodus 40:23, Leviticus 17:11, 21:6,8,17,21, Numbers 4:7, 28:2, Amos 8:11,12, John 6:51
Verse 5

What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
what
Isaiah 10:3, Jeremiah 5:31
in
2:11, Joel 1:13
Verse 6

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
they
Deuteronomy 28:63,64, 1 Samuel 13:6, 2 Kings 13:7
destruction
Heb. spoil.
7:13
Egypt
3, 7:16, 8:13, 11:11, Isaiah 11:11, 27:12, Zechariah 10:10,11
the pleasant places for their silver, nettles
or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle shall, etc. Heb. the desire of.
10:8, Psalms 107:34, Proverbs 24:31, Isaiah 5:6, 7:23, 32:13, 34:13
Verse 7

The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
days of visitation
Isaiah 10:3, Jeremiah 10:15, 11:23, 46:21, Ezekiel 7:2-7, 12:22-28, Amos 8:2, Micah 7:4, Zephaniah 1:14-18, Luke 21:22, Revelation 16:19
Israel
Isaiah 26:11, Ezekiel 25:17, 38:23
the prophet
8, Jeremiah 6:14, 8:11, 23:16,17, Lamentations 2:14, Ezekiel 13:3,10, Micah 2:11, Zephaniah 3:4, Zechariah 11:15-17
spiritual man
Heb. man of the spirit. mad.
2 Kings 9:11, Jeremiah 29:26, Mark 3:21, Acts 26:24,25, 2 Corinthians 5:13
the multitude
Ezekiel 14:9,10, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
Verse 8

The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
watchman
Song of Solomon 3:3, Isaiah 62:6, Jeremiah 6:17, 31:6, Ezekiel 3:17, 33:7, Micah 7:4, Hebrews 13:17
with
1 Kings 17:1, 18:1,36-39, 22:28, 2 Kings 2:14,21, 3:15-20, 4:1-7,33-37,41, 2 Kings 4:43, 5:14,27, 6:17,18, 7:2,19, 13:21
but
5:1, 1 Kings 18:19, 22:6,11,22, Jeremiah 6:14, 14:13, Lamentations 2:14, 4:13
in the
or, against the.
John 15:24, Romans 3:7
Verse 9

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
deeply
Isaiah 24:5, 31:6
Gibeah
10:9, Judges 19:22-30, 20:1-21
therefore
8:13
Verse 10

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
found
11:1, Exodus 19:4-6, Deuteronomy 32:10, Jeremiah 2:2,3, 31:2
grapes
2:15, Numbers 13:23,24, Isaiah 28:4, Micah 7:1
but
Numbers 25:3-18, Deuteronomy 4:3, Psalms 106:28
separated
4:14, Judges 6:32, 1 Kings 16:31, Jeremiah 11:13, Romans 6:21
and their
Numbers 15:39, Deuteronomy 32:17, Psalms 81:12, Jeremiah 5:31, Ezekiel 20:8, Amos 4:5
Verse 11

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
their
Genesis 41:52, 48:16-20, 49:22, Deuteronomy 33:17, Job 18:5,18,19
from the birth
Psalms 58:8, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Amos 1:13
from the womb
14, Deuteronomy 28:18,57, Luke 23:29
Verse 12

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
yet
13,16, Deuteronomy 28:32,41,42, 32:25, Job 27:14, Jeremiah 15:7, 16:3,4, Lamentations 2:20
not
Numbers 26:65, Judges 4:16
woe
5,6, 7:13, Deuteronomy 31:17, 1 Samuel 16:14, 28:15,16, 2 Kings 17:18,23
Verse 13

Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
as
Ezekiel 26:1-28
shall
16, 10:14, 13:8,16, 2 Kings 15:16, Jeremiah 9:21, Amos 7:17
Verse 14

Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
what
13,16, Matthew 24:19, Mark 13:17, Luke 21:23, 23:29, 1 Corinthians 7:26
a miscarrying womb
Heb. a womb that casteth the fruit.
Job 21:10
Verse 15

All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
is in
4:15, 12:11, Joshua 4:19-24, 5:2-9, 10:43, 1 Samuel 7:16, Amos 4:4, 5:5, Micah 6:5
I hated
Leviticus 26:30, Ezekiel 23:18, Zechariah 11:8
I will drive
3,17, 1:6,9, 3:4, 1 Kings 9:7-9, 2 Kings 17:17-20, Psalms 78:60, Jeremiah 3:8, 11:15, Jeremiah 33:24-26, Amos 5:27
all
5:1,2, Isaiah 1:23, Jeremiah 5:5, Ezekiel 22:27, Micah 3:11, Zephaniah 3:3, Acts 4:5-7,27, Acts 5:21
Verse 16

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
their root
11-13, Job 18:16, Isaiah 5:24, 40:24, Malachi 4:1
the beloved fruit
Heb. the desires.
Ezekiel 24:21
Verse 17

My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
My God
2 Chronicles 18:13, Nehemiah 5:19, Psalms 31:14, Isaiah 7:13, Micah 7:7, John 20:17,28, Philippians 4:19
because
7:13, 1 Kings 14:15,16, 2 Kings 17:14-20, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 81:11-13, Proverbs 29:1, Isaiah 48:18, Jeremiah 25:3,4, 26:4-6, 35:15-17, Zechariah 1:4, 7:11-14, Acts 3:23
and
Deuteronomy 28:64,65, 32:26, Amos 8:2, 9:9, John 7:35, James 1:1

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