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Hosea 9:1-9

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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. 2. The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. 3. They shall not dwell in the LORD’S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean [things] in Assyria. 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. 5. What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? 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. 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. 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. 9. They have deeply corrupted [themselves], as in the days of Gibeah: [therefore] he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

Hosea 9:1-9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 9:1

Theological / Devotional

Rejoice not. The first half of this chapter, vs. 1-9, presents a warning against any feeling of false security arising from a period of temporary prosperity. Israel under Jeroboam II was prosperous (see on ch. 2:8), and after the departure of Tiglath-pileser III, king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:19; see on 1 Chron. 5:26), the land had peace under Menahem. Until Tiglath-pileser invaded Israel even Pekah was somewhat strong, for in his alliance with Rezin of Syria he was an object of fear to Judah (2 Kings 16:5, 6). Loved a reward. This explains the reason for their joy. The blessings of the harvest were considered to be the rewards for their idol worship (see Jer. 44:17, 18). Little wonder that Hosea refers to these blessings as the hire of a harlot, and not as evidences of the Lord’s favor!

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