Hosea 11:10
in Hosea 11They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
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ASV
They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.
KJV
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
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This verse in Hosea 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThey shall walk after the Lord - They shall discern the operations of his providence, when, He shall roar like a lion - When he shall utter his majestic voice, Cyrus shall make his decree. The people shall tremble - be in a state of commotion; every one hurrying to avail himself of the opportunity to return to his own land.
This site's exposition
he shall roar like a lion
on Hosea 11:10-12
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion turns the lion figure from threat to summons, the same roar that elsewhere announces judgment (Amos 1:2, 3:8) here calling the children home trembling as a bird out of Egypt and a dove out of Assyria, the two lands of exile named as the two directions the gathering will come from. The chapter closes with Ephraim's lies and Israel's deceit set against Judah, who yet ruleth with God and is faithful with the saints, the bench reading this not as flattery of Judah's own conduct elsewhere condemned but as a comparative statement standing at this point in the record.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"After the Lord they shall walk: He shall roar like a lion: for He shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear, and shall fly away like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord."
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The word of the Lord (so says the Chaldee) shall be as a lion that roars. Christ is called the lion of the tribe of Judah, and his gospel, in the beginning of it, was the voice of one crying in the wilderness. When Christ cried with a loud voice it was as when a lion roared, Rev. x.
Like a lion - The word of the Lord, so saith the Chaldee, shall roar as a lion. Christ is called, The lion of the tribe of Judah: and when he cried with a loud voice, it was as when a lion roared. The voice of the gospel was heard far, as the roaring of a lion; and it was a mighty voice.
They shall walk after the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
he shall roar like a lion--by awful judgments on their foes (Isa 31:4; Joe 3:16), calling His dispersed "children" from the various lands of their dispersion. shall tremble--shall flock in eager agitation of haste. from the west-- (Zec 8:7).
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
They shall walk after the Lord - Not only would God not destroy them all, but a remnant of them should “walk after the Lord,” i. e., they shall believe in Christ. The Jews of old understood this of Christ. One of them saith , “this pointeth to the time of their redemption.” And another , “Although I will withdraw from the midst of them My divine presence for their iniquity, and remove them out of their own land, yet shall there be a long time in which they shall seek after the Lord and find Him.” This is what Hosea has said before, that they should “abide many days without a king and without a prince, and without a sacrifice; afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king” Hos 3:4-5. : “Whereas now they “fled from” God, and “walked after other gods after the imagination of their evil hearts, after their own devices” Hos 7:13; Jer 7:9; Jer 3:17; Jer 18:12, then he promises, they shall “walk after God the Lord,” following the will, the mind, the commandments, the example of Almighty God. As God says of David, He “kept My commandments, and walked after Me with all his heart” 1Ki 14:8; and Micah foretells that “many nations shall say, we will walk in His paths” Mic 4:2. They shall “follow after” Him, whose infinite perfections none can reach; yet they shall “follow after,” never standing still, but reaching on to that which is unattainable by His grace, attaining the more by imitating what is inimitable, and stopping short of no perfection, until, in His presence, they be perfected in Him. He shall roar like a lion - Christ is called “the Lion of the tribe of Judah” Rev 5:5. His “roaring” is His loud call to repentance, by Himself and by His Apostles. The voice of God to sinners, although full of love, must be full of awe too. […]
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
He shall roar like a lion He will yet roar to them like a lion that they leave the exile and follow Him.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַחֲרֵ֧י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יֵלְכ֖וּ | yelekhu | they will walk | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה | kearyeh | like a lion | H738 → | |
| יִשְׁאָ֑ג | yishag | he will roar | H7580 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| ה֣וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יִשְׁאַ֔ג | yishag | he will roar | H7580 → | |
| וְיֶחֶרְד֥וּ | veyecherdu | and they may tremble | H2729 → | |
| בָנִ֖ים | vanim | children | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מִיָּֽם׃ | miyam | from [the] west | H3220 → | 396 times |
אַחֲרֵ֧יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יֵלְכ֖וּthey will walk
yelekhuH1980 →1546 times
כְּאַרְיֵ֣הlike a lion
kearyehH738 →
יִשְׁאָ֑גhe will roar
yishagH7580 →
כִּֽי־if
ki-H3588 →4482 times
ה֣וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
יִשְׁאַ֔גhe will roar
yishagH7580 →
וְיֶחֶרְד֥וּand they may tremble
veyecherduH2729 →
בָנִ֖יםchildren
vanimH1121 →4930 times
מִיָּֽם׃from [the] west
miyamH3220 →396 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joel 3:16The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
it leads to
- Isaiah 42:13
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Amos 1:2
He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joel 2:10–11
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- Jeremiah 25:30–31
So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly…
- Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Isaiah 42:13
Through
Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
it leads to
- Joel 3:16
The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joel 3:16
Through
Isaiah 31:4For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not…
it leads to
- Amos 3:8
The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
- Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
- Amos 3:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 11:10-11; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.