Hosea 9:1 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 9:1

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

BSB

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ASV

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people - Literally, “rejoice not to exultation,” so as to bound and leap for joy (as in Job 3:22). The prophet seems to come across the people in the midst of their festivity and mirth, and arrests them abruptly stopping it, telling them, that had no cause for joy.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Though he may not openly put forth his hand, though he may not pursue us, we ought yet to anticipate his wrath; for it is the proper office of faith, not only to find out from present punishment that God is angry, but also to fear, on account of any prevailing vices, the punishment that is far distant.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

As other people - With feastings, triumphs, and sacrifices of thanksgiving. A reward - Such as is given by adulterers to lewd women; thou hast loved to see thy floor full, and hast said thy idols gave thee this plenty.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Other people were idolaters, but that sin was not, in them, going a whoring from God, as it was in Israel that had been married to him. Note, The sins of those who have made a profession of religion and relation to God are more provoking to him than the sins of others.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תִּשְׂמַ֨ח	tis.Mach	you rejoice	H8055 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀	Yis.ra.'El	O Israel	H3478 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
גִּיל֙	gil	rejoicing	H1524 →
כָּֽעַמִּ֔ים	ka.'a.Mim	like the peoples	H5971 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
זָנִ֖יתָ	za.Ni.ta	you have prostituted yourself	H2181 →
מֵעַ֣ל	me.'Al	from with	H5921 →
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
אָהַ֣בְתָּ	'a.Hav.ta	you have loved	H157 →
אֶתְנָ֔ן	'et.Nan	[the] hire of a prostitute	H868 →
עַ֖ל	'al	on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
גָּרְנ֥וֹת	ga.re.Not	threshing floors of	H1637 →
דָּגָֽן׃	da.Gan	grain	H1715 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 4:16
As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:1
  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6
  Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- Psalms 52:7
  “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Proverbs 25:14
  Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Through
Hosea 10:5
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into…
leads to
- Hosea 9:11
  Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
- 2 Kings 23:5
  Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who…
- Hosea 5:8
  Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
Through
Hosea 4:12
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:27
  say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Hosea

Where the connections lead

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Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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