Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 5:7
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7. treacherously —as to the marriage covenant ( Jeremiah 3:20 ). strange children —alluding to "children of whoredoms" ( Hosea 1:2 ; Hosea 2:4 ). "Strange" or foreign implies that their idolatry was imported from abroad [HENDERSON]. Or rather, "regarded by God as strangers, not His," as being reared in idolatry. The case is desperate, when not only the existing, but also the rising, generation is reared in apostasy. a month — a very brief space of time shall elapse, and then punishment shall overtake them ( Zechariah 11:8 ). The allusion seems to be to money loans, which were by the month, not as with us by the year. You cannot put it off; the time of your destruction is immediately and suddenly coming on you; just as the debtor must meet the creditor's demand at the expiration of the month. The prediction is of the invasion of Tiglath-pileser, who carried away Reuben, Gad, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh. portions —that is, possessions. Their resources and garrisons will not avail to save them. HENDERSON explains from Isaiah 57:6 , "portions" as their idols; the context favors this, "the Lord" the true " portion of His people" ( Isaiah 57:6- : ), being in antithesis to "their portions," the idols. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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