Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hosea 9:8

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hosea 9:8 - 9:8

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hosea 9:8 - 9:8

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:5 - 9:5
9:6 - 9:6
9:7 - 9:7
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:12 - 9:12
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:15 - 9:15
9:16 - 9:16
9:17 - 9:17

The watchman ... was with my God - The spiritual watchmen, the true prophets, formerly consulted my God (Jer 31:6; Hab 2:1); but their so-called prophet is a snare, entrapping Israel into idolatry.

hatred - rather, “(a cause of) apostasy” (see Hos 9:7) [Maurer].

house of his God - that is, the state of Ephraim, as in Hos 8:1 [Maurer]. Or, “the house of his (false) god,” the calves [Calvin]. Jehovah, “my God,” seems contrasted with “his God.” Calvin’s view is therefore preferable.