Chapter 10
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Cir
A.M. 3264. B.C. 740. is.
Isaiah 5:1-7 Ezekiel 15:1-5 Nahum 2:2 John 15:1-6
an empty vine
or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth. unto.
Zechariah 7:5,6 Romans 14:7,8 2 Corinthians 5:16 Philippians 2:21
to the multitude
2:8 8:4,11 12:8,11 13:2,6 Jeremiah 2:28
images
Heb. statues, or standing images.
Leviticus 26:1 1 Kings 14:23 *marg:
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Their heart is divided
or, He hath divided their heart.
7:8 1 Kings 18:21 Isaiah 44:18 Zephaniah 1:5 Matthew 6:24 Luke 16:13 2 Thessalonians 2:11,12 James 1:8 4:4 1 John 2:15 Revelation 3:15,16
break down
Heb. behead.
5-8 8:5,6 1 Samuel 5:4 Jeremiah 43:13 Micah 5:13 Zechariah 13:2
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
We have
7,15 3:4 11:5 13:11 Genesis 49:10 Micah 4:9 John 19:15
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
swearing
6:7 2 Kings 17:3,4 Ezekiel 17:13-19 Romans 1:31 2 Timothy 3:3
thus
Deuteronomy 29:18 Isaiah 5:7 59:13-15 Amos 5:7 6:12 Acts 8:23 Hebrews 12:15 Revelation 8:10,11
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
the calves
8:5,6 13:2 1 Kings 12:28-32 2 Kings 10:29 17:16 2 Chronicles 11:15 13:8
Beth-aven
for the people
Judges 18:24 Revelation 18:11-19
the priests
or, Chemarim.
2 Kings 23:5 *marg:; Zephaniah 1:4
for the glory
9:11 1 Samuel 4:21,22 Acts 19:27
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
carried
8:6 Isaiah 46:1,2 Jeremiah 43:12,13 Daniel 11:8
a present
receive
4:19 Isaiah 1:29 44:9-11 45:16 Jeremiah 2:26,27,36,37 3:24,25 48:13 Ezekiel 36:31
ashamed
11:6 Job 18:7 Isaiah 30:3 Jeremiah 7:24 Micah 6:16
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
Samaria
king
the water
Heb. the face of the waters.
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
high places
the sin
Deuteronomy 9:21 1 Kings 12:28-30 13:34 14:16 Amos 8:14 Micah 1:5,13
the thorn
their altars
1 Kings 13:2 2 Kings 23:15 2 Chronicles 31:1 34:5-7
they shall
Isaiah 2:19 Luke 23:30 Revelation 6:16 9:6
O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
from
9:9 Judges 19:22-30 20:5,13,14
the battle
did
Genesis 6:5 8:21 Zephaniah 3:6,7 Matthew 23:31,32
It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
in my
Deuteronomy 28:63 Isaiah 1:24 Jeremiah 15:6 Ezekiel 5:13 16:42
and the
8:1,10 Jeremiah 16:16 21:4 Ezekiel 16:37 23:9,46 Micah 4:10-13 Zechariah 14:2,3 Matthew 22:7
they, etc
or, I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or, in their two habitations.
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
an heifer
and loveth
2:5 3:1 9:1 Deuteronomy 25:4 Romans 16:18
but
her fair neck
Heb. the beauty of her neck. Judah.
2 Chronicles 28:5-8 Isaiah 28:24
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Sow
8:7 Psalms 126:5,6 Proverbs 11:18 18:21 Ecclesiastes 11:6 Isaiah 32:20 James 3:18
break
time
Psalms 105:4 Isaiah 31:1 55:6 Jeremiah 29:12-14 50:4 Amos 5:4,6,8,15 Zephaniah 2:1-3 Luke 13:24
rain
6:3 Psalms 72:6 Isaiah 5:6 30:23 44:3 45:8 Ezekiel 34:26 Acts 2:18 1 Corinthians 3:6,7
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
plowed
8:7 Job 4:8 Proverbs 22:8 Galatians 6:7,8
eaten
Proverbs 1:31 12:19 18:20,21 19:5
didst
in the
Psalms 33:16 Ecclesiastes 9:11
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
shall a
13:16 Isaiah 22:1-4 33:14 Amos 3:8 9:5
and all
2 Kings 17:16 18:9,10 Jeremiah 48:41 Nahum 3:12 Habakkuk 1:10
as
the mother
13:16 Genesis 32:11 Isaiah 13:16-18 Jeremiah 13:14 Nahum 3:10
So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
shall Beth-el
your great wickedness
Heb. the evil of your evil.