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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: If God can make his people follow him when he roars like a lion, how we ought to follow him. who is the Lamb of God, that takes our sins upon him! Hos_11:10. When he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. When God puts on the lion’s form, and his grave, majestic voice...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall walk after the LORD: It is a great blessing when men begin to seek the Lord whom they formerly shunned. This proves that there has been wrought in them a complete change of heart. Hos_11:10. He shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. God’s terrible voice often makes men tremble, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt,.... They shall come from thence with fear and trembling; which may allude to the trembling of birds at the roaring of a lion, or to the trembling motion of their wings in flying; and denotes the swiftness of the motion of the Israelites and Jews to Christ, and to his church and people, and to their own...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD. Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. This exposition consisted of readings from Hosea 11, , 14.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: They shall come on hasty wings, trembling along, to find a shelter.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD. Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: It is a dreadful thing when men go to God and, as it were, make a ring round about him, and compass him about with falsehood and with lies. Many profess to worship God when they are not worshipping at all. Their bodies...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD. Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. There are still some left to serve Jehovah; there is a remnant...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit,.... Here properly we should begin a new chapter, as many interpreters and commentators do; for the prophet, or the Lord by him, in Hosea 11:11, having finished his predictions concerning the call and conversion of the Israelites, and their return to their land, here begins...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. And it was to the honour of Judah that it was so. When others are false, then is the time for God’s servants to be true. If you held your tongue before, speak out for truth and God in the day when God is compassed about with deceit.