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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Hosea 11 This chapter gives an account of the free and ancient love of God to Israel, and of the benefits and blessings of goodness he bestowed upon them; and of their ingratitude in not owning them, nor hearkening to his prophets, but sacrificing and burning incense to idols, Hosea 11:1; wherefore they are threatened with disappointment of relief from Egypt, with captivity into...
John Gill
[As] they called them, so they went from them,.... That is, the prophets of the Lord, the true prophets, called Israel to the worship and service of God; but they turned a deaf ear to them, and their backs upon them; and the more they called to them, the further they went from them, and from the way of their duty; see Hosea 11:7. So the Targum, "I sent the prophets to teach them, but they...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. The great goodness of God towards his people Israel, and the great things he had done for them, ver. 1, 3, 4. II. Their ungrateful conduct towards him, notwithstanding his favours towards them, ver. 2-4, 7, 12. III. Threatenings of wrath against them for their ingratitude and treachery, ver. 5, 6. IV. Mercy remembered in the midst of wrath, ver. 8, 9. V. Promises of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. The nation of Israel did not fulfill the promise of its youth; it was not faithful to God. The people heard from the lips of Moses the command “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:” yet they turned aside continually to the idols of the nations. Have not some of us also, although...
Charles H. Spurgeon
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. These people only had to be called away, and away they went. There are some of that sort. You have only to beckon them anywhere. Like a dog that is whistled to, they will follow anybody’s call. They leave God for anything, for nothing. These people went and forgot the true God, and burnt...
Charles H. Spurgeon
As they called them, so they went from them; Such was the perversity of this child-nation, whom nevertheless God loved that though galled by Jehovah, he went away, and refused to obey the divine call. The Israelites in Egypt “hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage;” and, even after their great deliverance, they were constantly turning aside from the path pointed out...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And burned incense to graven images. I taught Ephraim also to go, — This child-nation was taught by God how to walk; —