Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 5:1

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Hosea 5:1

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Hosea 5:1

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor." — Hosea 5:1 (ASV)

House of the king refers to his following on both sides of the Jordan—Mizpah on the east side, in Gilead, and Tabor on the west. They are singled out as being military strongholds, where the princes of the royal house, with the apostate priests, exercised their deadly hold upon the people, waylaying them, as birds and beasts are snared in the mountains of prey. (Compare to Hosea 6:8-9.)

Judgment is toward you.—More accurately, is meant for you.