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Feeling Pain, Missing the Point
Commentators like John Calvin explain that Israel and Judah recognized their national decline—their "sickness" and "wound." However, they were spiritually blind to the cause. They failed to see these hardships as God's discipline intended to lead them to repentance, instead reacting only to the pain without understanding the divine hand behind it.
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Hosea
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Albert Barnes
On Hosea 5:13
18th Century
Theologian
When Ephraim saw his sickness - Literally, “And Ephraim saw,” that is, perceived it. God proceeds to tell them how they acted when they felt…
Charles Ellicott
On Hosea 5:13
19th Century
Bishop
To the Assyrian.— Their adversity leads Ephraim to seek protection from their formidable foe instead of turning to the Lord. (On “…
John Calvin
On Hosea 5:13
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Lord complains that He had in vain chastised the Israelites by the usual means, for they thought that they had remedies ready for themselv…
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John Gill
On Hosea 5:13
17th Century
Pastor
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound
That their civil state were in a sickly condition, very lan…
Matthew Henry
On Hosea 5:8–15
17th Century
Minister
The destruction of impenitent sinners is not mere talk, to frighten them; it is a sentence which will not be recalled. And it is a mercy that we ha…