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The Enemy Is at the Gates
Commentators explain that the blowing of trumpets from the high hills of Gibeah and Ramah is not a future prediction but a vivid depiction of an immediate crisis. The phrase "behind thee, O Benjamin" paints a terrifying picture of an enemy invasion already in progress. This imagery underscores that God's judgment for sin is not an abstract concept but a real and imminent danger.
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Hosea
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Albert Barnes
On Hosea 5:8
18th Century
Theologian
Blow you the cornet in Gibeah - The evil day and destruction, denounced, is now vividly pictured as actually present. All is in confusion, h…
Charles Ellicott
On Hosea 5:8
19th Century
Bishop
Cornet ... trumpet.— The two kinds of trumpet mentioned here are the cornet, made like the bent horn of …
John Calvin
On Hosea 5:8
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet speaks here more emphatically, and these words contain a vivid portrayal; for the Prophet here assumes the role of a herald, or he intr…
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John Gill
On Hosea 5:8
17th Century
Pastor
Blow you the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah
As an alarm of war, to give notice that the enemy is at ha…
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…