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A Point of No Return
Commentators stress that this judgment is not a temporary or corrective discipline. After repeated, ignored warnings, God declares a final and irreversible desolation for Ephraim. John Calvin explains this is no longer a 'paternal correction' meant to inspire repentance, but a 'final destruction' for a people who had become 'entirely senseless.'
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Hosea
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Albert Barnes
On Hosea 5:9
18th Century
Theologian
Ephraim shall be desolate - It shall not be lightly rebuked, nor even more grievously chastened. It shall not simply be wasted by f…
John Calvin
On Hosea 5:9
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet asserts, plainly and without figurative language, that their punishment would not be slight or paternal. Instead, God would punish…
John Gill
On Hosea 5:9
17th Century
Pastor
Ephraim shall he desolate in the day of rebuke The country of the ten tribes shall be laid desolate, the inhabitants of t…
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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…