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A Watchman's Urgent Trumpet
Commentators explain that God commands the prophet to act like a watchman sounding a war trumpet. This isn't a quiet word but a loud, urgent alarm meant to startle a people sleeping in sin. It highlights the serious duty of God's messengers to warn boldly about the consequences of turning away from Him.
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Hosea
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Albert Barnes
On Hosea 8:1
18th Century
Theologian
The trumpet to your mouth! So God commands the prophet Isaiah, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet” ([Referenc…
Charles Ellicott
On Hosea 8:1
19th Century
Bishop
Eagle.— The image of swiftness (Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 48:40). So Assyria shall come swooping down on Sam…
John Calvin
On Hosea 8:1
16th Century
Theologian
Interpreters nearly all agree on this point: that the Prophet does not threaten the kingdom of Israel, but the kingdom of Judah, at the beginning o…
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John Gill
On Hosea 8:1
17th Century
Pastor
[Set] the trumpet to your mouth; or, "the trumpet to the roof of your mouth"F20; a concise expression denoting…
Matthew Henry
On Hosea 8:1–4
17th Century
Minister
When Israel was hard pressed, they would claim protection from God, but this would be disregarded. Of what use will it be to say, My God, I kno…