PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Hosea
John James Given [1853-1943] · 418,632 words · 462 reading sections
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i;iven that ho will not destroy Ephmim is that he is" God, and not man"-" the Holy One," 1111 attribute of whose character is fa.ithfulness (ver. 9). The apparent contra- dioUon is to bo resolved, not by turning what is said of the Divine relentinus into a mere anthropomorphism, but by remembering-what immutability inv…
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<>111!'1 ,. nn,1 v11in, or no real worth or pl'llCtiolll a.nd ,~ m11y be dletingniRhed thus: tl10 J.,•11dil.. I. 'J'o foed on wind is to tflke former design11tca low lying 1111<\ frnn,lulout pl,•Mur" in or drl\w 1mstonn.nce from whflt dealing; while the latter exprcsRoa tl111t can really afford neither; while following…
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e.ncl oxpluno.tion of this vel'se whioh Aben Jnda.h e.nd lne.el, who 11ro both to be reoom• Ezro. cleclnrea to be both ungrl\mme.tioe.1 e.nd peneed, ee.oh according to his works. unBCripturo.1. "He," ao.ys Ahau Ezro.," who Ver. 3.-Ke took hi■ brother by the heel exple.ius tho.t Juclo.h is r.. ithful e.nd he Rhe.11 In t…
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of his own good pleasure had chosen thom." him strength; and afterwards he wrestled A hen Ezra and Kimohi explain the seizing with the angol, and he (the angel) did not of EsRu's h<'el by Jacob as owing to the im- prevail over him, although one angel slew pe.rtation of Di\'ine power, but as a sign of the whole host …
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wnntlor for B mBn to wrestle with rin ringol." self llnrl homehold for seeking God hy n1~ (1) commences B now clnuse; while (2) potting a.way the strange gods that were tho punctuation of it BS B pnrticiplo, n~i, among them, by ceremonial purific,,Liona, Bntl tho connccti_on of it with "provaile<l," and putting on chan…
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phrt 11n,1 1hr Jl('nplr, <lc-11rcnitr,<l from the from tho hoginnlng, l!O nm I now : nnd lr yo p:dri,-rch. On tho word,, "thore h<i Rpnke had we.llcod with me In uprighlncaa ne Jncoh with 11s,'' Kimchi oomm<inh 111 followR: your father, I would havo dealt with you BR " Th""" nre the word ■ of thr, prophet. He I itnl…
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~Rvorl' (J11R. xxx. Hi)." Thn 11ccrmrl polnt of his h"nd and the love of oppreArrion in hi1 tho voreo haa 1111 lnetrndive pnrallal In heart. The worrl K'naan eom"ltimf!A de- Mic,ih vi. 8, "Whr1t ,lr:,th tl,o L<ml rnr1nire noU'is Canaan, the BOD of Hnm, and e.nceetor oftheo, bot to tlo jurrt.ly, and to lovo mfffey, or t…
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"The 11enee of 1M ta, 'God hM Mt givC'n me P,11ch lnbonr, no one cou\,1 show t,hnt lhoee the wealth, but I by myl!Clf [i.e. my own richo~ hl\ll been unjuelly nc<Juircd by him, unRided e1Tnrt.,] have bc-enme rich, fnr l nm or that there WJ\11 1in c.-011trnctcd In tholr nn1 AR the CanAnnitc>.' that i,, the merchant, a…
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fw.,t. flomo nnrlcr~tnml this voree RII a "tho proterlto is r:hnngrrl into ll fnhirl) thrcntening; not a fow I\R e. promise; while throngh the ingro.titurlo of the nation." nlhore combino both. (1) 'l'hoodorct, who Vera. 10 and 11 proveGod'e continual cnrl) mny ho tnkcn rtB representing tho tint cln,e for the spirit…
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higher dAgme of Divine revel"tion, &ll!O the the 1enae would be repoated in dlft'erent er,n•P• of tho receiver are awl\ke and active, w,.,rds. Or ite 1en ■e 1hall ho In connootlon while in the dream they R.N! inopcmtive and with Gilgf\l. And although ,:akeph i ■ on p!U!Rh-e. Of the eimilihuk, l\gl\in, we have the wo…
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or tha plougher, cBlle,I telem;" Abffl'I Ezro: he le<l them ti> Ge.mum. Thus tho <'lifltrr.R~ "'l~ ie by wn,y of fli:urc, bonouao thny were and afflictir,n fJf Jlll'.,()b aro e,ontmat•:rl with numoroue e.nd conaprnuoua." l'r,cocko com- th~ exe.ltatir,!1 of his poeterity. The gr•!at hine11 with the iclco of number th…
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HOMILETICS. Ver11. I-6.-Rpoof, retrospect, and ezhortatwn. Ephraim is reproved for the p11nrnit of empty and vain courses, and courscs detrimental to their best and real interests. Judah ii included in the threatening which follows. 'l'hey are exhorted to follow the example of the patriarch which is proposed for th…
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thero be any evil in men, can see no good in inem; this is wicked. But there are others that, IC there be any good in them, can see no evil ; this is too much indulgence. They err in both extremes." III. THE IMPABTIALITY 011 THE DlVIJIJI: DEALil!IGI. 1. It is not a. little etrano:re how men sometimes try to screen the…
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which he pmyed and r,lcd is cxprc~~c<l in the words, "I will not let thee go except t}Jou blc~e m<>." Thus M a prinoo be had power with God and with men and p;evailed. (2) What evidence we have here of the riches of Divine grace I Tho o:nnipotont One ~vei, us the power in virtue of which we prevail ,vith him, even w…
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of God still; what waH written l\foretime waA written for our learnin'.!', that we through palienco nnd comfort or the Scriptures might have hope. Ver. 6, "J!Jven the Lora (Jod, uf host,; the Lordi, hi, memorial." 'l'he God who appeared to Jacob, wbo conversed with him in reference to hie po1terity u well as himself, a…
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and of eufftciency. It a.Ieo impliea aervice. "AB the eyes of 16l'V&nt.e look unto the hand of their rnasterB, and &B the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her miBtress flO Offl' eyea wnit upon the Lord our God." Waiting on God denotes waiting on' him in expectation, trusting in him for help, looking to him for deliver…
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Ven.. 7-10.-Extent of Israel's apost<uy. I. Here we are shown uow FAR lsnAEI. HAD APOSTATIZED, bow unlike they were to the patriarch of whom they boasted nnd how far they fell short of admonitions that had been addressed to them. 1. They' were lilr.er the Canaanite whom they despised than the patriarch from whom the…
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sin, aggravates the sin of the impenitent. 1. God's claims on Israel's gratitude had been, in<lccd, mighty nncl manifold, as well as from ancient times. The glorious deliverances ho ha.d wrought for them, tbe low estate from which he had lifted them the great exaltation to which he had raised them, the good hnd into…
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inst.end of hindering, only helped the people in their sinful service. Howovcr incredible ii might. appe,n, nevertheless it was a fact; nor were they improving l\t tho time to which t.hc prophet refers-nay, they seem to hllve been going from bad to worse. 2, The vanity of wal-w01·~hip. \Vill-worship may show much ze…
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nscribecl; tho ngont, e. prophet whom God honoured in a.ccomplisbing hiR high purpoRe for the bcnollt of hiR people. III. RF.TnlllU'l'ION THRF.A'l'P:NED, PuniRhment is slow, but ~ure. 1. Nr,twithetandin:z nil tbo warnings nnd instructions and remembrancers, Ephraim persi~ted in sin, rmd that of tho most/rovoking kind.…
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in ~omc measure the bad exa.mple of its norLhcrn neighbour, ICng Ahaz he.d given him~Pll up to gross idol11try and iniquity; his reign at Jerusalem was n time of snd moml deterioration and spiritual darkness (2 Kings xvi.). So " the Lord hiid also a con1roversy with Judah" (vcr. 2); for Judah was "unbridled against G…
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eternal "I Am"? In the second part of the verse the prophet looks at converlrion on its practical side. The reality of Ephraim's return to God would show itself in the discharge of moral duty. "Mercy o.nd judgment" are the sum of the duties which we owo to our neighbour, and tho performance of these is the most convinc…
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1hnnghts upon the prophet's soul; and often, M HoReR hero reminds the people by "multiplying visions." The "vision" was a frequent vehicle of Divine revel~tion <lur_ing the w~ole conr~e of the ~ational )ife of Israel. Jehovah multiplied visions to bnrn.h, ,TerC'm11i.h, Ezekiel, Zechanah, Damel, etc. And the prophets…
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the goclless who have never known the advantages of a religio111 home. Amonl7 the nations, "Israel", had this peculiar responsibility. The name of the people :as a reminder of the prayer in W?ic~ their great ancestor obtained self-conquest, knowledge of God, and grace to keep 1ust1ce and do mercy. Hence they are remind…
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Nothing less tliian th11.t satisfies the eoul. Idolatry ie but 11, blind 11.ttempt to orcate romc objective personality, nothing less than which men can worship. But whu.t wo want is given to us in Christ, who was "the im&<Ye of the invisible God." Men may h<' satisfied with less than him in their lower life, but when …
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unsubstantial os the" viewless air." Such person■ call evil good, and commit the sin of forsaking the fountain of living waters, and hewing out to themselves broken cisterns wbioh can hold no water, II. A FOOLISH PUnsmT, As 11re a. man's conceptions of excellence snch we may expect will be his life. It is natural that…
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Il, MAN 'MAY FIND IN HIMSELF MANY AND SUFFJOIENT BEABONB FOR nEPENTANOB, Hi~ interests demand, hie conscience enjoins, hie beat feelings urge, that he should tum unto God. Hie present happiness and hie future prospects are imperilled by his r<'maining estranged from hie God. Ill. IN Gon HIMSELF, AND IN HIS REVELATI…
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Ver. 10.-ViBions an,l aimilitudes, In two ways Jehovah shower! himself to be in nn especial manner favourable towe.rds the descendants of Abra.ba.m, Isaac, and ,Jacob. 'l'he first wns by bis providential care of the nation throughout its history. And the second wae that mentioned in this verse: God sent continually to …
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fication of their MD!!ell, in the free indulgence of their appetites: but all this is nothing but "wind;" it leaves the sou.I more hungry than ever. Souls die with hunger in the pampered body of the gourmand and voluptuary. "Man cannot live by bread alone," etc. 11. ·woaLDLT DrBTINCTIONS are worthless soul-food. Th…
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Full of true justice and BUre verity, In heart and voice: free, le.rge, even infinit.e, Not wedged in straight partionle.rity, Dut gre.eping all in her ve.st, e.otive spirit. Bright Ie.mp of God, that men would joy in thy pure light I" (Hanne.h More.) D.T. Vere. 7-9.-Fortunes badly used, badly made, am,d, badly …
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and belle rang, and editors wrote leading &rticl~, and the just thing be trampled out of sight to all mortal eyes, an abolished and an e.nnihil.e.ted thing."-D. T. Ver. 10.-God's 'TMthod in teaching the great f,ea,chl!lf's of the world, "I have also spoken by the prophets, e.nd I have multiplied visions, e.nd used ei…
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pe.bulum, He believed the fa.lee prophet& who preached "peace" to him. He built himself up in his own counsels. He greedily listened to the voice of seducers. 2. Hs practiced ie. Deceit he.d become part of his being. It corrupted his whole existence. Heligion, politics, trnde-all was penetrated by the spirit of lies.…
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TT. Goo I'UTII RJIIIIKLP' lN IIAN 18 I'OWER1 T8AT IIAN IL\Y OBTAIN DJ,E881NG J'BOM Rl'M. 1. He dra1118 Mar t o - · God drew ne&r to Jacob at Penlel, lie seemed to he B "man," but JRCOb rccogni1.ed in bi& my1t.erious Visltant an angel-that Angol of tho covcn&nt in whom God's N&me was. He e.ooordingly laid hold of him…
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rollgion (ver. 11,, he rnay regard thia 11B amply outweighing the deceits and oppreSBiona of hie buHinoH hfe. II. Gon'11 BAY ll'f TDl!l MA'l"l'EB. (Vere. 8, 9.) God: 1. E.r,pom tM ,rin a,rvl,folly of Ephraim'• boa,ting,. ' And I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt." If Ephraim woe rich, h wu God who made him ri…
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EXPOSITION. against Solomon hard words, rLnd with terror CHAPTER XIIL Solomon WIL8 & great king." Pooocke's ex~ The flret eight verses of this chapter form position i.a in harmony with the Authorized the prcmisRcs from which the prophet, in Version, and is the following: "When the ninth verse, draws the conclusion…
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dictum, l.e. was guilty of, and bore tta rial wae gold: "The ea.Ives," he sayi,," were punishment.'' 'fhls ellplanation of Mll'l ia far- not silvor, bnt he means to say that, of the fetchod ond unnatural. Wo he.ve no h811itB- eilver which they each one gave to procure tion in preferring "lifted up," i.e. his head, gold…
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tbern," ,.e. the idols, aa Keil does, thev trans- multiplied thl\i punishment could not be lnte it " to them," i.e. the idol-worshippers, long delayed. Their irrational and God• Kimchi in the main favours thie explana- dishonouring conduct was bringing on them tion ; he sayt1, "On their account ( i.e. on sure a.nd swif…
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lot ua serve them" (Deut. xiii. 3); or (2) rather he re'1;arded as conourrent, being in "'fhou ehouldest not know or recognize Bny point of time llimultaneoue or nearly eo. god boside me." So Kimchi: '' 'fhou shou ldest Therefore have they forgotten me. Thie not )mow other gods, nor servo them beside forgetfulness o…
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Rnd Jl"1"8Ph1'61les the meaning by, "I bRve proper enclosure of the ben1t, or the breast et length heoome end hRve been, and shl\11 itself. The refcre11oe is to II bcnst of proy continue to be t,o them." He considers the which seizes its victim by tho brelll!t nnd reference of the pret.erite to be to past toars it o…
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)utter by "Thy destruction, 0 Iarnol; but in Vere. 10, 11.-!srllf)] lrn,l Rhown contempt me la thy help," the noun being of the form for ,Je~ovah by p~1tting confidence in king-s i?,;i ,~p.. The explanation of Rashi, who of their own choice, yet these kings could undorsta.nds (c) the vorb as second person not afford…
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ment of sin, wh11tevor intcrvRI me.y h11ve from the mother to the child; such abrupt elapsed. 'l'he day of reckoning would oer- and sudden tranaitiona are not infrequent in taiuly come. for the Bin of Ephr11im WIU! Scripture, especially in the Pauline Epistles 11c•ither forp,tten nor blotted out. As a (comp. e.g. 2 …
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ever, the plural of (o) ,~7, pestilence, 11nd e.postlee do not avowedly o.t e.11 timee ad- "l=!l?R, peetilence, destruction, from :mp, to cnt duce pe.e11ages which in their whole con• off', akin to ::ir::,n. HHzig eaya that ::ibf?, ~:JP., text apply to the subject they handle ; bnt eomet!mes they allude to a word onl…
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Bee, not merely delivera.uoe from dl\nger l\nd "double-fruitfulueu,'' she.II be verl llod, con• deli\-ere.noe from dee.th, but deliverance firming the promised redemption from ,lee.tl.t, from the under world by roscning tho living and, by thn pledge of blessing, which the from the region of the <load, or rescuing nl…
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or Aeeyrio.) to come against Israel, ' goeth confirmed Israel in the worship or th0 up from 1he wilderness;' wind la always in calves; for if the kings had been good, thoy the wilderness. Or the explanation is, would have brought back Israel to what becauije the wil,lerueas is botween the le.ncl we.a good." The ki. ass…
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dcspoilrd of his aut,horitr, dcptfred or m~ny of his s\lbjects, Rnd on tho vergo of ruin I his ncti "iti?s and vigour f:Olle a_nd his dignity departed, himself alrel\dy dead though not yet buried. " When Ephraim forsook God and took to wori!hlp images, the state receiYed it.s death-wound, and was never good for anyt…
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cloud were temporary mercies on the part of God which should cease from them • goorl in themselves, but, to their evil, soon to pass av:ay.' . . . Such dew were the' many prophets vouchsafed to Israel ; such was Hosea h1mself, most brilliant but soon to pass 11we.y. 'fhe cha.ff was the people itself, to be carried out …
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much worsc and more &.Jarmin(!: is predicted (vers. 7, 8) as ready to follow Not only wa~ all good to be taken from them, but all evil WM to come upon them. • 'l'he Lord;s flock is to lose the Shepherd's care; thus deserted, they will soon fall victims to savage h~ute-nay, their former 8hepherd not only aban,lons th…
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warning well meant and faithfully given. Forewarned is forearmerl • this sh0uld be the ense, but the maxim is often disregarded. Samuel had faithfully 'warned Israel of the inconveniencee to which they would expoee themselves by imitating the surround- ing nations when they eought a king. He told them truly, for God ha…
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from God, yet thia is the me.in thing in its dcsiros---Oh, let me have God iu them I" (2) Great vehemence and want of mo<lere.tion in our desires betoken that tho p;rati6- C1Ltion of thOl!8 desires procec,..ie re.thcr from wrath than love. In such caseH God 1 we me.y conc<•ive, se.ya, "If you must have them, if you …
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1my, Pee.ea and safety; then sudden deRtruction cometh upon them as travail upon a wurnnn with child; and they shall not escape." ' V. llEBEMDJ,ANCE OB' BlNNJmll' BUDDEN AND BITTER BOBROW TO TRAVAIL-PAINS. When God unlocks hie treasury of wrath, e.nd brings forth to light the sins now 11hut up and sealed and safely ke…
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power of God, or ae an enct citAtion, he oolebrAteR the greate1t of All tlcliverAnces, which shRII be con5nmm11tcd in that dAy when the destroyer of lho nations shall be himself destroyed, and when the univel'!IA.l conqueror ehall hitnaelf be conquered, his i,ting being wrcRtA>d from him And hie power to hurt Annihi…
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was bulH, and not from Omri, tho king who built it, B.c. 925, it continned to be the CRpHRI of th_o ten tri~es for _tw~ centuri88 till t~eir carrying away by Ahalmaneser, n.o. 720, durmg all wluch pono,l 1t was the &eat of idolatry. 'l'he site of thiH cclebra.ted capital was ono of rare o.ttrnctivene88; it combined …
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&nd gradue.lly kills the life of the soul. Now, Ephraim in hla proaperity hd apostatized from God. The Divine complaint is, "'l'hey have forgotten me" (ver. G). .Although the people owed everything to God, they allowed the very e.bundance of hie 11:lfte to become the means of ·withdrawing their hearts from him. In t…
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is a deep undertone of tenderness. The prophet 1JP08.kA, in the Lord's Name "with the labouring voice, interrupted by sobs, of a judge whose duty it is to pro~ounce the final heavy sentence after all posaible pleadings and con11iderations have been gone through" (Ewald). I. IsnAEL's BUIN, This ie referred to, both …
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Ver. 14.-Jehovah the Destroyer of death. This sublime promise of mercy is imbedded among threatenings of judgment. It reminds us, both as it occurs here and in the connection in which the Apostle Paul quotes it (1 Cor. xv. 55), that although in our world "sin bath reigned unto death," it ie the prerogative of the Al…
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that justice, made adequR.te atonement for guilt, and received authority to take the dart away. By coming himself under the power of the rave, the Lord Jesus ha.a "abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light ' (2 Tim. i. 10). Of this victory hi1 own resurrection upon the third day is an infallible R.8…
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by a debt too heavy for them to bear-it will be due, not to thia mistake of polloy or to that unfortuna~ war, but to the fact that.as a people we had forsaken righteousness and mercy. This deterioration will precede that desolati,in. It is true of individuals as of nations. If a man sinks into an abyss of despair or…
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by thoir defection from Jehovah, and by their zeal in the service of Baal and other gods of the nations. Ono sin led to another; and they sinned "more and more." In these words e. gre~t principle is enunciated. ~her~ is a tendency on the part of sinner~ not only to contmue, but even to exceed, m em. To understand this,…
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II. THE flOLE BUFFIOIENoY OF Gon AS A MI!lRTY SAVIOUR, 1. He hae wledotn to de¥ise e.ppropriate _means of deliverance. Many an instance in ll!rael's history might have been quoted, 1n order to produce this conviction. And we, e.a Obrietiaus have tho one suprer.ne evidence of God's infinite wisdom in the provision of…
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III. THE 00NSEQUENOEB OJI' FORGETTING Go». 1. MOTal deterioration will certainly follow, The soul from which God is banished ie degraded and ruined by the absence of what alone can dignify and bleee. 2. Judgment ca.nnot be eecaped. If men forget God he will indeed remember them, but he ce.nnot remember them" for good."…
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