The Pulpit Commentary — Hosea — Section 369

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 spiritual welfare and ooRt int,,rr,stR of ,,f i11lorproters, commmte thu~: "'fhnt thou Isrn.ol nil along, and, at thr, snmc tirne, the rnl\yr,et tmdoretanrl this and learn wisdom inexcueablenese of Iero.P,l in for,,cttiug God hy thy onfomlty, I will bring theo h11Ck and in arrogating l,o themRelvcH thil power of ugnin to that point that thou mast a~nin controlling their own destinies in thr, mo.tter dwell in tonte o.nd wander ns an exile m a of wealth and prosperity; while multiplied foreign lnnd." (2) Kimchi may repreeent prophecies and vieione te•tifled to both, viz. thoee who undcretnnd it ae n promise, 01 to (;od'a care and Ierael's reckleseneee of ro.thor o. promieo with o.n implied threaten- warning&. Moreover, thr,ir penii,tence in ing, o.nd thue combine both. His exposition ain pi:epared them for and precipitated the is ae follows: "Even eo nm I reo.dy to bring punishment, you forth out of the co.ptivity where ye Ver. 10.-I have &llo apoken bf the pro- shall be, as I did when I brought you forth phet., and I have multipliecl vlllou, aD4 out of the lo.ud of Egypt, o.nd sustained you ~dlimilitnd~bftheminiatry~~ tn the wilderness o.nd me.de you dwell In prophet.. The 11a11 before the verb in the tents; so am I reo.dy yot again, when I beginning of the vene is copulative, and shall have brought you forth out of the the verb is in the preterite aa the accent I.I lands of the Gentiles, to cause you to dwell on the penult; if the tllJ1I were conversive in tents in the wilderness by the way, and of the preterite into the fnture, the verb to show you wonders until ye shall return would have the accent on tbe ultimate. to your land in peo.ce." (3) Wiinsche re- The preterite denotea wha.t has been ta.king jects both the preceding, and refers the statement to the other present time, taking place up to the present. 1,1! is explained (1) ,iv, not in the sense of "yet again," but in by Knobel to denote that the Divine reve- the equalJy allowable meaning of "fnrther," lation or inspiration descended on the pro- or "still further;" thue hie rendering of phets from heaven; but (2) Kimchi eiplains the veree is, " And yet I am thy God from it as equivalent t.o~,with; thus: "'Upon Egypt, still I let thee dwell in tents, as in (1,p) the prophets' is the same as • with (~) the days of the solemn feast." Thus we the prophets,' as (in Exod. :uxv. 32), 'And have a remembrance of God's goodness t.o they came both men a.nd women [lite- Israel all along from the Exodus to the rally,' men, 1,11 with, or rather in o.ddition to, time then present, including the celebration women']. He (Jehovah) aays,' What could of their feasts, especially that of 'l'aber- I do to you and I did not do it, so that ye nacles, the moet joyful of them all. This should not forget me? And what did I do ie favoured by the interpretation of Aben with your fathem? I apoke constantly with Ezra, which is the following : " The sense the prophets to admonish you from me, and is, • Shouldet • thou not remember that I I multiplied visions to you many da.ya.'" brought thee up out of the land of Egypt in TheAuthorizedVersion(3) employs "by" as great riches for which thou didst not labour, nnd nourished thee in the wildernese wl,en the equivalent of 1,11 here. The pronoun thou wast in tents?' In like manner he 'fl'anoki is emphatic, viz. "I even I," as shall be able to do unto thee as in the days though he said, "I and not anotlier; " of the eolemn feast of thy coming out o! while the preterite proves Jehovah to have Egypt." We prefer, notwithstanding, the continued his visions to the very moment at 1 exposition number (2), whioh inoludee, or which the prophet speaks. 'l'o the word rather implies, a threatening of being driven rna,,tt, (a) use eimilitudes, aome supply o. out or their good fond into a wil<lemess v~rbal noun of corporate sense, nv,107 or state, because of their forgetfulness of, o.nd C'l1'~l- This, however, is unneceESary, as a. ingratitude to, Uod, as nleo because of their verb· often includes its cngaate noun, of proud ei,Jf-confidence; while, with this im- which we have several similar ellipses, e.g. plied threat of punishment, God holds out Gen. vi. 4, "They bare children (c'i:7 un- to them the promise and prospect or like derstood] to them;" also Jer. L 9, "They guiding care and sheltering guardianship, I\B in that early period of their history, the shall set themselves in array (.i;>:,17;:! n.nder- remembrance of which wne etill kept up by stood) against her." '!'he LXX. (b) has .:,,,_011:,e,,w, "I was represented;" and Jerome the mo'ed, or Feaet of Tabernacles, during the Hoven days of whioh the people dwelt iu ren~m it auimilatu, 1um. The three modes booths, in commemoro.tion of their bo.viug of Divine communico.tion here referred to dwelt in booths in the wilderness after they are prediction. vision, and eimilitudti, Tho ho.d been delivered out of the land of Egypt. word for uinon, jiin, is used here 88 a collec- 'l'hus, as Hongstenberg bns well observed, tive; it ditfera fwlll the d?eam in being II, 110!1~:A. 2 r. 270 THE BOOK OF HOSEA, [OH. XU. 1-14.