Hosea 4:5
“Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Therefore shall thou fall in the day,.... Either, O ye people, everyone of you, being so refractory and incorrigible;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Therefore shalt thou fall - The two parts of the verse fill up each other. “By day and by night shall they fall, people…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day - In the most open and public manner, without snare or ambush.
And the prophet also…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Hosea 4:1-5
Here is, I. The court set, and both attendance and attention demanded: "Hear the word of the Lord, you children of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the prophet also Hosea of course refers to the lower class of prophets, to whom prophecy was simply a means of…
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