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Saturday, April 5th, 2025
the Fourth Week of Lent
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Bible Commentaries
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament Darby's Synopsis
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Bibliographical Information
Darby, John. "Commentary on Hosea 4". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://studylight.org./commentaries/eng/dsn/hosea-4.html. 1857-67.
Darby, John. "Commentary on Hosea 4". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://studylight.org./
Whole Bible (45)Old Testament (1)Individual Books (7)
Introduction
1:1 (f-0) (The title of this book, 'Hosea'), Strictly 'Hoshea,' meaning, 'Deliverance.' see Numbers 13:16 .
Verse 1
4:1 goodness, (b-27) Or 'loving-kindness,' see Note l, ch. 2.19.
Verse 6
4:6 knowledge; (c-8) knowledge, (c-13) * Lit. 'the knowledge,' see ver. 1.
Verse 13
4:13 daughters-in-law (d-35) Or 'brides,' as Jeremiah 2:32 .
Verse 14
4:14 daughters-in-law (d-14) Or 'brides,' as Jeremiah 2:32 . ruin. (e-41) Or 'shall fall,' as Proverbs 10:8 ,Proverbs 10:10 .
Verse 15
4:15 Beth-aven, (f-21) Meaning, 'House of idols,' or 'of iniquity' -- irony for Beth-El , 'House of God.' see Amos 5:5 .
Verse 18
4:18 sour; (g-4) Or 'their orgies are vile.' men (a-13) Lit. 'shields,' see Psalms 47:9 .