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Hosea 13 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Hosea 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

15
verses
163 / 125
Hebrew words / lemmas
18
classic sermon excerpts
5
preachers & commentators

Hosea 13 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl H7585 2 hades, retreat
שָׂבַע sâbaʻ H7646 2 sate, fill
מָוֶת mâveth H4194 2 death, dead
אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim H669 2 Ephrajim
יָשַׁע yâshaʻ H3467 2 be open, wide
מִדְבָּר midbâr H4057 2 pasture, desert
לֵב lêb H3820 2 heart, feelings

How preachers through history handled this text

18 public-domain excerpts on Hosea 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 11 Spurgeon 4 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“16. Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. 16. Desolabitur Samaria, quia exacerbavit Deum suum: in gladio cadent; parvuli eorum allidentur, gravidae eorum scindentur. This is the conclusion of the discourse: this verse has then been improperly separated from the former chapter ; …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Hosea, on Hosea 13:16–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Samaria 1 — Hos 13:16
  • Egypt — Hos 13:4

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