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Hosea 7 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Hosea 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

16
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
19
classic sermon excerpts
4
preachers & commentators

Hosea 7 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
תַּנּוּר tannûwr H8574 3 fire-pot
אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim H669 4 Ephrajim
רַע raʻ H7451 4 bad, evil
שַׂר sar H8269 3 head
אָפָה ʼâphâh H644 2 cook, bake
לֵב lêb H3820 3 heart, feelings
יָסַר yâçar H3256 2 chastise, instruct

How preachers through history handled this text

19 public-domain excerpts on Hosea 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 15 Spurgeon 2 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“16. They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. 16. Revertentur non Deo: fuerunt tanquam arcus dolosus (vel, doli:) ceciderunt (vel, cadent) in gladio principes eorum a superbia (hoc est, propter superbiam) linguae eorum: hoc eorum ludibrium in terra Aegypti. The Prophet again assails the perverse wickedness of Israel, and also their fraud and perfidiousness. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Hosea, on Hosea 7:16–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Samaria 1 — Hos 7:1
  • Assyria — Hos 7:11
  • Egypt — Hos 7:11

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