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Hosea 9 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Hosea 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Hosea 9 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim H669 6 Ephrajim
מַשְׂטֵמָה masṭêmâh H4895 2 enmity
בַּעַל פְּעוֹר Baʻal Pᵉʻôwr H1187 2 Baal-Peor
מַחְמָד machmâd H4261 2 delightful, a delight
שָׁכֹל shâkôl H7921 2 miscarry, suffer abortion
גֹּרֶן gôren H1637 2 threshing-floor, open area
בֶּטֶן beṭen H990 2 belly, womb

How preachers through history handled this text

18 public-domain excerpts on Hosea 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 16 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“17. My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. 17. Abjiciet eos meus Deus, quia non audierunt eum (vel, non obedierunt ei, ut sit clarius,) et erunt vagi inter gentes. The Prophet, as I have lately hinted, assigns a reason why God had resolved to deal so severely with this people, namely because he saw their unnameable perverseness. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Hosea, on Hosea 9:17–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Baal-peor — Hos 9:10
  • Tyre — Hos 9:13
  • Gilgal 1 — Hos 9:15
  • Assyria — Hos 9:3
  • Egypt — Hos 9:3

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