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Hosea 4:5

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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Therefore shall thou fall in the day,.... Either, O ye people, everyone of you, being so refractory and incorrigible; or, O thou priest, being as bad as the people; for both, on account of their sins,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Therefore shalt thou fall - The two parts of the verse fill up each other. “By day and by night shall they fall, people and prophets together.” Their calamities should come upon them successively, day…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Therefore shalt thou fall in the day - In the most open and public manner, without snare or ambush.

And the prophet also shall fall - in the night - The false prophet, when employed in taking…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hosea 4:1-5

Here is, I. The court set, and both attendance and attention demanded: "Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for to you is the word of this conviction sent, whether you will hear or…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the prophet also Hosea of course refers to the lower class of prophets, to whom prophecy was simply a means of livelihood (comp. Mic 3:11 and Amaziah's words in Amo 7:12), and who, like the priests,…