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Ho 9:1-17.
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Ho 9:1-17.
WARNING AGAINST ISRAEL'S JOY AT PARTIAL RELIEF FROM THEIR TROUBLES: THEIR CROPS SHALL FAIL, AND THE PEOPLE LEAVE THE LORD'S LAND FOR EGYPT AND ASSYRIA, WHERE THEY CANNOT, IF SO INCLINED, SERVE GOD ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENT RITUAL: FOLLY OF THEIR FALSE PROPHETS.
1. Rejoice not . . . for joy--literally, "to exultation." Thy exultation at the league with Pul, by which peace seems secured, is out of place: since thy idolatry will bring ruin on thee.
as other people--the Assyrians for instance, who, unlike thee, are in the height of prosperity.
loved a reward upon every corn floor--Thou hast desired, in reward for thy homage to idols, abundance of corn on every threshing-floor
(Ho 2:12).
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2.
（Ho 2:9, 12）。
fail——使她的指望落空。
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2.
(Ho 2:9, 12).
fail--disappoint her expectation.
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3. return to Egypt——（見
Ho 8:13
的註解）。
論到
Ho 11:5
卻說：「他必 不回 ……埃及去。」FAIRBAIRN 認為此處所指並非確指該國，而是 為奴的狀態；因他們過去的經歷，在他們心中埃及與為奴等同。亞述對他們必成為第二個埃及。
De 28:68
雖威脅他們必回埃及，卻
（De 28:36）
明言他們必被帶到 他們和他們列祖素不認識的 國民那裏，可見所威脅的並非字面的埃及，而是如同埃及一般的第二次為奴。
eat unclean things in Assyria——因缺乏而被迫吃摩西律法所定為不潔淨之物
（Eze 4:13）。
見
2Ki 17:6。
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3. return to Egypt--(See on
Ho 8:13).
As in
Ho 11:5
it is said, "He shall not return into . . . Egypt." FAIRBAIRN thinks it is not the exact country that is meant, but the bondage state with which, from past experience, Egypt was identified in their minds. Assyria was to be a second Egypt to them.
De 28:68,
though threatening a return to Egypt, speaks
(De 28:36)
of their being brought to a nation which neither they nor their fathers had known, showing that it is not the literal Egypt, but a second Egypt-like bondage that is threatened.
eat unclean things in Assyria--reduced by necessity to eat meats pronounced unclean by the Mosaic law
(Eze 4:13).
See
2Ki 17:6.
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4. offer wine offerings——字面作「澆奠」
（Ex 30:9； Le 23:13）。
neither shall they be pleasing unto him——因是在污穢之地獻的。
sacrifices . . . as the bread of mourners——這是不潔淨的
（De 26:14； Jer 16:7； Eze 24:17）。
their bread for their soul——他們為贖其靈魂所獻的祭〔CALVIN〕，
（Le 17:11）。
更確切地說，「他們為養生（『soul（魂）』常用以指 動物性的生命，
Ge 14:21，
Margin〔旁註〕）的餅，必不進耶和華的殿」；那餅只能供他們自己所用，不能作為對我的敬拜。
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4. offer wine offerings--literally, "pour as a libation
(Ex 30:9; Le 23:13).
neither shall they be pleasing unto him--as being offered on a profane soil.
sacrifices . . . as the bread of mourners--which was unclean
(De 26:14; Jer 16:7; Eze 24:17).
their bread for their soul--their offering for the expiation of their soul [CALVIN],
(Le 17:11).
Rather, "their bread for their sustenance ('soul' being often used for the animal life,
Ge 14:21,
Margin) shall not come into the Lord's house"; it shall only subserve their own uses, not My worship.
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5.
（Ho 2:11）。
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5.
(Ho 2:11).
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6. because of destruction——為要逃避本國的荒涼。
Egypt shall gather them up——意即收聚入其墳墓
（Jer 8:2； Eze 29:5）。
他們沒有歸回巴勒斯坦，卻要死在埃及。
Memphis——以墓地聞名。
the pleasant places for their silver——意即他們所心慕的金銀寶庫。或作「他們所有銀子的貴重之物」〔MAURER〕。
nettles——荒涼的記號
（Isa 34:13）。
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6. because of destruction--to escape from the devastation of their country.
Egypt shall gather them up--that is, into its sepulchres
(Jer 8:2; Eze 29:5).
Instead of returning to Palestine, they should die in Egypt.
Memphis--famed as a necropolis.
the pleasant places for their silver--that is, their desired treasuries for their money. Or, "whatever precious thing they have of silver" [MAURER].
nettles--the sign of desolation
(Isa 34:13).
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7. visitation——指報應、刑罰
（Isa 10:3）。
Israel shall know it——必親身付代價而得知
（Isa 9:9）。
the prophet is a fool——那預言國家興盛的假先知，必因事實證明其愚妄。
the spiritual man——那假裝受感說話的人
（La 2:14； Eze 13:3； Mic 3:11； Zep 3:4）。
for the multitude of thine iniquity，等等——這些話當與「visitation（刑罰）的日子……已到」相連；「the prophet . . . is mad（先知……是狂妄的）」是插入語。
the great hatred——或作「大的惹動」〔HENDERSON〕；或作「（你的）大背道」〔MAURER〕。英文譯本（English Version） 意指以色列對神的先知與律法的「恨惡」。
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7. visitation--vengeance: punishment
(Isa 10:3).
Israel shall know it--to her cost experimentally
(Isa 9:9).
the prophet is a fool--The false prophet who foretold prosperity to the nation shall be convicted of folly by the event.
the spiritual man--the man pretending to inspiration
(La 2:14; Eze 13:3; Mic 3:11; Zep 3:4).
for the multitude of thine iniquity, &c.--Connect these words with, "the days of visitation . . . are come"; "the prophet . . . is mad," being parenthetical.
the great hatred--or, "the great provocation" [HENDERSON]; or, "(thy) great apostasy" [MAURER]. English Version means Israel's "hatred" of God's prophets and the law.
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8. The watchman . . . was with my God——那屬靈的守望者——真先知——從前求問我的神
（Jer 31:6； Hab 2:1）；
但他們所謂的 先知 卻是個網羅，將以色列誘入偶像崇拜。
hatred——更確切地譯作「（造成）背道的（緣由）」（見
Ho 9:7）
〔MAURER〕。
house of his God——意即以法蓮的國，如
Ho 8:1
所述〔MAURER〕。或作「他（假）神的殿」，即那些牛犢〔CALVIN〕。耶和華——「我的 神」——似乎與「他的 神」相對。因此 CALVIN 的見解較為可取。
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8. The watchman . . . was with my God--The spiritual watchmen, the true prophets, formerly consulted my God
(Jer 31:6; Hab 2:1);
but their so-called prophet is a snare, entrapping Israel into idolatry.
hatred--rather, "(a cause of) apostasy" (see
Ho 9:7)
[MAURER].
house of his God--that is, the state of Ephraim, as in
Ho 8:1
[MAURER]. Or, "the house of his (false) god," the calves [CALVIN]. Jehovah, "my God," seems contrasted with "his God." CALVIN'S view is therefore preferable.
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9. as in the days of Gibeah——正如在基比亞行那暴行的日子，記載於
Jud 19:16-22
等等。
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9. as in the days of Gibeah--as in the day of the perpetration of the atrocity of Gibeah, narrated in
Jud 19:16-22,
&c.
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10. 正如行曠野的旅人尋見葡萄解渴，或早熟的無花果（在東方被視為美味，
Isa 28:4； Jer 24:2； Mic 7:1）
而欣喜；照樣我在埃及揀選你們列祖作我特有的子民，也是我的喜樂
（Ho 2:15）。
at her first time——指樹上初熟的果子成熟之時。
went to Baal-peor——
（Nu 25:3）：
那摩押的偶像，其敬拜中女子行淫；這正是以色列後來所犯的罪。
separated themselves——將自己分別為聖。
unto that shame——歸與那可恥可憎的偶像
（Jer 11:13）。
their abominations were according as they loved——更確切地譯作，如 武加大譯本，「他們成了可憎惡的，正如他們所愛的對象一樣」
（De 7:26； Ps 115:8）。
英文譯本（English Version） 的譯法也很有道理：「他們所追隨的可憎偶像，正如他們的私慾所驅使的」
（Am 4:5，
Margin〔旁註〕）。
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10. As the traveller in a wilderness is delighted at finding grapes to quench his thirst, or the early fig (esteemed a great delicacy in the East,
Isa 28:4; Jer 24:2; Mic 7:1);
so it was My delight to choose your fathers as My peculiar people in Egypt
(Ho 2:15).
at her first time--when the first-fruits of the tree become ripe.
went to Baal-peor--
(Nu 25:3):
the Moabite idol, in whose worship young women prostituted themselves; the very sin Israel latterly was guilty of.
separated themselves--consecrated themselves.
unto that shame--to that shameful or foul idol
(Jer 11:13).
their abominations were according as they loved--rather, as Vulgate, "they became abominable like the object of their love"
(De 7:26; Ps 115:8).
English Version gives good sense, "their abominable idols they followed after, according as their lusts prompted them"
(Am 4:5,
Margin).
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11. their glory shall fly away——對那些「將自己分別為聖歸與那 羞恥 之人」公義的報應
（Ho 9:10）。
兒女被視為父母的 榮耀；不育則是恥辱。「Ephraim（以法蓮）」意為「結果子」
（Ge 41:52）；
這名字將不再是它的特徵。
from the birth . . . womb . . . conception——以法蓮的兒女必按三重等級消沒：（一）從出生之時。（二）從懷孕之時。（三）從初次成孕之時。
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11. their glory shall fly away--fit retribution to those who "separated themselves unto that shame"
(Ho 9:10).
Children were accounted the glory of parents; sterility, a reproach. "Ephraim" means "fruitfulness"
(Ge 41:52);
this its name shall cease to be its characteristic.
from the birth . . . womb . . . conception--Ephraim's children shall perish in a threefold gradation; (1) From the time of birth. (2) From the time of pregnancy. (3) From the time of their first conception.
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12. 即使他們養育兒女，我也要使他們（以法蓮人）喪失兒女
（Job 27:14）。
woe . . . to them when I depart——然而不敬虔的人在其狂妄中，反倒渴求神離開他們
（Job 21:14; 22:17； Mt 8:34）。
至終他們要付代價才明白，神離開是何等可怕
（De 31:17； 1Sa 28:15, 16；
參
Ho 9:11； 1Sa 4:21）。
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12. Even though they should rear their children, yet will I bereave them (the Ephraimites) of them
(Job 27:14).
woe . . . to them when I depart--Yet the ungodly in their madness desire God to depart from them
(Job 21:14; 22:17; Mt 8:34).
At last they know to their cost how awful it is when God has departed
(De 31:17; 1Sa 28:15, 16;
compare
Ho 9:11; 1Sa 4:21).
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13. Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus . . . in a pleasant place——意即我望向推羅（以法蓮在其邊界上）之時，看見以法蓮在地理位置上與推羅一樣秀美
（Eze 26:1-28:26）。
is planted——如一棵 結果的 樹；這比喻由「Ephraim（以法蓮）」的含義而來
（Ho 9:11）。
bring forth his children to the murderer——
（Ho 9:16； Ho 13:16）。
他雖結實纍纍，他的兒女卻不過是被養大遭殺戮。
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13. Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus . . . in a pleasant place--that is, in looking towards Tyrus (on whose borders Ephraim lay) I saw Ephraim beautiful in situation like her
(Eze 26:1-28:26).
is planted--as a fruitful tree; image suggested by the meaning of "Ephraim"
(Ho 9:11).
bring forth his children to the murderer--
(Ho 9:16; Ho 13:16).
With all his fruitfulness, his children shall only be brought up to be slain.
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14. what wilt thou give?——他彷彿被情感所淹沒，便與神商議甚麼才是最可取的。
give . . . a miscarrying womb——兩害之中，他選擇較輕的一個。災禍將如此之大，以致不育反成了福氣，雖然不育通常被視為大不幸
（Job 3:3； Jer 20:14； Lu 23:29）。
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14. what wilt thou give?--As if overwhelmed by feeling, he deliberates with God what is most desirable.
give . . . a miscarrying womb--Of two evils he chooses the least. So great will be the calamity, that barrenness will be a blessing, though usually counted a great misfortune
(Job 3:3; Jer 20:14; Lu 23:29).
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15. All their wickedness——意即他們首要的罪咎。
Gilgal——（見
Ho 4:15
的註解）。
這是他們頭一次頑梗背逆——棄絕神而揀選一個王——的地方
（1Sa 11:14, 15；
參
1Sa 8:7），
也是他們後來拜偶像的地方。
there I hated them——不是人的情感，而是對他們罪惡聖潔的恨惡，這罪惡需要刑罰臨到他們本身（參
Mal 1:3）。
out of mine house——如
Ho 8:1：
從那歸我為聖之地出來。或作：因為其後立刻提到「愛」，所指可能是希伯來人休妻的方式——丈夫（神）把妻子（以色列）趕出家門。
princes . . . revolters——「Sarim . . . Sorerim」（希伯來文），是音近字的雙關。
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15. All their wickedness--that is, their chief guilt.
Gilgal--(see on
Ho 4:15).
This was the scene of their first contumacy in rejecting God and choosing a king
(1Sa 11:14, 15;
compare
1Sa 8:7),
and of their subsequent idolatry.
there I hated them--not with the human passion, but holy hatred of their sin, which required punishment to be inflicted on themselves (compare
Mal 1:3).
out of mine house--as in
Ho 8:1:
out of the land holy unto ME. Or, as "love" is mentioned immediately after, the reference may be to the Hebrew mode of divorce, the husband (God) putting the wife (Israel) out of the house.
princes . . . revolters--"Sarim . . . Sorerim" (Hebrew), a play on similar sounds.
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16. 「root（根）」、「fruit（果子）」這些比喻，是由「Ephraim（以法蓮）」一詞的含義——即 結果子的——所引發（見
Ho 9:11, 12
的註解）。「Smitten（被打）」，意即受瘟疫之擊
（Ps 102:4）。
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16. The figures "root," "fruit," are suggested by the word "Ephraim," that is, fruitful (see on
Ho 9:11, 12). "Smitten," namely, with a blight
(Ps 102:4).
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17. My God——「My（我的）」與「them（他們）」相對，意即那百姓的神，耶和華已不再作了。何西阿也以神為支持他權柄的，以對抗全體百姓。
wanderers among . . . nations——
（2Ki 15:29； 1Ch 5:26）。
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17. My God--"My," in contrast to "them," that is, the people, whose God Jehovah no longer is. Also Hosea appeals to God as supporting his authority against the whole people.
wanderers among . . . nations--
(2Ki 15:29; 1Ch 5:26).
Ho 9:1-17.
警告以色列不可因困境稍得紓解而歡樂：他們的莊稼必歉收，百姓必離開耶和華之地，前往埃及與亞述，在那裏縱使有意，也不能照古時的禮儀事奉神：他們假先知的愚妄。
1. Rejoice not . . . for joy——字面作「到歡躍的地步」。你因與普勒結盟、似乎得享平安而歡躍，這是合宜不過的：因你的偶像崇拜必為你招致毀滅。
as other people——例如亞述人，他們與你不同，正處於興盛的極處。
loved a reward upon every corn floor——你曾渴望在 酬謝 你向偶像的敬奉上，在每一個禾場上多得穀物
（Ho 2:12）。