Hos 5:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. treacherously —as to the marriage covenant ( ). strange children —alluding to "children of whoredoms" ( ). "Strange" or foreign implies that their idolatry was imported from abroad [HENDERSON ]. Or rather, "regarded by God as strangers, not His," as being reared in idolatry. The case is desperate, when not only the existing, but also the rising, generation is reared in apostasy. a month — a very brief space of time shall elapse, and then punishment shall overtake them ( ). The allusion seems to be to money loans, which were by the month, not as with us by the year. You cannot put it off; the time of your destruction is immediately and suddenly coming on you; just as the debtor must meet the creditor's demand at the expiration of the month. The prediction is of the invasion of Tiglath-pileser, who carried away Reuben, Gad, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh. portions —that is, possessions. Their resources and garrisons will not avail to save them. HENDERSON explains from , "portions" as their idols; the context favors this, "the Lord" the true " portion of His people" ( ), being in antithesis to "their portions," the idols.

Hosea 5:7

7. treacherously—as to the marriage covenant (Jer 3:20).

strange children—alluding to "children of whoredoms" (Ho 1:2; 2:4). "Strange" or foreign implies that their idolatry was imported from abroad [HENDERSON]. Or rather, "regarded by God as strangers, not His," as being reared in idolatry. The case is desperate, when not only the existing, but also the rising, generation is reared in apostasy.

a month—a very brief space of time shall elapse, and then punishment shall overtake them (Zec 11:8). The allusion seems to be to money loans, which were by the month, not as with us by the year. You cannot put it off; the time of your destruction is immediately and suddenly coming on you; just as the debtor must meet the creditor's demand at the expiration of the month. The prediction is of the invasion of Tiglath-pileser, who carried away Reuben, Gad, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

portions—that is, possessions. Their resources and garrisons will not avail to save them. HENDERSON explains from Isa 57:6, "portions" as their idols; the context favors this, "the Lord" the true "portion of His people" (De 32:9), being in antithesis to "their portions," the idols.