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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fall	וְכָשַׁלְתָּ֣ ve.kha.shal.Ta	H3782	to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
day	הַיּ֔וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
prophet	נָבִ֛יא na.Vi'	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fall	וְכָשַׁ֧ל ve.kha.Shal	H3782	to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
night	לָ֑יְלָה La.ye.lah	H3915	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
destroy	וְדָמִ֖יתִי ve.da.Mi.ti	H1820	to be dumb or silent · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
mother	אִמֶּֽךָ 'i.Me.kha	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noond…
Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight,…
Galatians 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Zechariah 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall n…
Isaiah 9:13-17 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sol…
Jeremiah 6:4-5 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretch…
Jeremiah 6:12-15 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 whether you will forbear." Whom may God expect to give him a fair hearing, and take from him a fair warning, but the children of Israel, his own professing people? Yea, they will be ready enough to hear when God speaks comfortably to them; but are they willing to hear when he has a controversy with them? Yes, they must hear him when he pleads against them, when he has something to lay to their charge: The Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, of this land, of this holy land. Note,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 4:5

fall in the day--in broad daylight, a time when an attack would not be expected (see on Jer 6:4-5; Jer 15:8). in . . . night--No time, night or day, shall be free from the slaughter of individuals of the people, as well as of the false prophets. thy mother--the Israelitish state, of which the citizens are the children (Hos 2:2).

Adam Clarke on Hosea 4:5

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 prognostications from stars, meteors, etc. And I will destroy thy mother - The metropolis or mother city. Jerusalem or Samaria is meant.

John Gill on Hosea 4:5

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, should fall from their present prosperity and happiness into great evils and calamities; particularly into the hands of their enemies, and be carried captive into another land: and this should be "in the day", or "today" (r); immediately, quickly, in a very short time; or in the daytime, openly, publicly, in the sight of all, of all the nations round about, who shall rejoice at it; or in the day of prosperity, while things go well, amidst great plenty of all good things, and when such a fall wa…

The Church Fathers

One says that Israel will be weak not forever but for days. For it has been reserved for her a time of salvation and a return to faith.
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON HOSEA 3:37

Of the ones who first made use of false predictions to deceive you, most will also themselves become weak because of the calamity that holds them back. As if they were wrapped up in some kind of night darkness, they see the pursuit of deceit, which was useless for them.
— Theodore of Mopsuestia, COMMENTARY ON HOSEA 4

"Day continues according to your ordinance." For all these things are day: "and this is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it" and "let us walk honestly as in the day." "For all things serve you." He said "all things of some," "all" which belong to this day "serve you." For the ungodly, of whom it is said, "I have compared thy mother unto the night," do not serve you.
— Augustine of Hippo, EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 119:91

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Hosea 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 4:5

Adam Clarke on Hosea 4:5

John Gill on Hosea 4:5

The Church Fathers

Hosea 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 4:5

Adam Clarke on Hosea 4:5

John Gill on Hosea 4:5

The Church Fathers

John Calvin on Hosea 4:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Hosea 4:5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hosea 4:4-5

Rashi on Hosea 4:5