Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
treacherously—as to the marriage covenant (Jeremiah 3:20).
strange children—alluding to "children of whoredoms" (Hosea 1:2; Hosea 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 (Zechariah 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 Isaiah 57:6, "portions" as their idols; the context favors this, "the Lord" the true "portion of His people" (Deuteronomy 32:9), being in antithesis to "their portions," the idols.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 5:7:
Psalms 78:9-11
Zechariah 11:8
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