Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
words—mere empty words.
swearing falsely in making a covenant—breaking their engagement to Shalmaneser (II Kings 17:4), and making a covenant with So, though covenants with foreigners were forbidden.
judgment . . . as hemlock—that is, divine judgment shall spring up as rank, and as deadly, as hemlock in the furrows (Deuteronomy 29:18; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12). GESENIUS translates, "poppy." GROTIUS, "darnel."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 10:4:
Hosea 10:1
Hosea 10:1
Hosea 12:11
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