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Hosea 7:12
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10 And the apride of Israel testifies to his face,
But bthey do not return to the Lord their God,
Nor seek Him for all this. 

Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 “Ephraima also is like a silly dove, without1 sense—
bThey call to Egypt,
They go to cAssyria. 
12 Wherever they go, I will aspread My net on them;
I will bring them down like birds of the air;
I will chastise them
bAccording to what their congregation has heard. 
13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though aI redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me. 
14 aThey did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.
“They1 assemble together for grain and new bwine,
1They rebel against Me; 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Hosea 7:12

When they shall go - To those nations for help: -

I will spread my net upon them - I will cause them to be taken by those in whom they trusted.

I will bring them down - They shall no sooner set off to seek this foreign help, than my net shall bring them down to the earth. The allusion to the dove, and to the mode of taking the fowls of heaven, is still carried on.

As their congregation hath heard - As in their solemn assemblies they before have heard; in the reading of my law, and the denunciation of my wrath against idolaters.

Bishop Newcome translates: "I will chastise them when they hearken to their assembly." That is, when they take the counsel of their elders to go down to Egypt for help, and trust in the arm of the Assyrians for succor.


 
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