Hosea 9:10

Hosea 9:10

8 The ^awatchman of Ephraim is with my God;
But the prophet is a¹ fowler’s snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.

9 ^aThey are deeply corrupted,
As in the days of ^bGibeah.
He will remember their iniquity;
He will punish their sins.

10 “I found Israel
Like grapes in the ^awilderness;
I saw your fathers
As the ^bfirstfruits on the fig tree in its first season.
But they went to ^cBaal Peor,
And¹ separated themselves to that shame;
^dThey became an abomination like the thing they loved.

11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird—
No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!

12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them to the last man.
Yes, ^awoe to them when I depart from them!

13 Just ^aas I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place,
So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.”

14 Give them, O Lord—
What will You give?
Give them ^aa miscarrying womb
And dry breasts!

15 “All their wickedness is in ^aGilgal,
For there I hated them.
Because of the evil of their deeds
I will drive them from My house;
I will love them no more.
^bAll their princes are rebellious.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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I found Israel - The Lord speaks of himself in the person of a traveller, who unexpectedly in the wilderness finds a vine loaded with grapes; such love did God bear to Israel. Your fathers - Whom I brought out of Egypt. As the first - ripe - As the earliest ripe fruit of the fig - tree, which is most valued and desired. Separated themselves - Consecrated themselves to that shameful idol. Their abominations - Their idols, and way of worshipping them. As they loved - As they fancied.

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