Hosea 10:10

It is in my desire that I should chastise them,.... Or, "bind them" (a), and carry them captive; and by so doing correct them for their sins they have so long continued in: this the Lord had in his…

It is in My desire that I should chastise them - God “doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men” Lam 3:33. Grievous then must be the cause of punishment, when God not only chastens…

When they shall bind themselves in their two furrows - "When they are chastised for their two iniquities," i.e., the calves in Dan and Beth-el. - Newcome. But this double iniquity may refer to what…

Here, I. They are put in mind of the sins of their fathers and predecessors, for which God would now reckon with them. It was told them (Hos 9:9) that they had corrupted themselves, as in the days of…

Jehovah's rejoinder to this tacit challenge. It is in my desire Rather, When I desire, I will chastise them, and peoples (i. e. hostile armies), &c.

when they shall bind themselves, &c. Rather, when I…