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Hosea 7:12 KJV
Hosea · chapter 7 · verse 12
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.Hosea 7:12 · King James Version
Hosea 7:12 in context
10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
11Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- chastiseyâçarto chastise, literally or figurativelyH3256 →
- spreadpârasto break apart, disperse, etcH6566 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- fowlsʻôwpha bird , often collectivelyH5775 →
- netreshetha netH7568 →
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Having seen how vicious and corrupt the court was, we now come to enquire how it is with the country, and we find that to be no better; and no marvel if the distemper that has so seized the head affect the whole body, so that there is no soundness in it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-16