Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Hosea 4:16 - 4:16

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Hosea 4:16 - 4:16


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The reason for this warning is given in Hos 4:16., viz., the punishment which will fall upon Israel. Hos 4:16. “For Israel has become refractory like a refractory cow; now will Jehovah feed them like a lamb in a wide field.” סֹורֵר, unmanageable, refractory (Deu 21:18, cf. Zec 7:11). As Israel would not submit to the yoke of the divine law, it should have what it desired. God would feed it like a lamb, which being in a wide field becomes the prey of wolves and wild beasts, i.e., He would give it up to the freedom of banishment and dispersion among the nations.