Matthew Poole Commentary - Hosea 6:11 - 6:11

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Hosea 6:11 - 6:11


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This verse is confessedly very dark to interpreters, who agree not whether Judah be vocative or nominative; or who it is that setteth, whether Ephraim, Judah, or God; or what captivity is here meant, whether one past or to come: the conciseness of our prophet makes him very obscure.



Also, O Judah; or also Judah, i.e. as Israel is polluted, and must expect to be chastised; or, O Judah, thou art like polluted Israel in sin, and mightest be every way like in punishment.



He hath set an harvest for thee; but thy God hath appointed a harvest for thee, thou shalt not as Israel be utterly cut off, a seed of thee shall be sowed, and thou shalt reap the harvest with joy.



When I returned; when I shall return, rather, so it looks to what is to come; or else, forasmuch as I will turn



the captivity of my people, the house of Judah.