Hosea 10:10

"“Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn’t overtake them in Gibeah."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights Israel's persistent sinfulness since the time of the incident at Gibeah, a place where severe moral corruption occurred. Despite this, God did not immediately bring judgment, allowing the nation to remain in its sinful state for an extended period.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

It is in My desire that I should chastise them -God “doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men”Lamentations 3:33. Grievous then must be the cause of punishment, when God not only chastens people, but, so to speak, longs to chasten them, when He chastens them without any let or hindrance from His mercy. Yet so God had said; “It shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you and to bring you to nought”Deuteronomy 28:63. God willed to enforce His justice, with no reserve whatever from His mercy. His whole mind, so to speak, is to punish them.

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