Hosea 10:11

"When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them when they are bound to their two transgressions."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that God's judgment on Israel would come precisely because of their persistent sins, which He saw as a threat. The gathering of nations against Israel reflects the broader consequences of their wrongdoing, illustrating how individual sin impacts communal and international relationships.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Ephraim is an heifer that is taught and that loveth to tread out the corn -The object of the metaphor in these three verses seems to be, to picture, under operations of husbandry, what God willed and trained His people to do, how they took as much pains in evil, as He willed them to do for good. One thing only they did “which” He willed, but not because He willed it - what pleased themselves. Corn was threshed in the East chiefly by means of oxen, who were either driven round and round, so as to trample it out with their feet, or drew a cylinder armed with iron, or harrow-shaped planks, set with sharp stones which at the same time cut up the straw for provender.

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