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**people** = peoples.
**gone a whoring:** i.e. gone into idolatry. See note on [Hosea 1:2](../../../kjv/hosea/1/2) .
**a reward** = a love-fee. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 23:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/18) , "hire"). App-92 .

**floor** = threshing-floor.
**winepress** = wine fat. Hebrew. *yekeb,* the wine receptacle; not *gath* , the winepress. See note on [Isaiah 5:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/2) .
**new wine.** Hebrew. *tirosh.* App-27 . Not same as [Hosea 9:4](../../../kjv/hosea/9/4) .
**her.** A special various reading called *Sevir* ( App-34 ), with some codices, one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, give "them"; some give "with her" in margin

**return to Egypt.** See [Hosea 8:13](../../../kjv/hosea/8/13) ; [Hosea 11:5](../../../kjv/hosea/11/5) . Compare [Ezekiel 4:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/4/13) .
**in Assyria.** See [2 Kings 17:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/6) . [2 Kings 11:11](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/11) .

**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 . Not same as in [Hosea 9:2](../../../kjv/hosea/9/2) .
**bread.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), App-6 , for all kinds of food.
**of mourners.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 26:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/14) .[Numbers 19:14](../../../kjv/numbers/19/14); [Numbers 19:14](../../../kjv/numbers/19/14) ). App-92 . Hebrew. *'aven.* A *Homonym.* See note on "Benjamin", [Genesis 35:18](../../../kjv/genesis/35/18) .

**because of** = from.
**Egypt** = [yet] Egypt. Compare [Hosea 7:16](../../../kjv/hosea/7/16) .
**shall gather them up** = shall rake them out [for manure, or for burning]; not for burial in their own land; this would be *'asaph.* But here it is *kabaz.* ([Jeremiah 8:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/2) .[Ezekiel 29:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/29/5) .)
**Memphis.** The capital of Lower Egypt (near Cairo). Now *Mitrahumy* ; also called *Noph.*
**tabernacles** = tents. Hebrew. *'ohel* ( App-40 .); "tents" being put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the place where their tents were pitched.

**The days of visitation are come.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 32:34](../../../kjv/exodus/32/34) ). App-92 . Compare [Luke 19:44](../../../kjv/luke/19/44) ; [Luke 21:22](../../../kjv/luke/21/22) .
**recompence** = retribution.
**know [it]** = discover [her wickedness, when she said].
**spiritual man** = man of the Spirit: i.e. God's prophet, who is defined as a man in whom the Spirit of God was.
**for the multitude, &c.** = for great is thine iniquity, great is thine enmity.
**iniquity** = distortion. Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 .
**hatred** = provocation.

**The watchman.** Note the series of contrasts, what Ephraim had been, and what Ephraim had now become, which commences here; with remarks following each. See [Hosea 9:10](../../../kjv/hosea/9/10) and [Hosea 9:13](../../../kjv/hosea/9/13) ; [Hosea 10:1](../../../kjv/hosea/10/1) , [Hosea 10:9](../../../kjv/hosea/10/9) ; [Hosea 11:1](../../../kjv/hosea/11/1) ; [Hosea 13:1](../../../kjv/hosea/13/1) .
**watchman.** Used of a true prophet in [Isaiah 21:6-11](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/6-11) .[Jeremiah 6:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/17) ; [Jeremiah 31:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/6) . [Ezekiel 3:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/17) ; [Ezekiel 33:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/7) .
**was.** Render: "Ephraim [was so], e.g. in Joshua's days.
**my God:** i.e. Hosea's God.
**but** = [but now].
**the prophet:** i.e. Ephraim.
**is** = is become.
**his God.** In contrast with Hosea's God.

**the days of Gibeah.** See [Hosea 10:9](../../../kjv/hosea/10/9) . This implies a common knowledge of the history of [Judges 19:15](../../../kjv/judges/19/15) , &c.
**therefore.** Some codices, with three early printed editions (one Rabbinic, marg), read "now will He", &c.
**He:** i.e. Jehovah. App-4 . He will visit. Some codices read "that He may visit". Compare [Hosea 8:13](../../../kjv/hosea/8/13) .

**I found, &c.** Another contrast. See [Hosea 9:8](../../../kjv/hosea/9/8) .
**they went, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 25:3](../../../kjv/numbers/25/3) ). The history was well known, or this reference to it would be useless. App-92 .
**Baal-peor.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 25:3](../../../kjv/numbers/25/3) .[Deuteronomy 4:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/3); [Deuteronomy 4:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/3) ). Elsewhere only in [Psalms 106:28](../../../kjv/psalms/106/28) . Compare [Joshua 22:17](../../../kjv/joshua/22/17) .
**that shame** = that shameful thing: the *'Asherah* and its worship. See App-42 .
**their, &c.** Supply the *Ellipsis,* and render: "became an abomination like their paramour".

**from the birth, &c.** = no birth, none with child, no conception.
**conception.** This particular word *herayon* occurs only here, and [Ruth 4:13](../../../kjv/ruth/4/13) . A similar word (Hebrew. *haron)* in [Genesis 3:16](../../../kjv/genesis/3/16) .

**Though they bring up, &c** Not "inappropriate after [Hosea 9:11](../../../kjv/hosea/9/11) ", but is part of the contrast commenced there.
**children** = sons.
**will I bereave them.** Ref to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/22) .[Deuteronomy 28:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/41) , [Deuteronomy 28:62](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/62) ).
**when I depart from them** = when I take command from them. Hebrew. *sur,* as in [Hosea 8:4](../../../kjv/hosea/8/4) , and [Hosea 12:3](../../../kjv/hosea/12/3) (see notes there). Not the same word as "withdraw" in [Hosea 5:6](../../../kjv/hosea/5/6) , which is *halaz.*

**as I saw Tyrus.** Another contrast. See note on [Hosea 9:8](../../../kjv/hosea/9/8) . The verse does not "defy explanation".
**as** = according as.
**Tyrus.** See [Isaiah 23](../../../kjv/isaiah/23) .[Ezekiel 26](../../../kjv/ezekiel/26) , [Ezekiel 27](../../../kjv/ezekiel/27) , [Ezekiel 28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/28) .

**wickedness.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .
**Gilgal.** Compare [Hosea 4:15](../../../kjv/hosea/4/15) ; [Hosea 12:11](../../../kjv/hosea/12/11) . The place where Jehovah was rejected, and man's king set up; and where, on account of his impatience and disobedience Saul got his first message of his rejection ([1 Samuel 13:4-15](../../../kjv/1-samuel/13/4-15) ), and his second ([1 Samuel 15:12-33](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/12-33) ). See note on [Hosea 4:15](../../../kjv/hosea/4/15) .
**I hated them** = have I come to hate them.
**for the wickedness, &c.** Compare [Hosea 1:6](../../../kjv/hosea/1/6) .
**their princes are revolters.** Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Hebrew. *sareyhem. sorerim.* It may be Englished by "their rulers are unruly". Compare [Isaiah 1:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/23) , where the same words are used.

**they shall be wanderers, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:64](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/64) , [Deuteronomy 28:65](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/65) ).

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