Hosea 5:10

“The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound, etc.] Or landmark, which to do was contrary to the law, (<051914>Deuteronomy 19:14); and has always been reckoned a heinous sin among all nations, and is only done by such who have no regard to right and wrong, and by them secretly; and such were the kings, princes, and nobles of Judah; they secretly committed the grossest iniquities, yea, were abandoned to their vile lusts, and could not be contained within any bounds. The “caph” here used is, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, not a note of similitude, but of certainty; and then the sense is, that the princes of Judah did remove the bound; either, in a literal sense, by force and…”

“remove the bound-- (Deu 19:14; Deu 27:17; Job 24:2; Pro 22:28; Pro 23:10). Proverbial for the rash setting aside of the ancestral laws by which men are kept to their duty. Ahaz and his courtiers ("the princes of Judah"), setting aside the ancient ordinances of God, removed the borders of the bases and the layer and the sea and introduced an idolatrous altar from Damascus (Kg2 16:10-18); also he burnt his children in the valley of Hinnom, after the abominations of the heathen (Ch2 28:3).”

“The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound - All avaricious encroachment on the paternal inheritance of others, was strictly forbidden by God in the law, under the penalty of His curse. “Cursed is he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark” Deuteronomy 27:17. “The princes of Judah,” i. e., those who were the king’s counselors and chief in the civil polity, had committed sin, like to this. Since the prophet had just pronounced the desolation of Israel, perhaps that sin was, that instead of taking warning from the threatened destruction, and turning to God, they thought only how the removal of Ephraim would benefit them, by the enlargement of their borders. They might hope also to…”

“The bound - The ancient bounds which limited every one, and prevented the encroaching of covetous men. Like water - Like an overflowing flood. Hosea 5:11”

“5:10 thieves (literally those who move a boundary marker): The Lord was the owner of the land, which he entrusted to the tribes following the conquest (see Josh 13:8–19:51). To move a boundary marker and change God’s allotted boundaries was to steal from God (Deut 19:14). Such an act rightly invoked divine punishment (Deut 27:17).”

“princes: Hos 5:5 remove: Deu 19:14, Deu 27:17; Kg2 16:7-9; Ch2 28:16-22; Pro 17:14, Pro 22:28 like: Psa 32:6, Psa 88:17, Psa 93:3, Psa 93:4; Mat 7:27; Luk 6:49 Hosea 5:11”