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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Hosea 4:5

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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fall in the day--in broad daylight, a time when an attack would not be expected (see on Jer 6:4-5; Jer 15:8). in . . . night--No time, night or day, shall be free from the slaughter of individuals of the people, as well as of the false prophets. thy mother--the Israelitish state, of which the citizens are the children (Hos 2:2).
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