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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Hosea 5:9

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Israel is referred to in Hos 5:9, Judah in Hos 5:10. the day of rebuke--the day when I shall chastise him. among the tribes of Israel have I made known--proving that the scene of Hosea's labor was among the ten tribes. that which shall surely be--namely, the coming judgment here foretold. It is no longer a conditional decree, leaving a hope of pardon on repentance; it is absolute, for Ephraim is hopelessly impenitent.
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