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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Hosea 9:14

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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what wilt thou give?--As if overwhelmed by feeling, he deliberates with God what is most desirable. give . . . a miscarrying womb--Of two evils he chooses the least. So great will be the calamity, that barrenness will be a blessing, though usually counted a great misfortune (Job 3:3; Jer 20:14; Luk 23:29).
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