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