Hosea 9:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephraim; the kingdom of Israel. Tyrus; of which see Eze 26 $ Eze 27$ Eze 28 $; a very rich, well-fortified, and pleasant city, and secure too, that afterward held out thirteen years siege against all the power of the Babylonian empire in Nebuchadnezzar's time. Is planted in a pleasant place; is now well provided, seems invincible, is as secure as Tyrus was in her prosperity; perhaps reckons either strength shall break the enemies, or money buy friends, or the magnificence and beauty of their places and dwellings shall be some safety to them; but all this shall avail nothing. Shall bring forth his children to the murderer; though a multitude of children to send forth in mighty armies against the enemy, yet it will be but a sending them out to the slaughter: God is departed from them, and will not go out with their armies, so they shall fall by the sword of the enemy, as they needs must whom God doth not befriend in a war.