Shall fear because, &c.— Have feared, because of the famous calf, &c. For the people mourn over it: its priests are distressed, because its glory is departed from it. Houbigant; who, for king Jareb, reads, the king the avenger, as in chap. Hosea 5:13 and instead of Ephraim shall receive shame,—Ephraim shall be taken in a snare.
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Hosea 10:5-6
5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priestsb thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.