For judgment — God's controversy is with you all. A snare — You, O priests and princes, have ensnared the people by your examples. Mizpah — By idolatries acted at Mizpah, a part of Libanus. On Tabor — Here, as in Mizpah, idolatry catched men as birds are taken in a net.
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Hosea 5:1
1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.