Hosea 7:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

When they shall go - to seek aid from this or that foreign state.

I will spread my net upon them - as on birds taken on the ground (Ezekiel 12:13); as contrasted with --

I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven - namely, by the use of missiles.

I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard - namely, by my prophets, through whom I threatened 'chastisement' (Hosea 5:9; 2 Kings 17:13-18).

Hosea 7:12

12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.