The Pulpit Commentary on Hosea 9:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people. The occasion on which the prophet penned this section was so no idolatrous merry-making in connection with harvest, and not any change of political situation.

For thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every corn-floor.

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