Verse 12
Though they bring up, &c Not "inappropriate after Hosea 9:11 ", but is part of the contrast commenced there.
children = sons.
will I bereave them. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:22 .Deuteronomy 28:41 , Deuteronomy 28:62 ).
when I depart from them = when I take command from them. Hebrew. sur, as in Hosea 8:4 , and Hosea 12:3 (see notes there). Not the same word as "withdraw" in Hosea 5:6 , which is halaz.
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