Hosea 10:1

EXPOSITION

The concluding thought of the last chapter is the commencing one of this; while the sad subject of Israel's guilt being resumed continues in the first section ( Hosea 10:1-8 ) of the chapter, and that of their punishment in the second section ( Hosea 10:9-15 ), with a solemn caution to make a better use of the future than they had clone of the past.

Israel is an empty vine . The comparison of Israel to a vine is frequent; but the epithet boqeq is variously rendered;