Israel’s Defeat because of Sin

Israel, you have sinned
since the days of Gibeah;(A)
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
10 I will discipline(B) them at my discretion;(C)
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage[a]
for their double iniquity.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:10 LXX, Syr, Vg read against them when they are disciplined

“From the time of Gibeah,
    you have sinned, Israel;
There they took their stand;
    the battle at Gibeah could not subdue the lawless.
10 When I’m ready, I will chasten them;
    and the people will gather against them,
        to imprison them for their two unrighteous acts.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:10 So LXX. MT reads two eyes