Hosea 9:15

wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

Gilgal. Compare Hosea 4:15; Hosea 12:11. The place where Jehovah was rejected, and man's king set up; and where, on account of his impatience and disobedience Saul got his first message of his rejection (1 Samuel 13:4), and his second (1 Samuel 15:12). See note on Hosea 4:15.

I hated them. have. come to hate them.

for the wickedness, &c. Compare Hosea 1:6.

their princes are revolters. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. sareyhem. sorerim. It may be Englished by "their rulers are unruly". Compare Isaiah 1:23, where the same words are used.