Hosea 10:4

Thus judgment springeth, &c.— "Injustice, being publicly countenanced, encourages the same practices in the dealings of private men." Thus injustice increaseth everywhere, as bitter and poisonous weeds spring up in a field where there is no care taken to destroy them. The word ראשׁ rosh, is in some places translated gall, and in others hemlock; a very bitter and poisonous plant, common in Palestine.