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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 8:9

Hired lovers] with reference to the tribute paid to Tiglath-pileser by Menahem (cp. Hosea 7:9), and the attempts made by others to coquet with Egypt.

10. This courting of foreign princes will be of no avail. Very soon the people will be gathered for judgment by God and taken into a strange land.

They shall.. little] They already begin to feel the oppressive tribute exacted by Tiglath-pileser: see on Hosea 7:9. King of princes] perhaps with reference to the many small dependencies under the Assyrian sway: cp. Isaiah 10:8.

11. The multiplication of altars and sacrifices only led to increased wickedness.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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