Verse 10
At the Lord’s chosen time He would chasten (punish, discipline, cf. Hosea 5:2) His people by binding them as prisoners, harnessing them to their sins (cf. Hosea 10:11). Other peoples would oppose them in battle when the Lord had bound them up for being twice guilty. The double guilt in view is probably their original guilt because of their sin at Gibeah and their present guilt because of their sin at Bethel. [Note: Wolff, p. 184.] Another view is that it refers to the sin of forsaking God and the sin of forsaking His appointed Davidic kings. [Note: Keil, 1:133.]
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