Hos 9:16, 13:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. The figures "root," "fruit," are suggested by the word "Ephraim," that is, fruitful (see on ). "Smitten," namely, with a blight ( ).

Hosea 9:16

16. The figures "root," "fruit," are suggested by the word "Ephraim," that is, fruitful (see on Ho 9:11, 12). "Smitten," namely, with a blight (Ps 102:4).

Hosea 13:16

16. This verse and Ho 13:15 foretell the calamities about to befall Israel before her restoration (Ho 13:14), owing to her impenitence.

her God—the greatest aggravation of her rebellion, that it was against her God (Ho 13:4).

infants . . . dashed in pieces, &c.— (2Ki 8:12; 15:16; Am 1:13).