Verse 1
1. empty—stripped of its fruits [CALVIN], ( :-); compelled to pay tribute to Pul ( :-). MAURER translates, "A widespreading vine"; so the Septuagint. Compare Genesis 49:22; Psalms 80:9-11; Ezekiel 17:6.
bringeth forth fruit unto himself—not unto ME.
according to . . . multitude of . . . fruit . . . increased . . . altars—In proportion to the abundance of their prosperity, which called for fruit unto God (compare Romans 6:22), was the abundance of their idolatry (Hosea 8:4; Hosea 8:11).
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