Hosea 8

Hosea 8:1

But ye must tread down - You great ones, eat the fat, and sweet; and what you cannot eat, you waste and spoil. The deep waters - Which are sufficient for all.

Hosea 8:3

I will judge - I will vindicate the poor. The fat cattle - The rich. The lean - The poor.

Hosea 8:6

One shepherd - Christ, the great good, chief, only shepherd, that laid down his life for his sheep. My servant David - The seed of David, the beloved one, who was typified by David, and is in other places called by his name, as Jeremiah 30:9 Ezekiel 37:24 Isaiah 37:35 Hosea 3:5. He shall feed - Do all the office of a good and faithful shepherd, and that for ever.

Hosea 8:7

My servant - Christ was in this great work his fathers servant, Isaiah 42:1.

Hosea 8:8

A covenant - A covenant of promises, which contain, and shall bring peace, that is all good.

Hosea 8:9

Them - My returned captives, The places - All the country. My hill - Jerusalem.

Hosea 8:12

A plant - The Messiah. The shame - The reproach.

Hosea 8:13

Their God - By covenant, from their forefathers. Am with them - Present with them, and reconciled to them.