Hosea 14:1

Verse 1. Perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness. It is not a curse or imprecation, but a prophecy of what should come to pass ( Ch). to Israel, in Assyria. Many such expressions occur. Psalms 68:25. and so forth Saint Jerome—Sometimes they are the efforts of zeal, conformable to divine justice. Psalms 140:6. Worthington.—Hebrew “Samaria has sinned, or shall perish.” Calmet.—Bitterness. Septuagint “she hath resisted her God.” Bible.