Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 13:9

9 ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy self , but in me is thy help .

After these menaces it might seem I had destroyed thee, but thou thy self hast done it by thy sins, it is the rebel that destroys himself though he fall by the Sword of his provoked sovereign; thou art cause and authour of thine own ruine:

Or, for, I was alwayes ready, and able to help thee and would certainly have saved thee but thy sins, thy wickedness carried thee toward other helps which were lie[illegible: 1 letter] and have disappointed thee, and now thou dost perish under thine own choice, whereas hadst thou chosen me I would have helpt and saved thee. Or else thus the whole verse. This hath destroyed thee O Israel, for thou hast rebelled against me, against thy help, and so Sol. Iarchy.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 span].