Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 8:10

10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them , and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes .

Or yea, because they think this the way to prevent their calamities, but it shall appear, this was the ready way to bring their calamities upon them, and for as much as they have hired the aid of the Nations to secure them against their God and his Judgments, therefore &c.

Bring Israel together by a secret and unfailing train. I will, saith God, assemble and herd them together, that they may be taken and destroy'd together. Others say God will gather the Nations together against Israel.

For a while before their final Captivity, they shall complain and be grieved;

The Tribute laid on them

by the King and Princes i. e. of Israel, but better as we read it, 'tis King of Assyria, the great King who boasted of his Princes.

Marginal references: chap. 10.10▪; Or, begin.