John Trapp on Hosea 10:6

Verſ. 6 It ſhall be alſo carried unto Aſſyria, &c.] As no ſmall part of the ſpoyl, ſhal this Deafter be carried captive: being ſo far unable to ſave others, that he cannot ſave himſelf.

For a preſent to king Jareb,] (See Chap. 3.13. in ſignum omnimodae victoriae. ſo Aeneas, Ilium in Italiam portat, victoſque penates.Aeneid. 1. though in another ſenſe; yet they muſt needs be poor deſpicable deities, See Iſay. 46.2. that fall into the enemies hands. The Ark indeed fell into the Philiſtines hands: but the Ark was not Gods, but onely a ſigne of his preſence, which God ſuffered ſo to be taken, for a puniſhment to his people, and for a plague to his enemies, whom he ſmote in the hinder parts, and ſo put them to a perpetual reproach, Pſal. 78.66.

Ephraim ſhall receive ſhame] becauſe they hoped and harped upon better things, Job. 6.20. O pray, with David, that our hopes be not diſappointed: that they make us not aſhamed, as Paul ſpeaketh; that they prove not as the ſpiders web,Rom. 5.5. curiouſly framed but to catch flies onely; or as the childes hope, who catcheth at the ſhadow on the wall which he thinks he holds faſt, or at the butterflie, which if he catch, he hath no ſuch great catch of.

And Iſrael ſhall be aſhamed of his own counſels] of their impolitick plots and practiſes, in dividing themſelves from Davids houſe, and ſetting up unwarranted worſhips, calling in forrain helps, &c. Their own counſels have caſt them down, Job. 18.7. becauſe they were acted by falſe principles, and aymed at their own corrupt ends. They took counſel, but not of God; and covered with a covering, but not of his ſpirit, that they might adde ſin to ſin, Eſay. 30.1. They made not the Word the man of their counſel, as David did, Pſal. 119.24. neither prayed they as he, Pſal. 73.24. Guide me Lord with thy counſel, and ſo bring me to glory. In a word, they periſhed by their own counſels, Hoſ. 11.6. whereby they provoked God, and ſo were brought low, by their iniquity, Pſal. 106.43. and then they were aſhamed of their own counſel, they ſaw themſelves befooled by their carnal reaſon, and by that which they call Reaſon of State, which indeed is treaſon, unleſſe it be ſeaſoned with Juſtice and Religion.