John Trapp on Hosea 10:9

Verſe 9. O Iſrael thou haſt ſinned from the dayes of Gibeah,] Or, Prae diebus worſe then in the dayes of Gibeah. What thoſe dayes were, ſee chap. 9.9. and Judg. 19. when they were, is not ſo certain: but probably, before the time of the Judges, and ſoon after Joſhuahs death: for Jebus, or Jeruſalem, was not yet taken, Judg. 19. with chap. 1. and Phineas was yet alive and miniſtred before the Lord, chap. 20.28. and was one of thoſe Elders that out-lived Joſhuah, who had ſeen all the great works of the Lord, which he did for Iſrael, Judg. 2.7. ſo that theſe dayes of Gibeah, were very ancient: and Iſraels ſinne the worſe, becauſe from thoſe dayes: and yet more, becauſe above, or beyond thoſe dayes. God made uſe of your forefathers to puniſh that great ſin: and yet you continue to be more vile and vitious then they were, that were ſo puniſhed by your forefathers: Neither are ye at all warned by their harmes: which is a juſt both preſage and deſert of your downfall. Alterius perditie tua ſit eautio. Exemplo alterius qui ſapit, ille ſapit.

there they ſtood.] Who ſtood? either the men of Gibeah ſtood ſtoutly to it: and ſlew in two ſeverall battles fourty thouſand. Or, there ſtood the men of Iſrael, and their battle did not overtake the children of iniquity: not ſo overtake them at firſt, but that they were twice beaten by them: All which notwithſtanding, they ſtood it out, and prevailed at laſt: but ſo ſhall not you, ſith it is in my deſire, and decree, verſe 10. to order it otherwiſe, and utterly to deſtroy you at once. Non ſurget bîc aſſlictio.