10  God charges Israel with many sins, and threatens them with punishment, Hos 10:1-11.
Exhorts them to repent, Hos 10:12-15.

10:1 An empty vine - That hath lost its strength to bring forth fruit.Unto himself - Whatever fruit was brought forth by its remaining strength, was not brought forth to God. His fruit - When the land yielded more plentiful increase, this plenty was employed on multiplying idols.The altars - Of his idols. The goodness - Imagining that the goodness of their land was a blessing from their idols.

10:2 Is divided - From God and his worship. Faulty - As this was their sin, so the effects hereof should manifestly prove them faulty.He - God.

10:3 Say - See and feel. No king - Either no king at all, or no such king as we expected. What then - For kings are not able to save without the God of kings.

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10:1 His twelve disciples - Hence it appears that he had already chosen out of his disciples, those whom he afterward termed apostles. The number seems to have relation to the twelve patriarchs, and the twelve tribes of Israel. Mar 3:14; Mar 6:7; Luk 6:13; Luk 9:1.

10:2 The first, Simon - The first who was called to a constant attendance on Christ; although Andrew had seen him before Simon. Act 1:13.

10:3 Lebbeus - Commonly called Judas, the brother of James.

10:4 Iscariot - So called from Iscarioth, (the place of his birth,) a town of the tribe of Ephraim, near the city of Samaria.

10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth - Herein exercising his supreme authority, as God over all. None but God can give men authority to preach his word. Go not - Their commission was thus confined now, because the calling of the Gentiles was deferred till after the more plentiful effusion of the Holy Ghost on the day of pentecost. Enter not - Not to preach; but they might to buy what they wanted, Joh 4:9.