In this chapter we have, I. The great goodness of God towards his people Israel, and the great things he had done for them, Hos. 11:1 Hos. 11:3 Hos. 11:4. II. Their ungrateful conduct towards him, notwithstanding his favours towards them, Hos. 11:2–4 Hos. 11:7 Hos. 11:12. III.

Here we find, I. God very gracious to Israel. They were a people for whom he had done more than for any people under heaven, and to whom he had given more, which they are here, I will not say upbraided with (for God gives, and upbraids not), but put in mind of, as an aggravation of their sin and an…

In these verses we have, I. God’s wonderful backwardness to destroy Israel : How shall I give thee up? Here observe, 1. God’s gracious debate within himself concerning Israel’s case, a debate between justice and mercy, in which victory plainly inclines to mercy’s side.