Hos 7:12 | JFB | STEP | 12. When they shall go-- to seek aid from this or that foreign state. spread my net upon them-- as on birds taken on the ground ( ), as contrasted with "bringing them down" as the "fowls of the heavens," namely, by the use of missiles. as their congregation hath heard-- namely, by My prophets through whom I threatened "chastisement" ( ; ).

‏ Hosea 7:12

12. When they shall go--to seek aid from this or that foreign state.

spread my net upon them--as on birds taken on the ground (Eze 12:13), as contrasted with "bringing them down" as the "fowls of the heavens," namely, by the use of missiles.

as their congregation hath heard--namely, by My prophets through whom I threatened "chastisement" (Ho 5:9; 2Ki 17:13-18).