O Israel, you have destroyed yourself, but in Me is your help - This is one of the concise sayings of Hosea, capable of many shades…

In me ... Help. —The close of this verse is rhetorically abrupt, which is altogether missed in the English versio…

Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

"You have gone away from me, but I will bring you back again.

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In the first place, God reproaches the Israelites for having in their perverseness rejected whatever was offered for their safety. But He proceeds …

O Israel, you have destroyed yourself
Though the Lord was a lion, a leopard, and a bear to them, yet their destructi…

Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case…