Albert Barnes Commentary Hosea 4:19

"The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices." — Hosea 4:19 (ASV)

The wind has bound her up in her wings - When God brought Israel out of Egypt, He bare them on eagle’s wings, and brought them unto Himself (Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11). Now they had abandoned God, and God abandoned them as chaff to the wind.

The certainty of Israel’s doom is denoted by its being spoken of in the past. It was certain in the divine judgment.

Sudden, irresistible, irreversible are God’s judgments when they come.

As if “imprisoned in the invisible winds” and “borne with irresistible violence,” as it were on the wings of the whirlwind, Israel would be hurried by the mighty wrath of God into captivity in a distant land, bound up so that none could escape. Once they arrived there, they would be dispersed here and there, like the chaff before the wind.

And they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices - They had sacrificed to the calves, to Baal, or to the sun, moon, and stars, hoping for aid from them rather than from God. Then, when they would see indeed that from those their sacrifices no good came to them, but evil only, they would be healthfully ashamed.

So, in fact, in her captivity, did Israel learn to be ashamed of her idols; and so God, by healthful disappointment, makes us ashamed of seeking outside of Him the good things which He alone has and has in store for those who love Him.