Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 5:2

"And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all." — Hosea 5:2 (ASV)

Are profound to make slaughter.— Ewald, followed recently by Nowack, is right in interpreting the Hebrew text as meaning, “The apostates have gone deep in iniquity.” In the last clause the Authorized Version is again incorrect. Translate it as: But I (i.e., Jehovah) am chastisement to them all. The deceivers and deceived will both perish.