John Gill Commentary Hosea 2:4

"Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;" — Hosea 2:4 (ASV)

And I will not have mercy upon her children. The posterity of the Jews in succeeding ages, until the time of their conversion comes; they persisting in the sins of their forefathers, filling up the measure of their iniquities; remaining in their obstinate rejection of the Messiah, and in the same impenitence and unbelief, and having his blood imprecated upon them:

for they are the children of whoredoms; begotten and born in whoredom, spurious and illegitimate; or that commit whoredoms; imitate their parents; are guilty of the same vices; a generation of vipers. So the Targum, "for they are children that commit idolatry;" retain the traditions of the elders; go about to establish their own righteousness, and reject the Messiah.