Hosea 4:3

shall the land mourn Or, -doth … continually mourn", for the prophet speaks amidst the anarchical and revolutionary scenes which followed upon the death of Jeroboam II. A severe drought is represented as the punishment of Israel's misdoings. Nature, throughout the prophetic literature, sympathizes with man's sins and sorrows. Comp. Isaiah 24:3-6; Amos 8:8; Jeremiah 12:4; Joel 1:18 (where render at end -suffer punishment").

with the beasts Better, both, &c. (lit. -in", i.e. whether consisting of … or of …).