that I should chastise them] Because they are so desperately evil, I will satisfie my wrath with their just punishment.
shall be gathered against them] Chap. 8. 10.
when they shall bind themselves] Or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or in their two habitations, that is, Israel and Judah.
two furrows] That is, when they have gathered all their strength together. Or it may have relation to the two invasions of the kings of Assyria, 2 Kings 15:29. & 2 Kings 17:3. And because the Assyrians had been as the lovers of the children of Israel, Chap. 8. 9, 10. the Prophet useth a word which signifyeth an appointment of some unchast meeting.